bland tasteing veggies - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T13:33:03Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/bland-tasteing-veggies?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A520652&feed=yes&xn_auth=noGreenhouse or open air? Thos…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-10-02:4778851:Comment:5216112013-10-02T19:51:50.439ZSam Burtonhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/SamBurton282
<p>Greenhouse or open air? Those factors can make a difference. I think the comments about variety choices is spot on. To some degree it's a moot point for me because I only grow greens, lettuces, herbs and okra in my AP. I can say that my basil, for example, is better than any 'in ground' basil I've ever tasted. I grow my tomatoes, peppers and etc. in wicking beds using AP water. </p>
<p>Partial correction; when I have a tomato seedling that seems to be struggling, I will frequently put…</p>
<p>Greenhouse or open air? Those factors can make a difference. I think the comments about variety choices is spot on. To some degree it's a moot point for me because I only grow greens, lettuces, herbs and okra in my AP. I can say that my basil, for example, is better than any 'in ground' basil I've ever tasted. I grow my tomatoes, peppers and etc. in wicking beds using AP water. </p>
<p>Partial correction; when I have a tomato seedling that seems to be struggling, I will frequently put it in a raft system for a couple weeks and they invariable perk up. Often, when I do that before I transplant them to the wicking beds, they end up out performing the ones that were in the beds first. I think the superior root system developed in the AP rafts may be the difference. </p>
<p></p> Thank you, it's a great idea…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-28:4778851:Comment:5206522013-09-28T06:33:59.036ZNancy Walsworthhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/NancyWalsworth
<p>Thank you, it's a great idea for adding nutrients. I look forward to your paper on the subject,<img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"/></p>
<p>Thank you, it's a great idea for adding nutrients. I look forward to your paper on the subject,<img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"/></p> I'm currently working on a wr…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-28:4778851:Comment:5207312013-09-28T03:17:32.136ZJon Paulhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JonathanPaulGrenard
<p>I'm currently working on a write up about Glacial Rock Dust. I could use some help if anyone is interested. </p>
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<p><strong>What is Glacial Rock Dust....</strong></p>
<p> Glacial Rock Dust is made of non organic rocks. It is made of rocks and minerals. It is a mix of many different types of rocks and has been ground to a fine flower like substance from the expansion and contraction of glacials in northern…</p>
<p>I'm currently working on a write up about Glacial Rock Dust. I could use some help if anyone is interested. </p>
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<p><strong>What is Glacial Rock Dust....</strong></p>
<p> Glacial Rock Dust is made of non organic rocks. It is made of rocks and minerals. It is a mix of many different types of rocks and has been ground to a fine flower like substance from the expansion and contraction of glacials in northern canada.</p>
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<p> I am Applying it directly to my grow beds. I grab a hand full of Glacial Rock Dust and sprinkle it across the top of my IBC grow beds. After i'm done spreading the rock dusk i spray a little water across the top layer of hydroton to wash the rock dust down into the grow bed where it can get wet from the flood drain cycle.</p> How do you apply it?tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-27:4778851:Comment:5204742013-09-27T14:56:15.192ZNancy Walsworthhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/NancyWalsworth
<p>How do you apply it?</p>
<p>How do you apply it?</p> Yeah, but what is it? Jon Pa…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-27:4778851:Comment:5204572013-09-27T03:42:11.073ZAlex Veidelhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/AlexVeidel
<p>Yeah, but what is it?<br/> <br/> <cite>Jon Paul said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/bland-tasteing-veggies?id=4778851%3ATopic%3A518976&page=2#4778851Comment520449"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">Glacial Rock Dust Type it into search engine and pick someone to order it from</div>
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<p>Yeah, but what is it?<br/> <br/> <cite>Jon Paul said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/bland-tasteing-veggies?id=4778851%3ATopic%3A518976&page=2#4778851Comment520449"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">Glacial Rock Dust Type it into search engine and pick someone to order it from</div>
