diy aquaponics guide | Gutter Growbed Update 5th Sept 2015

08.15 in 2015, 5th, Aquaponics, dismantling, growbed, gutter, penguin, pump, resun, sept, update

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Brief update on this set that I made early July and been running well. Need to test more plants and take note what improvement I can make and address problems that crop up.

So far Im happy with the setup, it is very easy to maintain and make. There are few fine bits that I need to iron out as time goes by.

Initial setup : Here



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diy aquaponics grow bed | Equatorial Lowland Strawberry Project Journal 18th Sept 2014

06.45 in 18th, 20, 2014, Aquaponics, equatorial, installation, instruction, journal, lowland, mm, project, sept, strainerbell, strawberry

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To get healthy Strawberry plants they requires strong roots, to get this the plant need to direct most of  its energy toward root growth. During first year of planting dont let the plant fruit.

All these flowers need to go, and its best to clip them off at earlier stage that this.

Runners like these above also has to go.

So flower buds has to be clipped.

All clipped so that the plants can concentrate getting good roots.

Runners clip to prevent new plants, I reserve two original plants to produce runners for propagating. Those plants are the base stock for my Strawberry plants.

I will let the plants grow for this next few months towards January or March then Ill trim all leaves to get new growth.

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diy aquaponics pdf | Potting Garlic Chives Kuchai Redo

21.11 in 1st, 2014, Aquaponics, brief, chives, garlic, kuchai, my, of, overview, potting, redo, sept, setup

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Since I am doing most of my planting in pots, these Kuchai plants is no exception. I had to put them in pots so that it can be easily contained and transplanted elsewhere if needed. I use those slotted pot which is great in water drainage and just nice for LECA.

Garlic Chives thrives in Aquaponics and its more than enough for a small family consumption on a 3ft x 2ft growbed. In fact 1 square feet is all that is needed for an average household. So decided to transplant these to individual pots later I can decide what to do with it.

As above photo they grow really well in LECA, and made it easy to redo this plant, all I had to do is gently pull out the clumps and they will all come out.

Root ball and all, can be easily lifted out of the growbed.

They have shallow root, so it is not that invasive to the siphon like mint of some other plants making this Garlic Chive ideal on a media based siphon flood and drain aquaponics growbed.

Put all in the slotted pot with some LECA at its base.

Some of the pots I put two clumps like photo above otherwise I would run out of pots.

Filled up with LECA and just wiggle a bit to give it a snug fit.. and all done.

Thats three pot awaiting to be placed in the growbed.

Smaller clumps I put two to a pot like these above.

These Chives multiply by rhizomes within few months it will spread outward from center making the clumps bigger. Few of these I planted from seeds and some from nursery bought plants.

All plants out, and it only takes about 30 minutes to do, since I am using pots the water level in the growbed were adjusted to a lower level.

Chives dont need thick growbed, six inches is more than enough.

Altogether 17 pots, the photo is a bit grainy due its getting dark.

I planted eight pot in the existing growbed and left with these nine pots to be place in the back lane CRAFTS set.

Nine left are placed in my back lane set

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diy aquaponics pdf download | Brief Overview of My Setup 1st Sept 2014

17.09 in 1st, 2014, Aquaponics, brief, my, of, overview, sept, setup

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A quick overview of what I have around the house, I try to utilize as much space as I have and hopefully others may learn and start the same to help green our urban landscape.

Video shot using Samsung Galaxy S5, audio with Sony ICD-AX412F IC Audio recorder and editing done on Dell PC with Corel Video Studio Ultimate X6 editing software.

Thanks for watching

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diy aquaponics grow beds | Taste Test Start To Finish

23.26 in 2014, 6th, Aquaponics, equatorial, finish, journal, lowland, project, sept, start, strawberry, taste, test, to

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On 10th Sept 2014 this plant I allow the flower to develop to see what happen, whether it can bear fruit in this hot lowland. 

To get the plant flowering is great news for me since as a known fact that Strawberry will have difficulties in flowering if exposed to temperature of greater that 28 degrees C.

On 21st September 2014 it form fruit and I was anxious to see its progress.

Not as large as the highland but to get it fruiting is a joy to see on 25th September 2014

Slowly changing color to a reddish pinkish Strawberryish.. :)

And finally today 28th September 2014, pick it for test taste.

Nice and firm, but should have waited another couple of days before picking.

 Not the usual Strawberry shape, may be due to this particular cultivar it is like that.

The flesh is firm and not watery as most Aquaponics, what ever it is I am overjoy for this and cant wait for next year when the plants are fully ready to bear fruits.

So it took 18 days from flower to picking time, more or less.


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diy aquaponics video | Planting Soursop

04.54 in 2014, 27th, Aquaponics, equatorial, journal, lowland, planting, project, sept, soursop, strawberry

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Durian Belanda, Soursop or Custard Apple as it is called is an evergreen tree from the rain forest. Three of its sapling were given to me and been standing to keep alive in my aquaponics growbed for few months.

Shifted from front to back and before it had its days I better plant it to soil, at least one of it.

This I do normal dirt planting there are two left, one I will use container with soil and another I will try Aquaponics.

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diy aquaponics systems | Equatorial Lowland Strawberry Project Journal 6th Sept 2014

15.29 in 2014, 6th, Aquaponics, equatorial, journal, lowland, project, sept, strawberry

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Few of the plants didnt make it after three weeks they died, four pots in all. Redo the plants, fill up one growbed with six pots and the other growbed left a couple to let them produce runners.

Its easy because I have the plants in pots, just remove from one growbed then replant to another. This way plants experience minimum transplanting shock. The pots I lower it further down to get as much water as possible to the roots.

The three pots was taken from this growbed which I left two since they are producing runners. Three runners produce from each of the parent plant. I will put those into pots to manage and transplant to another growbed.

This is how the runner looks like after about 2 weeks, with roots forming. Eventually all original plants will be replaced with these runners and then I will try to get them to grow.

More runners, this small with roots not established that well yet.

Another with more roots forming.

Parent plants with runners drooping down once the pot are lifted up.

The two parent plants each has three runners, removed from growbed for a redo. If it is not potted no way I can remove without damaging these plants.

Same runners planted to pot within the growbed. Once it has established I will move them to another growbed to start producing runners for that growbed.

With this style of planting, the runners has more chance to survive and they experience only minor transplanting shock.

Propagating Strawberry this way is so easy to do.

All these pots are not to be disturb otherwise the roots will not hold and plant may die, just leave them for another three weeks before doing any major work in the growbed area. Wait for them to produce about 5 or 6 mature leaves before cutting them from parent plant.

Only one runner not potted, because the umbilical is too short, I just let it grow next to the parent pot and once bigger, Ill transfer to pot after cutting it from the mother plant.

These Strawberry multiply very fast, and I guess all my growbed in the front will be fill up with strawberry plant before end of the year.

Thats it for the time being, will update how these Strawberry doing in my Equatorial Lowland Strawberry Project.

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