Aquaponics Digest - Tue 03/23/99
Message 1: Re: Hybrid Striped Bass
from S & S Aqua Farm
Message 2: Market Gardening Short Course
from "Patricia Foreman"
Message 3: Fw: GMPRO greEn-MAIL, for March 23, 1999
from "TGTX"
Message 4: Bamboo: was Aquaponic Tree Culture/Restoration
from "TGTX"
Message 5: Re: Bamboo: was Aquaponic Tree Culture/Restoration
from "vpage"
Message 6: Re: Bamboo: was Aquaponic Tree Culture/Restoration
from "TGTX"
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Subject: Re: Hybrid Striped Bass
From: S & S Aqua Farm
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 07:28:49 -0600
Saw this post on the AQUA-L group and thought I'd pass it along. I've
contacted the author and invited him to join us on this list, as I know many
of you are interested in water plants. I'm also hoping they are willing to
share some information on their striped bass culture for those of you
looking for tilapia alternatives.
Paula
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> From: hays
> To: AQUA-L@killick.ifmt.nf.ca
> Date: Thursday, March 18, 1999 1:28 AM
> Subject: Re: Hybrid Striped Bass
>
>
> Through S.A.R.E., Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education
Program, I recently completed a small demonstration project involving hybrid
striped bass.
> If you are interested, a project summary can be found at
http://business.fortunecity.com/mars/551/page16.html
>
S&S Aqua Farm, 8386 County Road 8820, West Plains, MO 65775 417-256-5124
Web page http://www.townsqr.com/snsaqua/
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Subject: Market Gardening Short Course
From: "Patricia Foreman"
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 09:44:33 -0400
Good Earth Farm School, Buena Vista, Virginia, is offering a 3-day intensive
market gardening short course on April 9-11, 1999. Participants will be
introduced to everything they need to know to design and create a profitable
small farm business. Topics include site selection and development, soil
regeneration, crop and market choices, labor and equipment needs, integrated
pest management, value added processing, complimentary marketing options and
poultry and small livestock in the garden rotation. Instructors are Michael
LaChance, Virginia Extension Entomologist, and Andy Lee, organic market
gardener and author of BACKYARD MARKET GARDENING and CHICKEN TRACTOR. Course
fee of $285 includes course materials, lunches and snacks. Inexpensive
lodging is available in nearby Lexington, Virginia. For more information
contact Andy Lee, Director, Good Earth Farm School, 1702 Mountain View Road,
Buena Vista, Virginia 24416, phone and fax 540-261-8775.
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Subject: Fw: GMPRO greEn-MAIL, for March 23, 1999
From: "TGTX"
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 12:25:42 -0600
Thought you all might find these 2 items of interest.
> * A visit to the Westfriese Flora show in Bovekarspel,
> Netherlands,turned deadly for at least 13 people. The cause of some of
> the deaths was confirmed to be Legionnaires' disease. At least 50
> people have been diagnosed with the bacterial pneumonia; the Health
> Ministry is trying to trace its source. Authorities suspect the bacteria
> may have been spread through a contaminated water fountain,
> decorative water curtain or sprinklers. About 80,000 people visited the
> flower show that ended Feb. 28. There have been as many as 200
> reports of possible infection. Health experts estimate 1 in 6 cases is
> fatal. Bacteria are found in soil and survive in air-conditioning ducts,
> storage tanks and rivers. Sources: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, USA
> Today.
>
Relevance to our discussion group here might be survival of the
Legionnaires bacterium in evaporative coolers in greenhouses.....Although
with so many thousands of greenhouses throughout the world, I guess it is
safe to say that the incidence of Legionnaires in greenhouse environments
is fairly low.
> * A quick nitrate test for growing medium and plant tissue can be done
> using a nitrate-selective electrode Cardy meter. Steve Tjosvold of Univ.
> of Calif. extension studied the effectiveness of this technique with
field
> cut flowers. One possible drawback: the test is specific for nitrate
> nitrogen. If a plant's primary nitrogen form is not nitrate (e.g., roses)
> then a large portion of the nitrogen may not be detected in the tissue
> sap. satjosvold@ucdavis.edu Source: CORF News.
Comment: The relatively new Cardy meters might help you monitor nitrate
nitrogen in your fish tanks.
Cheers.
Ted.
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Subject: Bamboo: was Aquaponic Tree Culture/Restoration
From: "TGTX"
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 13:11:25 -0600
Recently, we were chatting about using aquaponics systems as tree nurseries
and for various restoration efforts.