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Glacial Rock Dust Type it into search engine and pick someone to order it from
Glacial Rock Dust Type it into search engine and pick someone to order it from Glacial Rock Dust. I've neve…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-26:4778851:Comment:5203422013-09-26T14:20:07.859ZNancy Walsworthhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/NancyWalsworth
<p>Glacial Rock Dust. I've never heard of that before. How do you use it and where can you get it? Thank you for your response.<img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Smile.gif"></img> <br></br> <br></br> <cite>Jon Paul said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/bland-tasteing-veggies?id=4778851%3ATopic%3A518976&page=2#4778851Comment520309"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p><span style="font-size: 13px;">For One I noticed that my AP tomatoes were bland tasting. I also noticed that my…</span></p>
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<p>Glacial Rock Dust. I've never heard of that before. How do you use it and where can you get it? Thank you for your response.<img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Smile.gif"/><br/> <br/> <cite>Jon Paul said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/bland-tasteing-veggies?id=4778851%3ATopic%3A518976&page=2#4778851Comment520309"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p><span style="font-size: 13px;">For One I noticed that my AP tomatoes were bland tasting. I also noticed that my tomatoes leaves had deficiencies which resulted in molting on leaves. After a 1000+ hours of research over the last 3 years i'm beginning to grasp what exactly is happening, and i believe in my heart that i have found the solution to your problem but am only one man without any research laboratory and i can not find anyone that is doing what i am doing. </span></p>
<p>AP systems grow beautiful lettuce and leafy greens. Leafy greens need lots of nitrates, but fruiting and flowering plant require a different set of nutrients different than what fish produce. There are several nutrients that are commanly supplemented in a AP system.<br/>1) Magnesium chloride, and magnesium somthing. which are basically epson salt and taste like salt </p>
<p>2) Calcium carbonates looks like ground up bones </p>
<p>3) Potassium <span style="font-size: 13px;">Carbonates. </span></p>
<p>4) Iron</p>
<p>I started off supplementing with individual supplements which was quite difficult. 3 weeks ago i started supplementing with Glacial Rock Dust. It contained everything that i had been supplementing and my newly ripened cherry tomatoes taste so sweet they are to die for. </p>
<p><cite>Robert Kyle Gress said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/bland-tasteing-veggies#4778851Comment518790"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">I started this discussion at work. My system is still cycling. I was talking to an organic farmer and he told me that AP systems make bland tasteing produce. Especially tomatoes. Since AP offers so much control over growing conditions I was wondering what people have done to grow premium produce. Or what causes the bland taste.</div>
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</blockquote> Yes, I can testify to that. I…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-26:4778851:Comment:5203412013-09-26T13:36:45.518ZAlex Veidelhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/AlexVeidel
<p>Yes, I can testify to that. In our soil garden, starting seeds this year didn't work out to well because of delayed frost. We went with store bought seedlings and the taste quality was dramatically affected in a negative way.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Casey Haas said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/bland-tasteing-veggies?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A520234&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment520234"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>As…</p>
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<p>Yes, I can testify to that. In our soil garden, starting seeds this year didn't work out to well because of delayed frost. We went with store bought seedlings and the taste quality was dramatically affected in a negative way.<br/> <br/> <cite>Casey Haas said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/bland-tasteing-veggies?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A520234&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment520234"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>As with all gardening, it may be a matter of doing some researching and picking tomato varieties that do well in your local area <span style="text-decoration: underline;">and</span> in an aquaponics system environment. The following varieties are supposed to "rock" in AP systems (apparently not all of the varieties do):</p>
