Backyard Aquaponics
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could you have used silica crystals in the container to absorb moisture?

Good idea that, a small baggie of silica crystals in there should keep it at least rot free, maybe two of them, probably have one lieing around in the medicine cabinet with some pills.

silica crystals would become saturated in a couple of days....I would have to keep changing them out.

Typically electronics are put into a NEMA (waterproof) box. This would help to keep the extreme moisture out. Another common option is to encase the electronics in apoxy.

Touche'!

Yeah

I assumed it was in a box. So silica wouldve worked well.

This large leopard frog has been hanging out in the greenhouse for a couple of months. At first he would jump into the sump pump area whenever I would go in, but now I can walk right up to him and he doesn’t even care. Luckily, he’s too large to get sucked into the impellers of the pump!

Lovely frog to have as a voluntary pet.

I wonder how much it helps with pest control......

don't frogs carry diseases?

I finally had some time to make another video update of my greenhouse. As you can see, I’m still suffering from a white fly problem and the strawberries just aren’t strong enough to survive. They’re starting to succumb to the flies and are getting mildew on them. I’m probably going to rip them all out, and this winter drop the temp below freezing to kill off the bugs. Bring back DDT!

There are some stats near the end, so you may want to watch it in full-screen hi-def so you can see the info!

Really great video Rob, so enjoyable and informative!

+ 1, nice work W4D

looking great That laptop must have a really think layer of mold and dust on it looks like.

The datalogging is brilliant, in a couple of growing seasons it'll be a real tome of knowledge.

You can try catfish if you want hardy fish, they live for a long time, are fairly tolerent and grow to quite a large size.

I picked my last cucumbers today. The official stats are:
-3 plants yielded 330 fruits for a total of 116.3 pounds (52.8kg)
-First fruit was picked on May 31st, last on Nov 7th. Even though peak production was during the summer, this averages to around 2 fruits per day.

As a comparison, my regular dirt garden had 6 plants. I didn’t keep official results, but I got no more than 20 fruits before the plants died off.

Overall, I was overwhelmed by this year’s results. Looking forward to next year already!

Awesome! Are you sick of cucumbers yet?