Soil medium suggestions for Wicking bed.

[Dino Zucchi]

hello all I am finishing up a 10x3 wicking bed, I used sand in the reservoir and now need to decide on a soil medium, I actually can't decide if I should use 100% compost like some suggest or go the aquaponic route and use a product like coir or peat moss? I already have a fish pond. Coir is pretty expensive so peat moss might work better for me in DC.  any words of wisdom would be helpful

[Vlad Jovanovic]

You might try posting in or checking out Chris Smith's Wicking Bed Growers group http://aquaponicscommunity.com/group/wicking-bed-growers

There's some wonderfully good info there and Chris is always chock-full of crafty ideas.

[Dino Zucchi]

good idea, thanks I just posted it.

http://aquaponicscommunity.com/group/wicking-bed-growers/forum/topi...

[Jonathan Kadish NYC AA Chair]

Growing Power uses worm compost in their aquaponics wicking beds

[Glenn]

You might find cultivating  indigenous microorganisms (IMO) beneficial. There's a video series explaining the howtos.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgTe4GUXzeQ