Chatterson Farms is born!

Ryan

I had to upgrade my photobucket account for you guys! $2.99/mo! Omg :O

Here we Go Go Gooooooooooo!

Ryan

Ryan

Pregnant Dobi

Italy

Bosco Verticalle in Milan

All Roads lead to Rome!

Venice

Ryan

Tuscan Farm house we stayed at

Beautiful Burano

Christmas Puppies are here!

The fun never ends!

Ryan

mwdesign wrote:

Just read the 85 pages. Brain fried. Awesome work Ryan.

My system is showing progress, & I feel like I'm getting the hang of it. I have the goal of having my family eat completely clean by the end of next year (or hopefully sooner, especially now that my kid has some strange allergy).

Questions, if I may:

1. Are your raft trough depths identical to UVI? No

2. Do you find there is much (if any) difference between using 1.5" rafts or 2" rafts? Some depending on crops being grown

3. Are they plumbed just like the ones at UVI (same fittings & method)? No

4. Do you have any additional filtration such as filter socks before the NFT system? Yes

5. What is the name of that purple passionfruit and how does it compare in flavor to the yellow ones? (I've never seen a purple one here in Puerto Rico, just the yellow ones). I don't have the name off hand but the purples are a bit sweeter than the yellows but produce less volume

6. I have a 600g fiberglass tank I want to turn into a filter. What is the minimum angle you would recommend for a cone on a filter? 45

7. When is your next (2016) engineering & design course? Don't have a date set yet, sorry!

Thanks,
Felix

Ryan

spinfactor wrote:

Just read this whole thread, wow! Good info.

Ryan, will you ever post specs on your system On here? Also, I'm looking at possibly attending one of your commercial seminars in 2016. Do you give out specs on your system to students?

Would like to start a commercial system just before I retire and prefer to use a well establish and successful layout. No need to fix what ain't broken.

Been thinking to purchase friendly aquaponics commercial how to guide but if yours has a how to section may reconsider

Hello! No, I am not planning on posting complete system details on this forum for free (unless I hit the powerball tonight). Unfortunately it has taken me quite a bit of time and money to create the data and get to the point I am at in my operation.

Past students have been provided with access to full system specs and design criteria. The entire class and workbook is a "how to guide".

Careful with the friendly manual... Lots of mis information

Ryan

spinfactor wrote:

Ryan, check out your website. It's been displaying code all over the place. Tried joining your forum and said I was already a member and I'm not. I also tried to find more detailed info for your classes but couldn't. Such as if you have building plans and startup procedures to assist thoses seeking commercial aquaponics.

Anyway, thanks for sharing your experiences. Great ride.

Yes unfortunately my website keeps getting spammed and attacked and I don't have the time or computer skills to fix it in Joomla SO we are in the middle of switching back to a Wordpress site (don't know when we will finish). Thx for the heads up though!

Tallman

Wow Ryan, you've gone all out in terms of providing us with update photos. Thanks! :cheers:

Looks like you spent time in some beautiful places while traveling. So there must be a big balance in the points-with-the-wife account now. :thumbleft:

And new puppies. Awesome. Always so much going on with you and your wife mate, it's almost tiring reading your posts. Inspiring too though.

Hey, the toms you have staked with bamboo. Are they in your AP or in dirt?

I started a thread re cuke stringing techniques and posted a couple of pics and vid refs to your method (with credit). But now you've given us even better pics of how the cukes are strung up. Cheers.

As always, your produce looks amazing. Thanks for the pics

Charlie

Thats photo collection was like watching a movie, at times I didn't know what was going on..

System looks great Ryan. Vegie-porn!

MartinC

Great story Ryan, the plot twist in Rome really threw me but it so worked when the puppies made an appearance.

:thumbright:

Your veggies are amazing. Where is coachchris these days? Haven't seen him around recently.

Martin.

dasboot

Inspirational stuff Ryan....... :notworthy:

Love the strung up cucs,got to try that,whats the Brix on you Toms Ryan ?????

Ryan

Tallman- Thanks! I tried to give you guys a good idea of what I've been up to through pictures!

The tomatoes with Bamboo were at a farm house in Tuscany(just outside of Florence). The fruit tasted AMAZING and I brought seeds back to grow at my farm. I am current eating the same tomatoes daily that I have grown from those seeds!

Charlie- Thanks bud! Sorry it was a little all over, I know you guys would rather see pics than here me talk about it all. I've been growing HARD since last may, increasing clients and production. I'm slowly building out an expansion while keeping everything else going. In the little spare time I have that doesnt go to family or AP, I've been out in our swamps and rivers digging up Iceage fossils and enjoying the wilds our state has to offer. Oh... And now dealing with puppy crazyness! Enjoying life for sure

Martin- glad you liked it! Chris is around, probably just working a lot. He's got a new hot sauce coming out called... Ill let him anounce it. Supposedly Just as awesome as the No Pussy Sauce with just as awesome of a name! Lol

Dasboot- thanks man! Brix changes a bit with variety but I'm at 12-14 with the smaller red fruit, 10 with the purples and just a bit over 10 on the red Italians.

MartinC

Ryan wrote:

Martin- glad you liked it! Chris is around, probably just working a lot. He's got a new hot sauce coming out called... Ill let him anounce it. Supposedly Just as awesome as the No Pussy Sauce with just as awesome of a name! Lol

Thanks Ryan. I'm actually going through Chris' thread right now. Unfortunately I can't do a summary like on your thread. I just don't have the energy or the time at the moment.

Looking forward to seeing the expansion once you have the time to post some photos/info. :thumbright:

Martin.

dasboot

Brix changes a bit with variety but I'm at 12-14 with the smaller red fruit, 10 with the purples and just a bit over 10 on the red Italians.

14 is a superb number,when i first got the meter the first thing i checked was a shop bought Tom,Haha...3,but she did say she only paid 80 Baht for 10 kilos,thats less than $3.

Ryan

Hello! I'ts been crazy busy this year but wanted to do a quick post to let anyone interested know that I have spent a lot of time and energy to create an online training program designed for people to learn commercial design from anywhere in the world! You can check out all the information on our website http://www.collegeofaquaponics.com.

I hope everyone is doing GREAT!!!

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