Hydroponic enthusiasts (hobby/personal growers)

[realinstinct]

This is my kitchen garden. Its a hydroponic flood and drain system. Its actually a trial which for a greenhouse i plant to construct in the dry season next year. Crops include tomatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, baigan, lettuce, chive, parsley, sweet pepper, hot pepper, thyme, pakchoi, celery. All crops use the same nutrients. Started in March and so far reaped at least 600 tomatoes from 25 plants. Some materials that i used were scraps from around the house. So far so good.

[realinstinct]

more pics..

[realinstinct]

Hydro..

[rfari]

Not bad at all!!!
U mix ur own nutes? How u deal with pests?

[Morpheus]

Impressive. So long I want to start but never have.......*sigh

[realinstinct]

yes rfari i mix the nutrients, calcium nitrate, blaukorn 12.12.17, magnesium sulphate.
I use Newmectin insecticide for mites on tomatoes and as a precaution i use a fungicide also. I apply as foliar every two weeks. Basically that's all i use and i recently started using caspower to help tomato and pepper blooms.

[realinstinct]

Morpheus, in due time bro its a great feeling though..

[rfari]

Nice meng. Motivation! Any issues with micronutrient deficiencies? One of my mixtures were similar but i added trace minerals to cover the micros. Early next year i will be back at it. Wedding and school will be out of the way

[realinstinct]

Cool bro, had some spare time to experiment with it and get it right. The nutrient mixture i used is a balanced mixture for all stages of plant growth (root, leaf, flowers) whether it is lettuce (leaves), cauliflower (flowers) or tomato (fruit). The Blaukorn does include some micro nutrients such as iron, boron and zinc and other trace elements and the calcium nitrate i used carries boron.

The key to a good mixture is using the correct proportions of fertilizers because there are some molecules that react with others forming solid precipitate which would become useless. When suitable ratios are used this could be avoided.

[Halfbreed07]

Have not read through entire thread, sorry, but I am looking at doing an IBC tank backyard aquaponics system.
Any advice for the plant media?

[mitsu_crazy]

Gravel or leca.... using both....

[Halfbreed07]

Corse gravel, no fines right?

[rfari]

Yup. Maybe even decorative stone (white stones used for landscaping).
Yo. Mitsu_crazy, any updates?

[Chimera]

anyone know where sells pelleted seeds locally?

lettuce specifically

[realinstinct]

^^good lettuce seeds hard to get right now..

[jsr]

Anyone needs blue plastic barrels?

[Chimera]

anyone ever seen "worm castings" selling locally?

http://www.amazon.com/Industries-Wiggle ... m+castings

[Ted_v2]

Anyone needs blue plastic barrels?

I'm interested. What's the price per barrel? Is it uncutted?

[jsr]

i have a blue plastic barrel available

p.m me if interested

[mitsu_crazy]

Yup. Maybe even decorative stone (white stones used for landscaping).
Yo. Mitsu_crazy, any updates?

Been bogged down with work...so far just back at it with mint and basil. Having issues with ph, potassium/iron deficiencies.

Finally found potassium for sale locally which also works as a ph buffer.

Mint has been in recovery over the last three days. The basil. Even though growing. Still a bit yellow.

And I added the other growbed finally. With leca I bought from a dude on tuner. Hoping to do some more expansion soon and start back with lettuce and maybe peppers

[Chimera]

hopefully for xmas ill set up a dwc system

ordered 4000 square feet of pond liner

[mitsu_crazy]

When you decide to.start would love.to help with the build.

Btw currently need a blower. Need o2 much more...

[bluesteel29]

anyone ever seen "worm castings" selling locally?

http://www.amazon.com/Industries-Wiggle ... m+castings

good luck finding that in TnT...might as well start a worm bin or import it.

[bujuization]

has anyone seen crushed oyster shells for sale in t&t? also i have 2 new bags of premium vermiculite if anyone is interested.

[Sharon_S]

So I finally finished my aquaponic system see video



Now I am looking for some tilapia fingerlings. a while back I saw a guy selling them for $2.00 in the newspapers but I am not seeing the ad again.
I have already filled the grow beds with gravel and the auto siphons are working great.

Anyone with info as to where I can get it please send me a message.
Thanks

[Sharon_S]

Managed to get the tilapia from a guy in Penal,if anybody else is interested here is the link https://www.facebook.com/pages/Trinidad ... 1737858066
I have them about a week now and all 100 plus tilapia are still alive.

[hustla_ambition101]

Sharon, next time you want fingerlings check Sugarcane Feeds Centre

[Sharon_S]

Sharon, next time you want fingerlings check Sugarcane Feeds Centre

Thanks for the info.

[hustla_ambition101]

And last I knew, they charge only about $1 for fingerlings as long as you order 100 and more

[mitsu_crazy]

So I finally finished my aquaponic system see video



Now I am looking for some tilapia fingerlings. a while back I saw a guy selling them for $2.00 in the newspapers but I am not seeing the ad again.
I have already filled the grow beds with gravel and the auto siphons are working great.

Anyone with info as to where I can get it please send me a message.
Thanks

Looks great... whered you get your design?