Aquaponic Greenhouse Log: Difference between revisions
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10 double towers are now installed, and planted with small plants. This is our bio filter. Goal is to see the production levels from 50-100 towers - can it really be 50-100 plants per day harvest? What fish population is required to sustain it so that the biofuel tee is effective, and is the bio filter sufficient without the plants in place? | |||
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Fed some, of the last apples from orchard to the chickens, maybe a week of apples left for an apple per day. Should invest in walk-in cooler to extend apples - a lot have rotted, maybe 25% total. | Fed some, of the last apples from orchard to the chickens, maybe a week of apples left for an apple per day. Should invest in walk-in cooler to extend apples - a lot have rotted, maybe 25% total. | ||
Revision as of 19:41, 21 December 2015
Sun Dec 14, 2015
10 double towers are now installed, and planted with small plants. This is our bio filter. Goal is to see the production levels from 50-100 towers - can it really be 50-100 plants per day harvest? What fish population is required to sustain it so that the biofuel tee is effective, and is the bio filter sufficient without the plants in place?
Sun dec 7, 2015
Fed some, of the last apples from orchard to the chickens, maybe a week of apples left for an apple per day. Should invest in walk-in cooler to extend apples - a lot have rotted, maybe 25% total.
Mon Nov 30, 2015
First flush of mushrooms. 2.25 lb in one bucket. Harvested over 3 days.
Sun Nov 22, 2015
Released aphidoletes, planted beans as indicator plants for pests. Small fish are very vigorous, large ones are looking good. Kale, lettuce, and bok choi is almost getting second leaves. Few strawberries are coming into fruit. Duckweed and azolla appears to be propagating.
Sun Nov 15, 2015
Cleaned out blackworms.
Mon Nov 16, 2015
Released predatory mites and thrips eliminator from Ron Whitehurst's Rincon-Vitova Insectaries.