Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

My first one a few years ago I use the 90mm black irrigation which has all the slots and holes already in it.

Now thats bloody lazy mate

S**T !!! I never thought of that

And here is a simple way that I used the plug hole for the drain and set the water level,

It is a benefit if possible to have a tap on your overflow the other day one of the tomatoes looked a bit down seemed damp enough so i turned off the tap and filled the bed to soil level let it sit for a while before draining you should have seen the air that bubbled up around that plant
that was 2 days ago already the plant looks better

Thats why I sometimes water the top of the bed until water flows out the overflow.

Might be good for flooding out ants too.

Nice idea chainsaw!!

I was thinking of doing one with a standpipe in the plug like a grow bed. How did you seal your plug?

Now I just need to find people throwing away bath tubs

I just cut a hole in the rubber plug pushed the drain pipe through and then siliconed the lot.

Warning warning

If you are planning a commercial sized wicking bed setup you will need a licence from the wicking bed inventer LOL

http://colinaustin.wix.com/wickingbed#! ... tions/c8tz

Jees some of these blokes need to keep there hands in there pockets
On second thoughts maybee they should take there hands out of there pockets

I just Google colin austin what an absolate ;;;;;;;;;;; er

Great idea F&F

ccBear you can get slotted ag pipe with socks on; just make sure you pull the sock well out of the way before you use a holesaw to drill a hole for the fill pipe.

Yeah it even says on his website that he started looking for healthy food alternatives a few years ago, sheez, I have been using wicking tubs to grow tomatoes for 20 years LOL

I've seen references to them in books allot older than just 20yrs too. Some people just feel the need to claim originality for anything they use. So pathetic.