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ok, finally getting some pics up, of my system...these are from last week, still working on getting to look presentable! Fish tanks in the rear will be covered w/ insulation and some type of lattice and things will be neatened up further. It will look much nicer when things get growing more!
Albums: Michelle's aquaponic system
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Comment by Michelle Silva on September 27, 2010 at 5:33pm
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I meant to say 700 vertical stacks (5 pots per stack!) and 180 stacks (6 pots per stack).
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Sahib, I'm glad you found something that you think is better..I'm curious what the costs is on the pots you are getting. I only paid $2 a pot and I feel the durability will meet my needs. I have two different friends that have quite a large amount of them. One couple I know has 700 and has had them here for 6 years and the other has 180 on a ROOFTOP warehouse. I don't think I have to worry about it holding up to the amount of force shown in the picutre..that's marketing for you.
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Comment by Sahib Punjabi on September 27, 2010 at 1:38pm
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You are right TCLynx :-)
I have seen these in person, in photos on Vertigro website as well as Mr. Cosmo's Greenhouse, where they do look sturdy and are protected from high winds. I am sure that they work wonderfully, however as regards durability, look at the picture below of grow pots I am going to experiment with initially :-)
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Comment by TCLynx on September 27, 2010 at 1:17pm
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There are actually quite a lot of vertigrow installs here in FL since this is where they are based. However, I also don't know about their durability either.
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Looking good so far:-)
Love your design of the "step" fish ponds...good use of gravity. Personally I am not too impressed with the foam pots as I really do not know how they will stand up to our (FL), hurricane / tropical weather systems when they are left out in the open and unprotected. Guess will learn from your experience.
Please continue to share as you expand further.
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A little experimentation will probably be good too since different types of plants like different things. The three day thing seems to work really good for me too with lettuce, kale, tatsoi, mustards and other fast sprouting cool weather greens.
I find the garden and snow peas like a very warm environment for sprouting instead and will rot if it is too cool when they are first planted.
Be sure to keep taking pictures as things progress, will be fun to see the system slowly filling up with plants.
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OK, what I wrote was confusing,meant to say that I just started transplanting some that I had only started on Friday!
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That's funny that you said 3 days. I just started t some of them today and only planted them Friday..so three days. I was originally going to do what I was told the farm does (1 week) but last night decided to do some after I posted that message since they look like they needed sun. I think since it's not in the ground and gets the water needed,it's fine to do it sooner. Thanks for posting, it's reassuring to hear others doing the same. Some of the seeds I placed directly into the system last week still have not sprouted!
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Comment by Chris Smith on September 27, 2010 at 10:07am
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I let my seeds germinate for 3 days in a cool and shady spot where the temperature does not fluctuate much. After 3 days I move them out into the sun. I get much better sprout rate since I began this method. Seeds that are too wet can rot instead of sprouting.
Chris630
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I just calcullated how many plants I can get in the system, and it's almost 4,000 and that's without extended the poles which I may do eventually to add another vertigrow pot and small pot on top of that. The large ground pots fit 10 plants and the bottom larger square pot fits 8..all theother fit 4.
@ Aleece, no still working on filling it up. I have almost half the raft tanks and one and a half of the verticals. One vertical row will be for strawberries, which I won't get until around the 8th of Oct.
Thanks for the tips Chris!
I did plant 5 more seedling trays (144 cell trays) each in them and will start transplanting in about a week. Some of the seeds I direct planted into the system either didn't take (think because of the heat) or are taking longer then when I do them inside and covered. I just learned that at the local organic farm they start all seeds covered in a cooler room that is at 65 degrees.
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