I'd like to throw in my 2 cents about one of my favorite kinds of plants:
the bamboo, which are actually in the grass family..There are something
like 1000 to 1500 species of bamboo, with a wide variety of growth habits
and temperature tolerances. In addition to being ornamental in the
landscape, the dense root systems of bamboo make them good for erosion
control - which I consider among the highest priorities for ecological
responsibility and stewardship.
The larger species make excellent privacy screens, windbreaks, noise
barriers, even animal pens or fences. The stems or "culms" are used
worldwide for everything from garden stakes to building construction, water
pipe (those of you who stay awake at night worrying about PVC or are just
looking for a natural alternative to PVC here it is--good luck making tees
and elles- and glueing it together), concrete reinforcement (in Singapore
and much of Asia they use bamboo in concrete instead of or in addition to
steel), fishing poles, and furniture. And of course, some species produce
edible shoots. Oh, and let's not forget the potential for making an all
natural potato cannon with a bamboo barrel. Didn't James T. Kirk vanquish a
reptilian invader with the help of a choice culm? Launch the spuds! Damn
the torpedos!
Some folks shy away from planting bamboo in their landscapes because all
they know about bamboo comes from reports of the "running" varieties that
are very agressive and just take over.... But there are lots of ways
around that...some species do not do this...they are the clumping
varieties..(Bambusa, Chusquea, Otatea, Sinarundinaria, Dendrocalamus...)
And, you can control the extent of running bamboo groves by growing it in
big pots or, in big above ground raised beds surrounded by rock or concrete
garden walls, or by completely surrounding the grove with below ground
barriers, or well packed and paved roadways, or concrete sidewalks, or just
by controlling the leading edge of growth by removing new shoots when they
emerge and are still fragile, tender, and brittle.
Bamboo species vary widely in their climate preferences, so I'll bet you
could find varieties that are best suited to your climate, almost wherever
you may live.
So, I vote for a myriad of aquaponic nurserys on the planet in the near
future, that will multiply a wide variety and abundance of bamboo that can
be transplanted into the wider world outside the greenhouse.
For inspiration, information, and plant sources, check out the folks at
"Endangered Species"- this small group...(Hermine & Roger Stover, plus Luis
Ponce) are self proclaimed weird folks who decided to turn pro...and they
are wildly passionate about bamboo. Their catalog is MOST EXCELLENT,
PECULIAR, QUIRKY, and just packed with information...they offer hundreds of
varieties of bamboo, with a smattering of other kinds of plants such as
cycads, ornamental grasses, etc. Contact them at
Endangered Species
P.O. Box 1830
Tustin, CA 92681-1830
714-544-9505 (24 hour answering service)
Other sources of bamboo catalogs and information:
Bamboo Sourcery
666 Wagnon Rd.,
Sebastopol, CA 95472
707 823 5866
Fax 707 829 8106
website http://home.earthlink.net/~bamboosource
I hope I got that typed in right.
Upper Bank Nurseries
P.O. Box 486
Media, PA 19063
610 566 0679
Tripple Brook Farm
37 Middle Road,
Southampton, Massachusetts 01073
413 527 4626
Fax 413 527 9853
website http://www.tripplebrookfarm.com
Now, stabilize the topsoil in your neighborhood!
Make it so,
Ted
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Subject: Re: Bamboo: was Aquaponic Tree Culture/Restoration
From: "vpage"
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 16:24:15 -0700
Is there a bamboo that would grow in Alberta Canada? I have bank eroding and
would love to see bamboo here!
VPage
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Subject: Re: Bamboo: was Aquaponic Tree Culture/Restoration
From: "TGTX"
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 17:52:11 -0600
Hi vpage.
There are a number of low temperature tolerant species...here's a few..
there is the Fargesia nitida "anceps" and F. nitida "Fountain Bamboo"
varieties which will tolerate minimum temps of -20 F.
Then there is Fargesia murieliae...also -20F.
Phyllostachys nuda which will tolerate -20 F...
The list is long.
I suggest you try contacting Endangered Species or Bamboo Sourcery as per
the post. Get their catalogs first, then contact them with specific
questions
Hope this helps.
Ted
> Is there a bamboo that would grow in Alberta Canada? I have bank eroding
and
> would love to see bamboo here!
> VPage
S&S Aqua Farm, 8386 County Road 8820, West Plains, MO 65775 417-256-5124
Web page http://www.townsqr.com/snsaqua/
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