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Comment by Matt Miskinnis on September 9, 2013 at 10:48pm

@Stehpanie, Thanks!  I have pics from our group hugs that I never posted.  I think I'll create a discussion forum and post the pics their - if anyone else has pics from our outing they can post them their too! 

Comment by Matt Miskinnis on September 9, 2013 at 10:44pm

be on the look out for caterpillars, that looks similar to the "poop" they left behind, but they usually like tomatoes and pepper plants (been battling them for the past few months)

 

Comment by Stephanie Bader on September 9, 2013 at 10:42pm

@Matt I like that picture! :-D

@Sheri Those are gorgeous fish

Regarding shade cloth, i think you can get by with 25 or 50 as long as you have the western sun blocked off. The main thing we're going to change for next year is hanging a piece of shade cloth off the west frame so that it hangs between the top of the shade structure and the wall. It just seemed like the couple of hours of afternoon sun that came through there beat up a lot of my tomatoes.

Did everyone else enjoy all the rain today? I'm not going to have to use any top off water for a while.

Comment by Sheri Schmeckpeper on September 9, 2013 at 10:41pm

They do look like looper poop. If you have holes in the leaves, that would be the food that turned into the poop. :)  Look under the leaves that have holes and eventually you'll find the culprit. They're hard to see because they're the same color as the leaves. Chickens love them.

Comment by Randy Mann on September 9, 2013 at 9:38pm

No Dr. Brooks I am not sure.  I did find them underneath a leaf and these I thought had dropped off the leaf and landed below. I could easily be wrong.

Comment by Dr. George B. Brooks, Jr. on September 9, 2013 at 9:34pm

Are you sure those are eggs? If so, they look just like cabbage looper fecal pellets.

Comment by Randy Mann on September 9, 2013 at 9:15pm

Little help identifying these eggs.  I found them under a basil leaf I have holes in my plants that look to be from the cutter wasp....they are small and black in color and there were a bunch of them.....also Sheri asked for a friend to see if I could come out and look at your system. Thanks.

Comment by Samson J. Loo on September 9, 2013 at 7:34pm

Thanks Sheri! We're very excited too. I've already received several requests from family and friends so I'll be do this again and getting plenty more experience in the near future.

Comment by Matt Miskinnis on September 9, 2013 at 7:18pm

Hey Sheri, Thanks for the compliment on the feeder. Those pictures are awesome!! You really grew some huge Tilapia!

Comment by Sheri Schmeckpeper on September 9, 2013 at 7:14pm

This little guy showed up in our greenhouse. It looked like a flying spider, but turned out to be a predatory wasp that preys on cockroaches. Go to it, my friend!

We harvested the last 14 of our large Nile tilapia yesterday. The largest two were 3.5 lbs. What's interesting is that they retain the colors they were in when they were dispatched.  Here are some photos:

Below is a picture of a 3.5lb male in classic breeding colors and a female just under 2lbs. This is a really good example of the extremes of their color. Both appear to have pointed dorsal/anal fins, but if hers were spread out, you'd be able to see the roundness, while his would come to a point. Note also that hers extend to the base of her tail, whereas his extend beyond the base.

The next picture is of Bob holding the two biggest, weighing in at 3.5lbs and 3.25lbs. The one on the right was, no doubt, the primary breeder. The one on the left is in breeding color, but has a hint of striping and slightly darker colors. I've seen secondary males get secondary females, so he may have been breeding, but only when the other one wasn't looking. :) 

And here are five of the batch. These are already gutted, so their tummies look a little odd. The smaller one on the left and the one in the middle were females, while the other three were males. The female in the middle has slightly greener coloring, is a little rounder, and her scaling is slightly different than most female Niles that we've seen. No doubt due to that cross breeding Dr. George mentioned.

So now our freezer is full and our tank is re-stocked with a bunch of fish that range from 3 - 7", and ready to fertilize our fall garden!

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