Mantos small greenhouse system

Jamey

Ohhhh your Silverbeet is "Beeting" mine ahahahah i only planted my 12 yesterday....

looking good man, Im going to try scrounge up some small beds this week and plumb a few more in

Still got a mighty pile of Blue metal out the back!

mantis

Yeah, I put that silver beet in there from the garden. I had seedlings in there from the start but they did not grow, so I pulled them from the growbeds and put them out in the soil garden.
A couple of weeks ago I thought I would try one in the system now that its cycled and the ph is down
Its going very well now

This new bed will put me on the limit for this small system me thinks. If they all fill at once the FT will be down pretty low.
I might expand the NFT system though

Jamey

Time to get a big ft and use ur current ft as a sump

run chiftpist!!!

I can't wait til we move into our own place!!!! I will be planning a mega system then!!!!!

mantis

Bigger tank is on its way, but this will be the start of a new system outside the greenhouse. Work will begin this week

Jamey

Sweeeeet

cant wait to see pics man!

mantis

Got a 12V sump pump and fail over switch and wired and plumbed them in today. I now have battery backup for both air and water pumps.
Works a treat.

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Got the new bed up and running and planted out with chinese brocolli, chives and some red shallot bulbs.

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And here is a shot of the plant progress. Brocolli has heads about 2inches accross, lettuce and spring onions, and some peas ready to pick.

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mantis

Overall shot

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Jamey

looking good Manto!

cant wait til my broccolis are going that good!!!!

do u think you could remove the Leaves of the broccoli plants as they are really for the protection of the plant, but the hothouse does that job....

i reckon i'll give it a go with one of mine not sure how it would go but would give u some more planting room maybe??

just was pondering this over night hahahaha

BBU Unit Looks good!

mantis

Not sure on the removing leaves thing. It might work. I know you can prune off a lot of leaves on tomatoes and they still produce good fruit.
I'll try it with one of mine and let you know.
The backup unit puts the mind at ease a bit yes

mantis

As for my new system I dont know what the deal is but no one wants to supply me with growbeds :dontknow:

Contacted the two major dealers and all I get is silence. May have to go with cut down ibc's for growbeds

Jamey

What about 250l Stock tanks?? i priced them for like $169

Not sure weather there viable or in the size range you need, but i guess IBC's are cheap and very usable.

mantis

Its all good now, as Growbest aquaponics got back to me and I have ordered two 500L gb's. Fish tank is ordered and I can pick up the ibc's any time
Planning layout

Jamey

Good news! Can't wait to see!!

mantis

New fish tank arrived yesterday and they are going to deliver it tommorow. I will start a new thread on the progress from there

earthbound

Don't remove to many of your leaves, the leaves are there to capture sunlight and produce energy for the plant, if you cut them off you're broccoli heads won't be very big because it won't have much energy.

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