cheap, frugal or broke - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T18:24:07Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/cheap-frugal-or-broke?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A224755&xg_raw_resources=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noyupTCLynx said:
Just make sur…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-12-08:4778851:Comment:2629822011-12-08T15:44:45.474Zchuckhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/clayhartwig
<p>yup<br></br><br></br><cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/cheap-frugal-or-broke?xg_source=activity&id=4778851%3ATopic%3A223023&page=4#4778851Comment262980"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Just make sure you only pump the water through the black pipe when there is sun to heat it up, if you leave the water pumping through the tubing at night, it will act as a chiller and actual increase your daily temperature swings which could be…</p>
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<p>yup<br/><br/><cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/cheap-frugal-or-broke?xg_source=activity&id=4778851%3ATopic%3A223023&page=4#4778851Comment262980"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Just make sure you only pump the water through the black pipe when there is sun to heat it up, if you leave the water pumping through the tubing at night, it will act as a chiller and actual increase your daily temperature swings which could be even worse.</p>
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</blockquote> Just make sure you only pump…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-12-08:4778851:Comment:2629802011-12-08T14:07:35.653ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Just make sure you only pump the water through the black pipe when there is sun to heat it up, if you leave the water pumping through the tubing at night, it will act as a chiller and actual increase your daily temperature swings which could be even worse.</p>
<p>Just make sure you only pump the water through the black pipe when there is sun to heat it up, if you leave the water pumping through the tubing at night, it will act as a chiller and actual increase your daily temperature swings which could be even worse.</p> its geting colder out and the…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-12-08:4778851:Comment:2628742011-12-08T13:40:45.824Zchuckhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/clayhartwig
<p>its geting colder out and the fish eating less and the greens are turning yellow so i hooked a small fountai pump to 500 feet of black pipe layed it out in the sun and to water returning to the tank is about 12 deg warmer. yay the green is back. ps. im in florida this wont work if you got snow on the ground.</p>
<p>its geting colder out and the fish eating less and the greens are turning yellow so i hooked a small fountai pump to 500 feet of black pipe layed it out in the sun and to water returning to the tank is about 12 deg warmer. yay the green is back. ps. im in florida this wont work if you got snow on the ground.</p> make sure you get the heat hi…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-11-06:4778851:Comment:2435352011-11-06T07:06:10.922ZJon Nosehttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JonNose
make sure you get the heat high enough or you may find you just made a big mud pie :)<br></br>
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<cite>Jonathan Kadish said:</cite><br />
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/cheap-frugal-or-broke?xg_source=activity&id=4778851%3ATopic%3A223023&page=3#4778851Comment243715"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">One thing I'm thinking about doing is digging up some local clay, mixing it 50/50 with sawdust, making a jig to create the balls and pit firing it. There resulting…</div>
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make sure you get the heat high enough or you may find you just made a big mud pie :)<br/>
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<cite>Jonathan Kadish said:</cite><br />
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/cheap-frugal-or-broke?xg_source=activity&id=4778851%3ATopic%3A223023&page=3#4778851Comment243715"><div><div class="xg_user_generated">One thing I'm thinking about doing is digging up some local clay, mixing it 50/50 with sawdust, making a jig to create the balls and pit firing it. There resulting product should behave like hydroton, holding water and being about the same weight.</div>
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</blockquote> I know of some one who did so…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-11-06:4778851:Comment:2435332011-11-06T06:58:38.212ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
I know of some one who did something sort of similar perhaps but he called his goat dung scoria.
I know of some one who did something sort of similar perhaps but he called his goat dung scoria. One thing I'm thinking about…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-11-06:4778851:Comment:2437152011-11-06T04:14:15.651ZJonathan Kadish NYC AA Chairhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JonathanKadish
One thing I'm thinking about doing is digging up some local clay, mixing it 50/50 with sawdust, making a jig to create the balls and pit firing it. There resulting product should behave like hydroton, holding water and being about the same weight.
One thing I'm thinking about doing is digging up some local clay, mixing it 50/50 with sawdust, making a jig to create the balls and pit firing it. There resulting product should behave like hydroton, holding water and being about the same weight. I'm not sure I would want to…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-11-04:4778851:Comment:2431022011-11-04T23:31:47.712ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
I'm not sure I would want to be climbing the ladder to get to the top all the time.
I'm not sure I would want to be climbing the ladder to get to the top all the time. @ TLC, depends on what you gr…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-11-04:4778851:Comment:2422682011-11-04T10:27:22.773ZCarey Mahttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/CareyMa
<p>@ TLC, depends on what you grow in those three layers. I for one have a thing for verticle growing. My concern is with stability.</p>
<p>That is a considerable structure with lots of weight in it but if anchored and on a soild foundation>...I say Yahoo! Lets go for it!</p>
<p>@ TLC, depends on what you grow in those three layers. I for one have a thing for verticle growing. My concern is with stability.</p>
<p>That is a considerable structure with lots of weight in it but if anchored and on a soild foundation>...I say Yahoo! Lets go for it!</p> LOL. How is code enforcement…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-11-04:4778851:Comment:2423342011-11-04T02:33:08.541ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>LOL. How is code enforcement in your area?</p>
<p>Keep in mind that the lower levels of a 12 foot tall garden are going to have trouble getting enough light.</p>
<p>LOL. How is code enforcement in your area?</p>
<p>Keep in mind that the lower levels of a 12 foot tall garden are going to have trouble getting enough light.</p> call me nuts buy i have some…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-11-04:4778851:Comment:2422352011-11-04T01:11:22.429Zchuckhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/clayhartwig
call me nuts buy i have some of the shelves that homedepo uses, 12 feet tall. someone better talk me out of building a 3 layer ultra high garden in the sky with a quikness before i go and ruin the skyline on my block. ps i just found out that the cops were in my back yard at 4 am a few days ago looking through my plants. i guess some one heard aquaphonics and there little alarm went off and they called the boys in blue. im personaly glad they are on the prowl, a drug dog would loos his mind if…
call me nuts buy i have some of the shelves that homedepo uses, 12 feet tall. someone better talk me out of building a 3 layer ultra high garden in the sky with a quikness before i go and ruin the skyline on my block. ps i just found out that the cops were in my back yard at 4 am a few days ago looking through my plants. i guess some one heard aquaphonics and there little alarm went off and they called the boys in blue. im personaly glad they are on the prowl, a drug dog would loos his mind if let loose on my block. he he he.