When we first started our aquaponics system, I was utterly amazed by the fact there were simply no bugs! I had always heard about how hard it was for organic farmers to fight pests, [Read more…]
Insects have lived on the planet Earth for about 350 million years, and have adapted to live just about everywhere, [Read more…]
When we first started our aquaponics system, I was utterly amazed by the fact there were simply no bugs! I had always heard about how hard it was for organic farmers to fight pests, [Read more…]
This is the way to make the most money from your vegetable produce. In most states, you are allowed to cut once in the field then cut again and package in a certified processing facility, sometimes referred to as a “certified kitchen”. [Read more…]
This kind of harvesting and packing is called “one cut in the field” because your state laws only allow you to cut the vegetable and remove bad leaves before putting it in a box or bag; no cutting of leaves, mixing vegetables, or washing them is allowed without a certified processing facility to do it in. [Read more…]
It took us an embarrassingly long time to notice that tiny seedlings have completely different space requirements than fully-grown plants, and to figure out how to make this fact useful [Read more…]
1. First, you can accidentally kill your seeds with a strong enough application of cold, heat, moisture, or a combination of these three. This can happen at home if you leave the seeds [Read more…]
For our smaller backyard systems, we use a waterproof 4-foot by 8-foot sprouting table for germinating and growing out the sprouts. A sprouting table is a simple [Read more…]
Seeds don’t all germinate, and sometimes they don’t germinate at all. Let us explain: [Read more…]
Good aquaponics sprouting methods involve putting the seeds into a slit pot holding potting media. Right from the beginning, we always used [Read more…]
If you choose to pursue organic certification, you MUST purchase organic seeds whenever they are available in the varieties you plan to grow. [Read more…]
Results of our system test plantings from Dec. 2007 – April 2012 are contained in the downloadable PDF file SuperchargedVegetables.pdf, which you can download by CLICKING HERE. We can’t really put it in the blog post here, because it’s 24 PAGES LONG! And full of color photos! (Get the idea?). [Read more…]
The fish food we use for both catfish and tilapia is Rangen 1/8” floating catfish food. You can use any floating food that has [Read more…]
There’s a ton of stuff our aquaponics systems grow really well: basil, thyme, oregano, cilantro, Italian parsley, and other specialty herbs; all kinds of lettuces, chives, green onions, [Read more…]
There’s a lot of nonsense in the aquaponics forums and among the “experts” about how it’s neccesary to measure iron with this test kit or that; and then to “keep it within certain limits” [Read more…]