My starter system - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T22:32:29Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/my-starter-system?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A476816&feed=yes&xn_auth=noJennifer,
Many types of rocks…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-05-18:4778851:Comment:4768162013-05-18T19:44:56.169ZKent Evanshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/KentEvans
<p>Jennifer,</p>
<p>Many types of rocks, stones, glass, or clay pellets (just to name a few) can be used for grow media as long as it doesn't fizz when put in a cup of vinegar. White river gravel 1/2 to 3/4 in. size is about the cheapest but is very heavy, while expanded clay or expanded glass can be quite expensive but less than half the weight. I went with red lava rock. It works good, and is about 1/3 the weight of gravel but very hard to clean. Getting your grow beds set up and cycling with…</p>
<p>Jennifer,</p>
<p>Many types of rocks, stones, glass, or clay pellets (just to name a few) can be used for grow media as long as it doesn't fizz when put in a cup of vinegar. White river gravel 1/2 to 3/4 in. size is about the cheapest but is very heavy, while expanded clay or expanded glass can be quite expensive but less than half the weight. I went with red lava rock. It works good, and is about 1/3 the weight of gravel but very hard to clean. Getting your grow beds set up and cycling with out fish is easiest on the nerves, when things get out of hand there is no fish to kill.</p> I may get the book as well. …tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-05-18:4778851:Comment:4767442013-05-18T16:36:39.150ZJennifer Dozarhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JenniferDozar
<p>I may get the book as well. I just haven't gotten around to it yet. I have made notes on a notebook from other things i've been reading and watching. I just am starting with a small system to see how it will work for me. And I plan on a bigger system later. I may incorporate it into the second greenhouse my husband and I are planning eventually (mainly to be a hothouse for pepper plants!) </p>
<p>I may get the book as well. I just haven't gotten around to it yet. I have made notes on a notebook from other things i've been reading and watching. I just am starting with a small system to see how it will work for me. And I plan on a bigger system later. I may incorporate it into the second greenhouse my husband and I are planning eventually (mainly to be a hothouse for pepper plants!) </p> Hi Jennifer,
Coming to this s…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-05-18:4778851:Comment:4767032013-05-18T00:29:42.843ZKent Evanshttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/KentEvans
<p>Hi Jennifer,</p>
<p>Coming to this site was a good fist step. Knowledge of the good and the bad can be found here. A copy of Sylvia's book Aquaponics Gardening would help you figure out the goals you hope to achieve, but all the answers are here if you have the time to look for them. Knowledge and a lot of patients is the key to success and you will get plenty of help here.</p>
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<p>Hi Jennifer,</p>
<p>Coming to this site was a good fist step. Knowledge of the good and the bad can be found here. A copy of Sylvia's book Aquaponics Gardening would help you figure out the goals you hope to achieve, but all the answers are here if you have the time to look for them. Knowledge and a lot of patients is the key to success and you will get plenty of help here.</p>
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