My system is 6 months old and the pH has been dropping since day 1! I can't figure it out and it's driving me bonkers. No dead fish, no dead spots, I even replaced a bed that had pond-liner cuz I…Continue
AP IS Awesome. Really looking forward to some tomatoes used to sit in the garden back in Michigan with a salt shaker and just eat them until I was stuffed! WOW Pumpkins, hadn't even thought of those yet. Would be great food for the pumpkins.
So far I haven't done anything about it. I was reading that the fish eat them sometimes but will see how it goes. They are really small black ones currently, hope they don't get bigger and start eating my plants up. Got my first Zucchinis over the weekend! Cucumbers are growing well and tomatoes all have blossoms on them. Pulled all the radishes out and gave most of them to chickens, all greens with no radishes on them and they started going to seed.
I don't have any duckweed. He gave me some to start but I saw a lot of snail in it and didn't want to put it into my system. I dipped all the fish out of the water into my system but the snails got in anyway.
Thanks for joining the Aquaponic Gardening community! I hope you find it a fun place to explore aquaponics. There is a real blend of experienced and new aquapons in this community, so please don’t hesitate to get in there and start asking questions. Everyone is quite happy to help out new members--no question is too basic.
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AP IS Awesome. Really looking forward to some tomatoes used to sit in the garden back in Michigan with a salt shaker and just eat them until I was stuffed! WOW Pumpkins, hadn't even thought of those yet. Would be great food for the pumpkins.
So far I haven't done anything about it. I was reading that the fish eat them sometimes but will see how it goes. They are really small black ones currently, hope they don't get bigger and start eating my plants up. Got my first Zucchinis over the weekend! Cucumbers are growing well and tomatoes all have blossoms on them. Pulled all the radishes out and gave most of them to chickens, all greens with no radishes on them and they started going to seed.
I don't have any duckweed. He gave me some to start but I saw a lot of snail in it and didn't want to put it into my system. I dipped all the fish out of the water into my system but the snails got in anyway.
Seems like there are multiple places to comment back to people here. I sent you a message! LOL
Welcome Dagmarvelous!
Thanks for joining the Aquaponic Gardening community! I hope you find it a fun place to explore aquaponics. There is a real blend of experienced and new aquapons in this community, so please don’t hesitate to get in there and start asking questions. Everyone is quite happy to help out new members--no question is too basic.
A great place to start is to read the “How to Use This Site” link on the upper right corner, “Start Here” section of the Home page. You might also find the “Aquaponic Gardening Rules of Thumb” guidelines helpful.
Please participate and check in with us every day! We are constantly posting news about aquaponics and the good food movement.
Thanks again for joining us, and I look forward to getting to know you.
Sylvia