Organic or Otherwise "Home-made" Inputs - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-29T11:12:25Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/organic-or-otherwise-home-made-inputs?groupUrl=fish-less-systems&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A453018&groupId=4778851%3AGroup%3A283435&feed=yes&xn_auth=noOn the subject of iron.'Rusty…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2014-09-27:4778851:Comment:5803812014-09-27T01:15:17.121ZStacey Kinghttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/StaceyKing
<p>On the subject of iron.<br></br><br></br>'Rusty nails' soaked in vinegar, produces (I'm told) Iron (III) acetate, which is great for plants.<br></br><br></br>I'm running a humonia system, which is woefully lacking in iron, and every couple of weeks I see that yellowing again, so I tip the contents of my rust jar in, and top it back up with more vinegar.<br></br><br></br>Within a day or two I'm seeing colour coming back into the new growth.<br></br><br></br>They say that the acidity of the vinegar is largely nuetralised by…</p>
<p>On the subject of iron.<br/><br/>'Rusty nails' soaked in vinegar, produces (I'm told) Iron (III) acetate, which is great for plants.<br/><br/>I'm running a humonia system, which is woefully lacking in iron, and every couple of weeks I see that yellowing again, so I tip the contents of my rust jar in, and top it back up with more vinegar.<br/><br/>Within a day or two I'm seeing colour coming back into the new growth.<br/><br/>They say that the acidity of the vinegar is largely nuetralised by the reaction with the iron ... but I do find it drops my ph some anyway, so I balance it back out with either hydrated lime or pottassium hydroxide (homemade by boiling wood ash in water).<br/><br/>Its not really a problem as my ph seems very stable, the only thing that really changes it is the iron anyway.</p> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-04-30:4778851:Comment:4696662013-04-30T14:43:29.209ZBob Campbellhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/BobCampbell
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomining"><font size="+1"><font face="Bookman Old Style">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomining</font></font></a><br></br> <br></br> <font size="+1"><font face="Bookman Old Style">We have a l<font size="+1">o<font size="+1">t of gold in in the area where I live. I met a guy who is using biomining <font size="+1">to separate gold<font size="+1">. It sounded interesting so I <font size="+1">looked into it and discovered this page that <font size="+1">describes…</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomining"><font size="+1"><font face="Bookman Old Style">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomining</font></font></a><br/> <br/> <font size="+1"><font face="Bookman Old Style">We have a l<font size="+1">o<font size="+1">t of gold in in the area where I live. I met a guy who is using biomining <font size="+1">to separate gold<font size="+1">. It sounded interesting so I <font size="+1">looked into it and discovered this page that <font size="+1">describes the process. I thought you might like to look at it since it involves FE2<font size="+1">.</font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></p> Thanks Jim, GREAT site! Jim…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-04-15:4778851:Comment:4631242013-04-15T15:16:17.795ZBob Terrellhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/BobTerrell
<p>Thanks Jim, GREAT site!<br></br> <br></br> <cite>Jim Fisk said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/organic-or-otherwise-home-made-inputs?groupUrl=fish-less-systems&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A462899&xg_source=msg_com_gr_forum#4778851Comment462899"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Peru is blue for a reason<a rel="nofollow" style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"></img></a> <br></br> Let me know if it doesn't work for you. It works for me.<br></br> <cite>Bob…</cite></p>
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<p>Thanks Jim, GREAT site!<br/> <br/> <cite>Jim Fisk said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/organic-or-otherwise-home-made-inputs?groupUrl=fish-less-systems&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A462899&xg_source=msg_com_gr_forum#4778851Comment462899"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Peru is blue for a reason<a style="cursor: pointer;" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"/></a><br/> Let me know if it doesn't work for you. It works for me.<br/> <cite>Bob Terrell said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/organic-or-otherwise-home-made-inputs?groupUrl=fish-less-systems&groupId=4778851%3AGroup%3A283435&id=4778851%3ATopic%3A284783&page=6#4778851Comment463052"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Jim, do you have a link to this?</p>
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</blockquote> Peru is blue for a reason Let…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-04-15:4778851:Comment:4628992013-04-15T15:05:06.282ZJim Fiskhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JimFisk
<p>Peru is blue for a reason<a style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"></img></a> <br></br> Let me know if it doesn't work for you. It works for me.<br></br> <cite>Bob Terrell said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/organic-or-otherwise-home-made-inputs?groupUrl=fish-less-systems&groupId=4778851%3AGroup%3A283435&id=4778851%3ATopic%3A284783&page=6#4778851Comment463052"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Jim, do you have a link to…</p>
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<p>Peru is blue for a reason<a style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"/></a><br/> Let me know if it doesn't work for you. It works for me.<br/> <cite>Bob Terrell said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/organic-or-otherwise-home-made-inputs?groupUrl=fish-less-systems&groupId=4778851%3AGroup%3A283435&id=4778851%3ATopic%3A284783&page=6#4778851Comment463052"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Jim, do you have a link to this?</p>
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</blockquote> Jim, do you have a link to th…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-04-15:4778851:Comment:4630522013-04-15T14:08:34.798ZBob Terrellhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/BobTerrell
<p>Jim, do you have a link to this?</p>
