Backyard Aquaponics
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Tomato cuttings root well as I understand it. AP flood and drain beds I understand are also a pretty good way to root things too.

I have a whole bed that I call the nursery bed. It is a shallow flood and drain bed that I filled the bottom with gravel and I put seed starting trays and small flower pots in to start seeds. I actually have been using compost in these containers much of the time. I have to admit that I don't always wash the roots of transplants off very well. If the plants are comming from a store, I wash them better but I figure the compost has already been in the system so a bit of it that doesn't shake off the roots, shouldn't be that big a deal. My system is also still pretty young so a diversity of solids in the grow beds might be a good thing right now. I should probably wash better as time goes on. I once tried using worm castings in the seed trays but it stayed way too wet, compost seems to work lots better. I suppose sand might be a good choice in the future.

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The tomato cuttings are news to me, roll on summer time

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Thanks to all for all your help and the comments so far. The cutting seems to be doing well. It has not wilted yet. We will see how it goes.

I have a question. All the seeds have sprouted and i had the water flow on 2 hours on and 2 hours off. Is that cool or do I need to adjust the water flow?

By the way, I have only lost two fish. One the first day and another the third day. He jumped out and committed suicide Oh well... you win some and lose some...