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How's this for an erection?



paul

Everything is go for erection of the dome today. I will post pictures as soon as it's done

This is how it looks now



Paul

Just a quick reply from Sylvia about trace elements Thanks for your kind words. In general the answer is "yes, the trace minerals come from the fish feed", but sometimes deficiencies do occur and if that is the case we recommend a rock dust product called Aquaponic Elements. It works like ...

Fantastic topic. thanks for posting

I really want to start growing a lot more perennials.

paul

This is what Sylvia Bernstein said to Tony's post. HI Paul. I'm laughing because that is exactly the kind of skepticism I had when I first got into aquaponics. I came from a 7 year background in Hydroponics via running the plant grow lab at AeroGrow, international in the development of the AeroGarde...

I do go onto a couple of aquaponics forums and I am also in touch with Sylvia Bernstein who is a leader in aquaponics in the states.

Do you mind if I quote your post above to see if I can get some answers for you?

paul

I for one would be very interested in what you have to say Tosca

There may be a lot of differences but I bet there are as many similarities.

Paul

A lot of forums do have a thanks button. It is nice to be thanked but it is even better if someone takes the time to comment so it keeps the thread on the first page a little longer.

paul

Well I am just a guilty as anyone else. I drifted away for quite a while but I am back now and ready to contribute.

paul

Is it possible to embed a video into this forum or do I just do a link as above?

Paul

We did have purple sprouting broccoli and chard all through the winter

paul

Do we have any Aquaponic gardeners on thee forum. For those of you that don't already know, aquaponics is a kind of gardening where you use fish to supply nutrients to your plants and plants to filter the water for the fish. The fish produce ammonia from their gills and their urine which is poisonou...

Thanks Tony

It is not just this site. Most forums are having a hard time as people spend more time on things like facebook. Maybe we need to use facebook more to highlight interesting topics on the forum.

It is too good a resource to loose to be honest.

Paul

When I lived in Norway we used to eat Cod's Tongue. It was quite nice

paul

Hi All

I would like to go from just growing a lot veg in the summer to growing a smaller amount but all year round.

We are going to be designing an aquaponics system in the dome and i might have a go at micro greens but what other things can i grow all year round or through the off season

Paul