<p>Chocolate Cherry</p>
<p>Golden Current - very tiny tomatoes with low heat tolerance – chefs love them</p>
<p>Brandywine – needs lots of phosphorus</p>
<p>San Marzano</p>
<p>Black Prince – dark fruit – very heat tolerant</p>
<p>Moskvich – large and flavorful</p>
<p>The seeds at your local Lowe's/Home Depot probably won't do the trick. Try <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.highmowingseeds.com/" target="_blank">http://www.highmowingseeds.com/</a> or <a rel="nofollow" href="http://www.johnnyseeds.com/" target="_blank">http://www.johnnyseeds.com/</a> for higher quality.</p>
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</blockquote> As with all gardening, it may…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-26:4778851:Comment:5202342013-09-26T13:28:47.996ZCasey Haashttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/CaseyHaas
<p>As with all gardening, it may be a matter of doing some researching and picking tomato varieties that do well in your local area <span style="text-decoration: underline;">and</span> in an aquaponics system environment. The following varieties are supposed to "rock" in AP systems (apparently not all of the varieties do):</p>
<p>Chocolate Cherry</p>
<p>Golden Current - very tiny tomatoes with low heat tolerance – chefs love them</p>
<p>Brandywine – needs lots of phosphorus</p>
<p>San…</p>
<p>As with all gardening, it may be a matter of doing some researching and picking tomato varieties that do well in your local area <span style="text-decoration: underline;">and</span> in an aquaponics system environment. The following varieties are supposed to "rock" in AP systems (apparently not all of the varieties do):</p>
<p>Chocolate Cherry</p>
<p>Golden Current - very tiny tomatoes with low heat tolerance – chefs love them</p>
<p>Brandywine – needs lots of phosphorus</p>
<p>San Marzano</p>
<p>Black Prince – dark fruit – very heat tolerant</p>
<p>Moskvich – large and flavorful</p>
<p>The seeds at your local Lowe's/Home Depot probably won't do the trick. Try <a href="http://www.highmowingseeds.com/" target="_blank">http://www.highmowingseeds.com/</a> or <a href="http://www.johnnyseeds.com/" target="_blank">http://www.johnnyseeds.com/</a> for higher quality.</p> For One I noticed that my AP…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-09-26:4778851:Comment:5203092013-09-26T02:47:49.589ZJon Paulhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JonathanPaulGrenard
<p><span style="font-size: 13px;">For One I noticed that my AP tomatoes were bland tasting. I also noticed that my tomatoes leaves had deficiencies which resulted in molting on leaves. After a 1000+ hours of research over the last 3 years i'm beginning to grasp what exactly is happening, and i believe in my heart that i have found the solution to your problem but am only one man without any research laboratory and i can not find anyone that is doing what i am doing. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 13px;">For One I noticed that my AP tomatoes were bland tasting. I also noticed that my tomatoes leaves had deficiencies which resulted in molting on leaves. After a 1000+ hours of research over the last 3 years i'm beginning to grasp what exactly is happening, and i believe in my heart that i have found the solution to your problem but am only one man without any research laboratory and i can not find anyone that is doing what i am doing. </span></p>
<p>AP systems grow beautiful lettuce and leafy greens. Leafy greens need lots of nitrates, but fruiting and flowering plant require a different set of nutrients different than what fish produce. There are several nutrients that are commanly supplemented in a AP system.<br/>1) Magnesium chloride, and magnesium somthing. which are basically epson salt and taste like salt </p>
<p>2) Calcium carbonates looks like ground up bones </p>
<p>3) Potassium <span style="font-size: 13px;">Carbonates. </span></p>
<p>4) Iron</p>
<p>I started off supplementing with individual supplements which was quite difficult. 3 weeks ago i started supplementing with Glacial Rock Dust. It contained everything that i had been supplementing and my newly ripened cherry tomatoes taste so sweet they are to die for. </p>
<p><cite>Robert Kyle Gress said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/bland-tasteing-veggies#4778851Comment518790"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">I started this discussion at work. My system is still cycling. I was talking to an organic farmer and he told me that AP systems make bland tasteing produce. Especially tomatoes. Since AP offers so much control over growing conditions I was wondering what people have done to grow premium produce. Or what causes the bland taste.</div>
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