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| Author: | jmacflex13 [ May 15th, '14, 20:46 ] |
| Post subject: | north east outdoor aquaponics |
Is their anyone out there that has a year round outdoor system in the New England area? I dont have my own setup yet but i know that i want to do it outside. I'm just worried by the climate changes in my region. I dont want to get caught in a money pit of an investment buying heaters and such. Is their a cheaper more sustainable way out there that i have not discovered yet? |
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| Author: | keith [ May 18th, '14, 13:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: north east outdoor aquaponics |
do you have a basement? |
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| Author: | jmacflex13 [ May 18th, '14, 15:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: north east outdoor aquaponics |
yes i do have a basement . your setup looks great! thanks for sharing. As i stated above i want to do it outdoors. I would like to do a green house with some type of natural heat source(probably mulch piles). My basement feels to limited on space and i really want to GROW! |
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| Author: | scotty435 [ May 18th, '14, 15:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: north east outdoor aquaponics |
Welcome to the forum, Greenhouse setup might have a shot if you get enough light and build in heat storage but don't try to grow Tilapia. Check out ZsaZsa's thread where he built a solar greenhouse. Odd's are you'll have to do some heating in the coldest part of Winter though. Cheers There was a thread on BYAP where someone did a great big compost heap to use for heating, it's been awhile but I can't remember the thread 
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| Author: | RairdogAP [ May 19th, '14, 04:32 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: north east outdoor aquaponics |
My leanto greenhouse give about 3 months extra growing. I am border line zone 5/6. It will easily raise the temp 40 f on sunny days. It is connected to house with windows to balance temp swings. My FT is in the basement to keep water temps from fluctuating. I plan to add a little extra water heat this fall. Cold weather crops will grow when water temps are above 50 f but it is slow. When my water temps get above 60 f the plants take off. I just want a little heat for the fall and spring to give a 10 deg rise in water temp. |
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| Author: | scotty435 [ May 19th, '14, 05:10 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: north east outdoor aquaponics |
RairdogAP wrote: Cold weather crops will grow when water temps are above 50 f but it is slow. When my water temps get above 60 f the plants take off. Same situation here. Only two that do slightly better are Kale and Chard. Cheers |
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| Author: | jmacflex13 [ May 21st, '14, 15:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: north east outdoor aquaponics |
RairdogAP wrote: My leanto greenhouse give about 3 months extra growing. I am border line zone 5/6. It will easily raise the temp 40 f on sunny days. It is connected to house with windows to balance temp swings. My FT is in the basement to keep water temps from fluctuating. I plan to add a little extra water heat this fall. Cold weather crops will grow when water temps are above 50 f but it is slow. When my water temps get above 60 f the plants take off. I just want a little heat for the fall and spring to give a 10 deg rise in water temp. What do you do about the excess heat in the summer? |
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| Author: | pico9090 [ May 23rd, '14, 23:25 ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: north east outdoor aquaponics | ||
Hello, I am in New Hampshire and inside my greenhouse ( hoop style ) I have buit a rocket mass heater for the winter time...it should be able to keep the temps inside greenhouse around 65 / 70 ( I hope ) The greenhouse gets plenty of sun during the day even in winter as long as sun is out, but for New Hampshire with the record cold winter we just had I plan on adding some compost piles in the corners to generate even more heat...The rocket mass heater works well for now but I have yet to try it during the winter as we just built it... I vent my exhaust outside of greenhouse.
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| Author: | RairdogAP [ May 24th, '14, 05:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: north east outdoor aquaponics |
jmacflex13 wrote: RairdogAP wrote: My leanto greenhouse give about 3 months extra growing. I am border line zone 5/6. It will easily raise the temp 40 f on sunny days. It is connected to house with windows to balance temp swings. My FT is in the basement to keep water temps from fluctuating. I plan to add a little extra water heat this fall. Cold weather crops will grow when water temps are above 50 f but it is slow. When my water temps get above 60 f the plants take off. I just want a little heat for the fall and spring to give a 10 deg rise in water temp. What do you do about the excess heat in the summer? There is a 5x5 door on one end and and a 4x4 window on the other to get a cross breeze. I can also remover the bottom 2 ft tall panels and I have shade cloth. You can check out mine by clicking "deck system" in my sig. |
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