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Aquaponics: The Power of Kale
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May30

Aquaponics: The Powe...

posted by Ecofilms

Australian Television gardening guru Peter Cundall was well into his eighties when he was once asked why he looked so fit and healthy? His answer was, “The last time I went to a doctor because I was sick was in 1951.” “The reason why I’m so healthy is because I...

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Growing Basil Vertically in Aquaponics
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Jan15

Growing Basil Vertic...

posted by Ecofilms

Recently we were talking to someone who wishes to remain anonymous who say they invested more than $250,000 in their commercial aquaponics business and it wasn’t working to plan. Sure they grew plants. The fish grew fine. They had 1,000 Jade perch in their tanks that were coming up for...

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Aquaponics: Things that go Crunch in the Night!
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Jan11

Aquaponics: Things t...

posted by Ecofilms

Have you ever got up in the morning, went to inspect your aquaponics system and discovered something has been nibbling at your seedlings? A comment by Catryna today inspired this post. “My main interest in Aquaponics is that our family lives in the rurals of San Diego county,...

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Commercial Aquaponics: What Plants are the most Profitable?
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Dec17

Commercial Aquaponic...

posted by Ecofilms

Recently a US dirt gardener decided to plant the most profitable plants per square foot of space and document their profitability on a chart. The chart was quite extensive but the top seven plants that were the best money spinners per square foot stopped us in our tracks. His conclusions made...

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Raising Aquaponic Seedlings for the Lazy
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Nov22

Raising Aquaponic Se...

posted by Ecofilms

Ask most people why they got into Aquaponics and they’ll tell you that its about “food security” or eating “healthy food” or to maintain an interest in an “unusual hobby” and these are all valid points but the real answer when you dig a little deeper...

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Plants that go crazy in Aquaponics
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Aug29

Plants that go crazy...

posted by Ecofilms

We all have our favorites. Plants that defy normal growth and even gravity and just take off like a rocket in an aquaponics system.  They crowd out other plants and just keep refusing to stop growing. They either take off up into the heavens or spill over the sides and tumble onto the ground...

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Aquaponics: Root-bound Tomatoes
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Aug20

Aquaponics: Root-bou...

posted by Ecofilms

We’ve had a terrific season of growing tomatoes for the last eight or nine months and right through into the Queensland winter. The one vine we had just kept producing massive amount of tomatoes month after month. I must admit being a bit cautious about what the flavour of an...

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Aquaponics: Getting your plants to Thrive!
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Jun26

Aquaponics: Getting ...

posted by Ecofilms

Over the last three months we’ve been trialling a little additive called potassium hydroxide with the regular stuff we’ve been putting into our aquaponics system and – boy has the plant growth taken off! For the most part, feeding your fish just pellets is fine but we always...

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Going Vertical with Aquaponics
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Mar19

Going Vertical with ...

posted by Ecofilms

If you decide to get into Aquaponics, sooner or later you are going to realize that your grow beds that you originally thought were too big to go into that tiny confined courtyard space have now made a liar of you. The plants are taking over the place and you are slowly running out of...

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Are you supplying enough Nutrients?
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Feb24

Are you supplying en...

posted by Ecofilms

Getting lush green growth from your Aquaponics system should be easy. In most home systems it is,  but how do you know that your plants are getting all the nutrients they need from the things you add into your aquaponics system? The plants may look okay but how can you tell for sure that they...

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Dr Wilson Lennard on Backyard Aquaponics and Adding Nutrients
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Jan07

Dr Wilson Lennard on...

posted by Ecofilms

Dr Wilson Lennard is an Australian scientist with a PhD in Applied Biology. He has studied and installed commercial aquaponics systems around the world. In this extended interview, part two, he turns his attention to back-yard tinkerers in Aquaponics. If you have added Seasol or Maxicrop to...

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Aloe vera in Aquaponics
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Jan02

Aloe vera in Aquapon...

posted by Ecofilms

Recently while filming in Murray Hallam’s Aquaponics greenhouse we noticed a few odd plants that were growing in the corner of his grow bed. While most people use Aquaponics to grow fresh vegetables like lettuce and tomatoes in their systems, Murray likes to experiment a fair bit and...

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