from south africa i say hi to all.

Dave Donley

Beautiful roots!

Ariel

Dave Donley wrote:

Beautiful roots!

WOW, if I had a dollar for everytime I heard that.....

vlt

What did you use to paint the foam?

ShoestringAP

Great system Francois!

Just read through it all, I also read through your posts on the barrelponics yahoo group a few years ago, with your first system.

Where are you getting your worm tea? I thought your worms were in the solids filter with hpdm cuttings? Do you have a separate dirt worm farm as well?

vlt, I dont think he painted the rafts...I caught that as well...also loved the way he used the cutouts from the raft as medium/stem holders!!!

Keep up the great work friend!
Brian

francois

vlt wrote:

What did you use to paint the foam?

Hi vlt
the foam is not painted.....used as is.
the foam/rafts in the system i am happy with for now but not 100% the right thing
i am busy with experimenting with a new raft system...cheaper but better.....
more manageable...i dont like a lot of work

francois · 10-1-2012 NEW FILTER.JPG [ 82.47 KiB | Viewed 1204 times ]

ShoestringAP wrote:

Great system Francois!

Just read through it all, I also read through your posts on the barrelponics yahoo group a few years ago, with your first system.

Where are you getting your worm tea? I thought your worms were in the solids filter with hpdm cuttings? Do you have a separate dirt worm farm as well?

vlt, I dont think he painted the rafts...I caught that as well...also loved the way he used the cutouts from the raft as medium/stem holders!!!

Keep up the great work friend!
Brian

hi Brain
The filter is nothing fancy....but works well
I initially had Pvc pieces in the filter as media
my worm tea i make..
i have few worm bins and lots of castings
after i empty the bins here(photo) the castings stay covered untill 100% pure...
then i use to make brew tea

vlt

Cheers mate....was just wondering how its holding up to the sun...

I'm thinking of doing the same with some sheets I have.

francois

vlt wrote:

Cheers mate....was just wondering how its holding up to the sun...

I'm thinking of doing the same with some sheets I have.

Hi vlt
the sheet last well...cheap and works well for me
these are +-9 months....if you can paint the sheets before using

francois

Update on plants and fish...it has been very cold for the last 4 days...morning temps in the fish tank tunnel...+-5 deg/c and the water this morning 11 deg/c

francois

i planted very small lettuce seedlings....i had the open holes so i planted in system

francois

the rest........lettuce have been planted in stages

DrLuke

Always love you see your updates francois. Keep up the good work.

francois

Hi Dr

Narcissus

Absolutely AMAZING....

I am amazed at what you have accomplished! I read many of your pages, but finally skipped to page 27 (I believe) and now I plan on going back and reading all that I missed. VERY informative!

Thank you for sharing this, fancois... what a beautiful system you have.

francois

Narcissus

Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics