Backyard Aquaponics
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I think everyones interested in the results of the coc peat Murray - so regular updates please mate.

Don't hesitate to use the extraneous furniture you have acquired as a relaxation device when contemplating your latest experiments

Les

are we naming them now? or is that some type of fungal thing?

what - Coc, Peat and Murray - (meant cocooooooooo)

Well if it has not killed the fish then i am in. Sign me up as a guinea pig as well. I was short one growbed of gravel (was borowed to fix the pathway) so i will just fill one of my half barrels with coconut husks. If the fish taste like coconut I can sell them to the hotels as organicaly pre flavoured fish. Chaching

jtjf_1,

You should be able to get that coconut husk locally without much difficulty....Is there a coconut processing plant near you ?
You may have to get the husks and put them through a chaff cutter or similar device.
Murray

Two of my friends make coconut oil and then about every other person has a coconut tree here. I just have to figure out where they make those organic growbales i heard about the other day;). For now i will just go find the floor matt processing factory and get a couple sacks full. Black sheep black sheep have you any coco peat yes sir yes sir three bags full....

Some Cucumbers almost ready to pick

Any of the zuccinis fertilised yet Muzz?

and a strawberry - go Murray

VB, We had two zucchinis for tea last night, very good. It is weird how home grown vegies taste better, I am sure a lot of it is in the mind, but they do taste better. I have been pollinating by hand and it is working fine.

EKB, The srtawberries are the ones given to me by VB, they are re fruiting - not to many but one or two fruits per week, it is a taste anyway.

Sunday I used some Seasol on the plants as they are looking a bit sick, not enough fish poo, both the fish and the plants are fine.
Muzza

Murray
How long approx do you think it took the cucumbers to fruit from seedling?

LB, the cucumbers were planted out on 3 rd Sept as seedlings, seeds planted 3 weeks before that.

Have just put another tank in place ready for the Silver Perch I am getting in the next week or two.
I will split the return water from the sump and send some of it to the new small 200 ltr tank about 1/4 of it and the rest on to the main fish tank.
I am yet to do the plumbing. I will have it running in the next few days.

Muzza

Great looking tank Muzz!

Nice clean lines there Murray - need some graffiti to set them apart