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| Author: | playinginz [ Nov 6th, '11, 10:10 ] |
| Post subject: | gardening without weeding sounds great |
Hi all, been reading quite a lot of the posts here and thought i would say hi and show my microponics system. I have been soil gardening for a few years now and had some good crops but i thought i would give this aquaponics a go on a very smal scale just to see how we go. I all ready had a half barrel with gold fish in it ( 5 small ones) so just needed to put in a grow bed. So far i have one chilli plant and 3 cucumber ( not looking to healthy). I need to go and get some iron and seasol. I do have some seeweed drying in the workshop at the moment but wont be ready for a week or so. i also need to get a water testing kit to see whats going on. its not letting me upload pics, so need to read how to do it. thanks |
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| Author: | SuperVeg [ Nov 6th, '11, 12:14 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: gardening without weeding sounds great |
Hi, Looking forward to your pics. I had to upload the pics to my google picasa/photos album and then copy the link from there. It seems you can only add pics if they have a web address ? Can anyone confirm this ? |
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| Author: | earthbound [ Nov 6th, '11, 12:21 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: gardening without weeding sounds great |
No not at all.... In fact the best bet is if you can upload the picture directly to the fourm.. When making a post you will see a box under where you are typing the text that says "upload attachment". You can browse your computer and "add the files". They do have to be 800 x 600 or smaller to upload them though.. |
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| Author: | netab32 [ Nov 6th, '11, 12:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: gardening without weeding sounds great |
Yup, only way I do it anyway... Windows Live Photo Gallery is what I use and it works well. Referring to your heading... I agree... and one of the things I love about AP is that even when you do find a weed its not as annoying because you know its helping the system as well! After all, a weed is only a plant that you dont want in your garden... and all plants help your system get rid of nitrates from the water so its kind of a win win! And the best thing is that they are so easy to pull out too 
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| Author: | Brian Fanner [ Nov 6th, '11, 19:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: gardening without weeding sounds great |
or use googles picassa to resize your pic. Very easy. |
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| Author: | playinginz [ Nov 7th, '11, 03:43 ] | ||
| Post subject: | Re: gardening without weeding sounds great | ||
Thanks for the help on the photos, I had another go at uploading them but it just freezes and then nothing happens. I also tried to load a pic for my Avatar but it told me file must be bigger than 0.0 Mb. i will just have to bring the pics into work and try on there computer. ( im on an android based platform and the ones at work are windows based) Thanks Edit: tried it at work and it worked as explained first time. Thanks
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| Author: | SuperVeg [ Nov 7th, '11, 18:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: gardening without weeding sounds great |
Cute little system, does the barrel leak much ? |
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| Author: | playinginz [ Nov 8th, '11, 02:41 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: gardening without weeding sounds great |
Hi SuperVeg, when the water level gets closer to the top there is a slight leak from some of the joints but not enough to cause a concern. I was going to use a liner in the barrel but thought it would distract from the way it looked. After cleaning i just soaked the barrel for a few days to allow the wood to swell. |
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| Author: | SuperVeg [ Nov 8th, '11, 05:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: gardening without weeding sounds great |
I love the look, wonder how it would go if the growbeds were all barrels too. I wonder how long the barrels would last before the timber rotted too much.. |
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| Author: | netab32 [ Nov 8th, '11, 23:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: gardening without weeding sounds great |
Love it! Was thinking of doing that for a patio system SuperVeg... Love the look of barrels... have to admit tho, I never considered how long they would last as they are made to hold liquid for such long periods of time... would it actually rot? |
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| Author: | SuperVeg [ Nov 9th, '11, 16:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: gardening without weeding sounds great |
I'm sure it would rot eventually, especially with the bio slime and solids build up. As opposed to when it is filled with wine, which is inherently antibacterial/antifungal for the most part... But that doesnt mean it wont last for at least a couple of years... |
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