Vertical hydroponic components - Aquaponic Gardening2024-03-28T18:40:56Zhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/vertical-hydroponic-components?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A4163&xg_source=msg_com_forum&feed=yes&xn_auth=noLet me know how it works for…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2010-06-01:4778851:Comment:42142010-06-01T14:03:13.000ZNate Storeyhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/NateStorey
Let me know how it works for you. I'd love to see someone try a green roof or a passive cooling system with these things. We've been tossing research ideas around for a while for using these things in a green roof setting, trying to figure out the best way to set them up. We have some sketches. maybe I should post them sometime. . .<br />
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Let me know how it works for you. I'd love to see someone try a green roof or a passive cooling system with these things. We've been tossing research ideas around for a while for using these things in a green roof setting, trying to figure out the best way to set them up. We have some sketches. maybe I should post them sometime. . .<br />
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<cite>TCLynx said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/vertical-hydroponic-components?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A4203&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment4203"><div>Some one over at BYAP mentioned possibly using the towers for a green roof modified NFT. Sounds kinda neat but the logistics of making the towers work for that might be a bit tricky.<br/><br/>I've got some seeds started in cotton with a rayon mop string wick in the NFT pipes and I intend to see how the plants do from that into the towers.</div>
</blockquote> Some one over at BYAP mention…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2010-05-31:4778851:Comment:42032010-05-31T19:56:08.000ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
Some one over at BYAP mentioned possibly using the towers for a green roof modified NFT. Sounds kinda neat but the logistics of making the towers work for that might be a bit tricky.<br />
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I've got some seeds started in cotton with a rayon mop string wick in the NFT pipes and I intend to see how the plants do from that into the towers.
Some one over at BYAP mentioned possibly using the towers for a green roof modified NFT. Sounds kinda neat but the logistics of making the towers work for that might be a bit tricky.<br />
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I've got some seeds started in cotton with a rayon mop string wick in the NFT pipes and I intend to see how the plants do from that into the towers. yeah, I've found that with so…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2010-05-31:4778851:Comment:42022010-05-31T17:25:49.000ZNate Storeyhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/NateStorey
yeah, I've found that with some crops you need to lean the towers a tad- almost use them like an NFT trough at say 85 degrees. I've played with rockwool wicks too for this. I'll let you know how I end up doing the strawberries. I've also found that directional irrigation at the top can help. Since my irrigation PVC arms are screwed in with teflon tape, I can twist them so they irrigate the front of the tower, the middle of the tower, or the back of the tower. I start everything with forward to…
yeah, I've found that with some crops you need to lean the towers a tad- almost use them like an NFT trough at say 85 degrees. I've played with rockwool wicks too for this. I'll let you know how I end up doing the strawberries. I've also found that directional irrigation at the top can help. Since my irrigation PVC arms are screwed in with teflon tape, I can twist them so they irrigate the front of the tower, the middle of the tower, or the back of the tower. I start everything with forward to mid irrigation and then move my irrigation to the back once the roots are established. This keeps the crown nice and dry and/or give the plants a chance to develop a root "cap" along the front gap. Only my most prolific plants cap themselves (barley, mustard greens, etc.) but they actually seal the tower with roots if i use forward irrigation for a while at the start. That's why I really like these kinds of plants for straight up phytoremediation.<br />
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<cite>TCLynx said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/vertical-hydroponic-components?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A4201&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment4201"><div>I put two strawberry plants in one of my towers. The crowns are getting too wet and I fear those plants are not gonna make it. Definitely need to make sure towers with strawberries are angled back and the flow is such that the crowns of the plants won't be getting wet.<br/><br/>Otherwise my towers seem to be doing great!<br/><br/><cite>Nate Storey said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/vertical-hydroponic-components?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A4200&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment4200"><div>We're calling them ZipGrow Towers. How're yours doing? I've found keeping them wet while they establish roots in . . . My fish are getting big too. I'm converting my 2000 gal. aquaculture system over to towers this week too. Gonna put strawberries in it. <cite>TCLynx said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/vertical-hydroponic-components?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A4163&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment4163"><div>Hay Nate, have your towers gotten a name yet?</div>
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</blockquote> I put two strawberry plants i…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2010-05-31:4778851:Comment:42012010-05-31T17:10:03.000ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
I put two strawberry plants in one of my towers. The crowns are getting too wet and I fear those plants are not gonna make it. Definitely need to make sure towers with strawberries are angled back and the flow is such that the crowns of the plants won't be getting wet.<br />
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Otherwise my towers seem to be doing great!<br />
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I put two strawberry plants in one of my towers. The crowns are getting too wet and I fear those plants are not gonna make it. Definitely need to make sure towers with strawberries are angled back and the flow is such that the crowns of the plants won't be getting wet.<br />
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Otherwise my towers seem to be doing great!<br />
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<cite>Nate Storey said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/vertical-hydroponic-components?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A4200&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment4200"><div>We're calling them ZipGrow Towers. How're yours doing? I've found keeping them wet while they establish roots in . . . My fish are getting big too. I'm converting my 2000 gal. aquaculture system over to towers this week too. Gonna put strawberries in it.
