Greetings from 51N in the Interior of British Columbia - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T13:11:12Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/greetings-from-51n-in-the-interior-of-british-columbia?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A266307&feed=yes&xn_auth=noHmmm....well I think I'll giv…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-12-19:4778851:Comment:2670982011-12-19T15:20:15.039ZIan Cameronhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/IanCameron
<p>Hmmm....well I think I'll give it a shot. What the heck, I'm just experimenting, with an eye to create some form of community based living food bank.<br></br> <br></br> <cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/greetings-from-51n-in-the-interior-of-british-columbia#4778851Comment266307"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Some people have looked into such things. There are some issues with using plastic as a "gravel" replacement in media beds…</p>
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<p>Hmmm....well I think I'll give it a shot. What the heck, I'm just experimenting, with an eye to create some form of community based living food bank.<br/> <br/> <cite>TCLynx said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://aquaponicscommunity.com/forum/topics/greetings-from-51n-in-the-interior-of-british-columbia#4778851Comment266307"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Some people have looked into such things. There are some issues with using plastic as a "gravel" replacement in media beds that I think is mostly related to the plastic perhaps not giving much support to the plants.</p>
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<p>That said, I have used drink bottle caps as a top layer of media in water plant beds with heavier gravel down in the bottom. The fact that the plastic floats a bit was actually a benefit in this situation since I was trying to reduce algae but still allow the plants a kinda "flooded" feel to their environment. I've only really used this for growing water chestnuts and water cress so far.</p>
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<p>I've seen other people use drink bottle caps as floating media in bio-filters. I'm sure you could use chopped up milk containers to make bio-filter media.</p>
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<p>Now there are filter medias made from recycled milk jugs and the like but they are kinda an industrial process to make.</p>
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</blockquote> Some people have looked into…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2011-12-16:4778851:Comment:2663072011-12-16T19:19:32.210ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
<p>Some people have looked into such things. There are some issues with using plastic as a "gravel" replacement in media beds that I think is mostly related to the plastic perhaps not giving much support to the plants.</p>
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<p>That said, I have used drink bottle caps as a top layer of media in water plant beds with heavier gravel down in the bottom. The fact that the plastic floats a bit was actually a benefit in this situation since I was trying to reduce algae but still allow the…</p>
<p>Some people have looked into such things. There are some issues with using plastic as a "gravel" replacement in media beds that I think is mostly related to the plastic perhaps not giving much support to the plants.</p>
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<p>That said, I have used drink bottle caps as a top layer of media in water plant beds with heavier gravel down in the bottom. The fact that the plastic floats a bit was actually a benefit in this situation since I was trying to reduce algae but still allow the plants a kinda "flooded" feel to their environment. I've only really used this for growing water chestnuts and water cress so far.</p>
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<p>I've seen other people use drink bottle caps as floating media in bio-filters. I'm sure you could use chopped up milk containers to make bio-filter media.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Now there are filter medias made from recycled milk jugs and the like but they are kinda an industrial process to make.</p>