<p><br></br> <br></br> <cite>Jim Fisk said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/organic-or-otherwise-home-made-inputs?groupUrl=fish-less-systems&xg_source=activity&groupId=4778851%3AGroup%3A283435&id=4778851%3ATopic%3A284783&page=5#4778851Comment462887"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Interesting update on Monsanto:…</p>
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<p>Jim, do you have a link to this?</p>
<p><br/> <br/> <cite>Jim Fisk said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/organic-or-otherwise-home-made-inputs?groupUrl=fish-less-systems&xg_source=activity&groupId=4778851%3AGroup%3A283435&id=4778851%3ATopic%3A284783&page=5#4778851Comment462887"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>Interesting update on Monsanto: <a href="http://www.foodrenegade.com/peru-bans-monsanto-gmos/" target="_blank">Peru</a><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2730451393?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2730451393?profile=original" width="638"/></a></p>
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</blockquote> Interesting update on Monsant…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-04-15:4778851:Comment:4628872013-04-15T12:30:42.351ZJim Fiskhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JimFisk
<p>Interesting update on Monsanto: <a href="http://www.foodrenegade.com/peru-bans-monsanto-gmos/" target="_blank">Peru</a><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2730451393?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2730451393?profile=original" width="638"/></a></p>
<p>Interesting update on Monsanto: <a href="http://www.foodrenegade.com/peru-bans-monsanto-gmos/" target="_blank">Peru</a><a target="_self" href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2730451393?profile=original"><img class="align-full" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2730451393?profile=original" width="638"/></a></p> Sloped to the right at a slig…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-03-22:4778851:Comment:4531912013-03-22T18:05:45.263ZJim Fiskhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JimFisk
<p>Sloped to the right at a slight angle. Not that dire as to angle as the # of rotations every few days makes up for slope in terms of how fast it moves so it is a combination of both. The holes are about 8-10" and staggered so as to keep the anaerobic balls that form, inevitably, from getting ahead of the rest. Referred to as "flight pans". I also place a few bricks in the last couple of drums to help break up those clods but they also get screened out at the trommel screen and go back into…</p>
<p>Sloped to the right at a slight angle. Not that dire as to angle as the # of rotations every few days makes up for slope in terms of how fast it moves so it is a combination of both. The holes are about 8-10" and staggered so as to keep the anaerobic balls that form, inevitably, from getting ahead of the rest. Referred to as "flight pans". I also place a few bricks in the last couple of drums to help break up those clods but they also get screened out at the trommel screen and go back into the grinder with the next batch which also helps inoculate the new ground up garbage.I think the pvc barrels will be much stronger than steel but a bit trickier to weld.</p>
<p>I'll have to go and reread my own set of plans to freshen up on details (like I had to with the GH woodstove:-). I built the composter in the mid 80's and Yankee Mag. did a feature article on it back then. Sold a lot of plans since. I turned the original plans into pdf which did not exist back then. Those were the first plans I ever did on the computer tho. Before that it was typewriter and drawing board and copy machine and book binder. Amazing. </p>
<p>Learned a lot about PLCs and differential temperature controls since then which will make automating it even easier. Should be even more fun this time around. The wood stove certainly has been. I have that sucker automated every which way but Sunday this time. Haven't gotten back to the waste oil injection yet but close. Right now I am making automatic fish feeders as they are more important. Have one working bread board style just this morning. Slick and cheap for me as I already have impulse timers and gear motors left from my commercial laundry chemical business. Using old wood augers for drive to push and meter the fish food. I'll need to make 5 eventually. Another thing a fishless system won't need<a style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Smile.gif"/></a><br/> <br/> <cite>Bob Campbell said:</cite></p>
<blockquote cite="http://community.theaquaponicsource.com/forum/topics/organic-or-otherwise-home-made-inputs?groupUrl=fish-less-systems&commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A453235&xg_source=msg_com_gr_forum#4778851Comment453071"><div><div class="xg_user_generated"><p>I get that you have placed holes between the barrels, but what keeps the compost moving in the correct direction?</p>
<p>How large are those holes?</p>
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</blockquote> I get that you have placed ho…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-03-22:4778851:Comment:4530712013-03-22T17:04:59.201ZBob Campbellhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/BobCampbell
<p>I get that you have placed holes between the barrels, but what keeps the compost moving in the correct direction?</p>
<p>How large are those holes?</p>
<p>I get that you have placed holes between the barrels, but what keeps the compost moving in the correct direction?</p>
<p>How large are those holes?</p> Jim that 'Green Machine' is t…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-03-22:4778851:Comment:4532352013-03-22T15:51:08.035ZVlad Jovanovichttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/VladJovanovic
<p>Jim that 'Green Machine' is too cool. Kudos. </p>
<p>Jim that 'Green Machine' is too cool. Kudos. </p> Thanks Bob, I've moved 3 time…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2013-03-22:4778851:Comment:4531622013-03-22T15:43:03.347ZJim Fiskhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/JimFisk
<p>Thanks Bob, I've moved 3 times since then so I can't wait to build another. This time, like I said, out of pvc barrels. Found 5 heavy black ones. The guy has 1 bright green one and I sure hope he gets 4 more. That would be sooo sweet. It is my Green Machine after all<a style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"/></a></p>
<p>Thanks Bob, I've moved 3 times since then so I can't wait to build another. This time, like I said, out of pvc barrels. Found 5 heavy black ones. The guy has 1 bright green one and I sure hope he gets 4 more. That would be sooo sweet. It is my Green Machine after all<a style="cursor: pointer;"><img src="http://www.bkserv.net/images/Grin.gif"/></a></p>