<cite>TCLynx said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/vertical-hydroponic-components?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A4163&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment4163"><div>Hay Nate, have your towers gotten a name yet?</div>
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</blockquote> We're calling them ZipGrow To…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2010-05-31:4778851:Comment:42002010-05-31T16:42:45.000ZNate Storeyhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/NateStorey
We're calling them ZipGrow Towers. How're yours doing? I've found keeping them wet while they establish roots in the first couple days is the biggest deal (on large plants). Small plants don't seem to care at all. . . I'm putting in a large basil trial in a week or two. It's going to be awesome. I've got 32 photometers that will tell me what light is doing throught the mass. . . My fish are getting big too. I'm converting my 2000 gal. aquaculture system over to towers this week too. Gonna put…
We're calling them ZipGrow Towers. How're yours doing? I've found keeping them wet while they establish roots in the first couple days is the biggest deal (on large plants). Small plants don't seem to care at all. . . I'm putting in a large basil trial in a week or two. It's going to be awesome. I've got 32 photometers that will tell me what light is doing throught the mass. . . My fish are getting big too. I'm converting my 2000 gal. aquaculture system over to towers this week too. Gonna put strawberries in it.<br />
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<cite>TCLynx said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/vertical-hydroponic-components?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A4163&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment4163"><div>Hay Nate, have your towers gotten a name yet?</div>
</blockquote> Hay Nate, have your towers go…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2010-05-30:4778851:Comment:41632010-05-30T18:22:16.000ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
Hay Nate, have your towers gotten a name yet?
Hay Nate, have your towers gotten a name yet? Hey TCLynx,
Yea, they are fu…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2010-04-17:4778851:Comment:26092010-04-17T17:50:48.000ZSylvia Bernsteinhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/SylviaBernstein
Hey TCLynx,<br />
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Yea, they are fun already. You plant by sandwiching the seedling between two layers of the grow media - pretty efficient! They have been getting a lot attention by various greenhouse visitors we've had this week - my poor beds are feeling a little left out...<br />
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<cite>TCLynx said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/vertical-hydroponic-components?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A2608&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment2608"><div>Sylvia, I see…</div>
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Hey TCLynx,<br />
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Yea, they are fun already. You plant by sandwiching the seedling between two layers of the grow media - pretty efficient! They have been getting a lot attention by various greenhouse visitors we've had this week - my poor beds are feeling a little left out...<br />
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<cite>TCLynx said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/vertical-hydroponic-components?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A2608&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment2608"><div>Sylvia, I see you have a couple towers started in your greenhouse. I hope they work well for you, post lots of pics and stuff of the progress with them!</div>
</blockquote> Sylvia, I see you have a coup…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2010-04-17:4778851:Comment:26082010-04-17T17:39:35.000ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
Sylvia, I see you have a couple towers started in your greenhouse. I hope they work well for you, post lots of pics and stuff of the progress with them!
Sylvia, I see you have a couple towers started in your greenhouse. I hope they work well for you, post lots of pics and stuff of the progress with them! You're right, TCLynx, this wo…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2010-04-07:4778851:Comment:22522010-04-07T13:27:52.000ZSylvia Bernsteinhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/SylviaBernstein
You're right, TCLynx, this would be awesome at a Farmer's Market. I was thinking that even if you get push-back about having (selling?0 your monster catfish there (which would be a dammed shame, if you ask me) you could still have a small tank with goldfish and an image of what you have at home next to it just to get the idea across. And worse, worse case even just selling off the towers with no fish or water reservoir at all would still be completely unique and cool<br />
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You're right, TCLynx, this would be awesome at a Farmer's Market. I was thinking that even if you get push-back about having (selling?0 your monster catfish there (which would be a dammed shame, if you ask me) you could still have a small tank with goldfish and an image of what you have at home next to it just to get the idea across. And worse, worse case even just selling off the towers with no fish or water reservoir at all would still be completely unique and cool<br />
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<cite>TCLynx said:</cite><blockquote cite="http://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/forum/topics/vertical-hydroponic-components?commentId=4778851%3AComment%3A2251&xg_source=msg_com_forum#4778851Comment2251"><div>Only thing I see to work out for actually having fish at the market would be with logistics. Many markets don't give you access to power or water and hauling/moving a big tank off a truck for the weekend might be a challenge and a smaller tank around here would heat up to much for my taste in keeping the fish comfortable.<br/> <br/>
Then again, my main fish are catfish and they don't do nearly so well with rough handling as tilapia do. (I hope the little catfish fingerlings I rescued from the plumbing last night recover ok. I actually rescued one that made it all the way into the grow bed.)<br/>
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Anyway, I'm gonna be checking at the markets to see if there are any out there where I would be able to access my booth every day of the week. In which case one might be able to keep an AP system going on site. Being able to check on the fish daily is kinda important. Next question would be, can I get access to power/water on site or would I have to set up solar and haul in water.<br/>
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</blockquote> Only thing I see to work out…tag:aquaponicgardening.ning.com,2010-04-07:4778851:Comment:22512010-04-07T12:55:48.000ZTCLynxhttps://aquaponicgardening.ning.com/profile/TCLynx
Only thing I see to work out for actually having fish at the market would be with logistics. Many markets don't give you access to power or water and hauling/moving a big tank off a truck for the weekend might be a challenge and a smaller tank around here would heat up to much for my taste in keeping the fish comfortable.<br />
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Then again, my main fish are catfish and they don't do nearly so well with rough handling as tilapia do. (I hope the little catfish fingerlings I rescued from the plumbing…
Only thing I see to work out for actually having fish at the market would be with logistics. Many markets don't give you access to power or water and hauling/moving a big tank off a truck for the weekend might be a challenge and a smaller tank around here would heat up to much for my taste in keeping the fish comfortable.<br />
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Then again, my main fish are catfish and they don't do nearly so well with rough handling as tilapia do. (I hope the little catfish fingerlings I rescued from the plumbing last night recover ok. I actually rescued one that made it all the way into the grow bed.)<br />
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Anyway, I'm gonna be checking at the markets to see if there are any out there where I would be able to access my booth every day of the week. In which case one might be able to keep an AP system going on site. Being able to check on the fish daily is kinda important. Next question would be, can I get access to power/water on site or would I have to set up solar and haul in water.<br />
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Hum.........