Just a quick update here, have 14 feeders in a 25L tank started and just planted seeds for 2 types of lettuce and broccoli. Systems aren't connected yet but I should be able to get that done this week.
The fish tank was donated by my Ma, who's moving and needed to get rid of it any way, and i found a couple large rubber-maid bins that I'll be cutting to size. The fun part is going to be setting this up on my porch and plumbing it together.
In other news:
-Ogre's father in-law has agreed to let us set up a small barrel-ponics system and build a greenhouse in his land next to existing grow beds. That will give us a bench mark of how well we're doing compared to a conventional garden. Current rate of development is enough to satiate the pallet but keep us wanting more. Also my have an 'in' with a 200 acre, 2nd stage rehab farm that needs some help- more on that later.
-Budget for the system has dropped significantly due to lack of work combined with car trouble (seriously, my car died on day one of having no work...talk about timing) so most everything is going to be done even cheaper than possible.
-The search for an Aquaponics app is underway. so far all i can find is an ebook, and that doesn't cut it. Checked hydroponic apps as well and mainly found apps for growing marijuana, which ain't my bag baby.
Points to consider:
-growing fish and filtering the water through beds is easy, the difficult part is tuning the system to the plants. What are the plants we want to grow and what is the best system for them? Will have to do more research in hydroponic aspect.
that's all for now, more later.
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