Aquaponics Digest - Tue 05/18/99
Message 1: in the basement
from CWilson628
Message 2: Tomatoes
from joyeuse@netcom.ca (Joy Pye-Macswain)
Message 3: Re: Tomatoes
from "vpage"
Message 4: Seeding
from Adriana Gutierrez & Dennis LaGatta
gutierrez-lagatta@home.com>
Message 5: RE: in the basement
from "Ronald W. Brooks"
Message 6: Re: in the basement
from POLLYDD
Message 7: Re: Aquaculture Publications in Spanish
from "Uwe Bruenjes"
Message 8: HELP my sweet potatoe and yam
from "Jorg D. Ostrowski"
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Subject: in the basement
From: CWilson628
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 01:04:12 EDT
I have gathered almost all of the pieces and hope to be adding water by the
end of the week to a 100 gallon fish tank with a 16 square foot growing bed
aquaponic system in the basement of my home in St. Louis, Missouri. I am
looking for a good source to purchase a small quantity of Tilapia
fingerlings
and would love to hear opinions on how many and what size fish I should
introduce. Is it a good idea to add additional fingerlings over time to
even
out the supply of nutrients for the plants?
I have been thinking about starting a system for a couple of months now but
have the sense that I have no idea what I am getting into.
chuck
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Subject: Tomatoes
From: joyeuse@netcom.ca (Joy Pye-Macswain)
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 10:15:05 -0400 (EDT)
Morning....
Well after much reading and some lurking I am finally going ot pose my
first question and hope can help me out....
1) What should I be planting my seeds into to get them started? Rockwool-
which is wonderfully inert, or vermiculite or ?????
2)Has anyone used clay particles (hymite I think it is called) as the
growing
medium and have there been any problems caused for the Tilapia in systems
using this as a growing medium?
3) Has anyone any experience with Virkin as a disinfectant after harvesting
of
fish and plants?
I would appreciate any advice on these questions and thanks.
>>Joy Pye-MacSwain
Future Aqua Farms
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Subject: Re: Tomatoes
From: "vpage"
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 08:51:52 -0600
The only medium that I have had good success with( no disease and no green
build up) is coir or coconut fibre. You can buy it in blocks -they expand
to
3 times their size when wet. The coir can be reused and has a natural
antibiotic quality. It wicks moisture and nutrients but allows for oxygen
to
get to the roots if it is not entirely submersed. It holds moisture in dry
times or does not dry out like other media. Unlike rock wool it is
completely biodegradable. Except for consideration of the distance it
travels to get to you it is more economical, financially and
environmentally.
Success!
VPage
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Subject: Seeding
From: Adriana Gutierrez & Dennis LaGatta
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 12:47:42 -0400
Joy,
I've had excellent results with 100% perlite. My understanding is that
vermiculite holds more moisture, possibly too much. If you want to use
it you'll need to mix it with perlite. There are two schools of thought
on seeding: the first is to seed into trays or cell-packs and then
transplant later into your growing beds. The second is to seed
directly into your beds at the desired spacing for grow-out. If you
seed directly into your planting beds you will be trading off less
handling for reduced greenhouse yield. If space is not at a premium I
would avoid double-handling if at all possible.
What type of growing system do you have in mind? Flood & drain,
nutrient film technique (NFT), perlite drip? That will also influence
the seeding issue. For example if you plan to grow tomatoes in NFT you
probably should start the seedlings in rockwool.
Keep the questions coming Joy, that's how we all learned.
Adriana
Joy Pye-Macswain wrote:
> 1) What should I be planting my seeds into to get them started?
Rockwool-
> which is wonderfully inert, or vermiculite or ?????
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Subject: RE: in the basement
From: "Ronald W. Brooks"
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 12:46:08 -0400
Chuck
I would stock 50 fish in that size tank down the road you might need to add
supplemental oxygenation.
You can buy fingerlings from
Living Waters Tilapia Farm
171 John Smith Road
Poplarville, Ms 39470
1-601795-8094
One of the best investments I made was buying Aquaculture Magazine's 99
buyers guide. It was $18 and has over a hundred Tilapia suppliers and
suppliers of most any type of aquatic species you might like to buy.
Ron
The One Who Walks Two Paths
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Subject: Re: in the basement
From: POLLYDD
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 14:20:51 EDT
There is a family with a large six tank Speraneo system in the west St.
Louis
area. Jack Dwyer is the name of one of the principals. Phone 314-391-9505.
you would benefit from seeing his set up at Wentzville, MO. Hope this
helps.
Pollydd
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Subject: Re: Aquaculture Publications in Spanish
From: "Uwe Bruenjes"
Date: Sun, 16 May 99 09:32:02 PDT
Hi Adriana,
thanks for the info! Today I'm a little too busy to have a look at these =
sites (my youngest son came to see me), but hopefully another day this =
week I'll be able to browse these sites.
Uwe
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Subject: HELP my sweet potatoe and yam
From: "Jorg D. Ostrowski"
Date: Tue, 18 May 1999 19:29:20 -0600 (MDT)
Ladies & Gentlemen: Further to our earlier discussion dated July 19, 1998
on "Best Foods, Best Crops", I have a sweet potato and a yam sitting on my
desk waiting for me to learn how to plant them. Do I cut them up into
smaller pieces and put them into the ground? Not even the biggest nursery
in Calgary has any idea since these tubers are not normally grown in this
part of the world. If you have a faxable page or two that describes how to
plant my eager sweet potatoe and yam in my soil garden, they and I would be
most grateful. Thank you for considering my request. Jorg Ostrowski
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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