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| Author: | Web4Deb [ Jan 3rd, '11, 04:06 ] |
| Post subject: | Strawberry Towers |
By popular demand, here's a video detailing how I build my strawberry towers. I hope you find it helpful! A full transcript to the video can be found on my blog in the link below. |
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| Author: | faye [ Jan 3rd, '11, 09:29 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberry Towers |
Thanks for sharing
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| Author: | TCLynx [ Jan 3rd, '11, 09:35 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberry Towers |
You do very good videos too. 
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| Author: | iammr.bill [ Jan 3rd, '11, 10:28 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberry Towers |
+1 Good video Q's: 1. Do you filter the fish water before it gets pumped to the top of the towers? 2. How long have your towers been in operation? 3. Have you ever had to clean out the ports of gravel due to clogging? |
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| Author: | Snags [ Jan 3rd, '11, 10:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberry Towers |
Mine a similar but I use perlite and don't push the pocket so deep. To plant mine clean roots of all plants put in hole and pour perlite down the top 
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| Author: | Jamey [ Jan 3rd, '11, 10:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberry Towers |
That is done so well, i checked out your other videos also, very impressive system Might make myself a small tower soon!! Good work! |
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| Author: | Aquaman2000 [ Jan 3rd, '11, 11:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberry Towers |
I love the concept and the construction of the system. This video is well done and very informative, I plan to build one very soon, the space saving design is great. |
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| Author: | Food&Fish [ Jan 3rd, '11, 11:26 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberry Towers |
Jamey wrote: That is done so well, i checked out your other videos also, very impressive system Might make myself a small tower soon!! Good work! If you have salt in your system forget about strawberrys |
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| Author: | earthbound [ Jan 3rd, '11, 11:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberry Towers |
Nice.........  I hadn't really noticed that that type of strawberry tower which ends up with individual pockets of media almost.. I was used to seeing smaller cuts and a continuous pipe filled with media, more like snaggs. I like the idea of the individual pockets though.... |
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| Author: | Jamey [ Jan 3rd, '11, 11:48 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberry Towers |
Food&Fish wrote: If you have salt in your system forget about strawberrys i'v salted it once, and strawbs are going great guns, they slacked off for a bit when i first salted, i only put 1.2kg to about 1200L of bulk water. Tower will just get them vertical, which takes up less space as they currently take up a whole bed |
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| Author: | Web4Deb [ Jan 3rd, '11, 21:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberry Towers |
iammr.bill wrote: +1 Good video Q's: 1. Do you filter the fish water before it gets pumped to the top of the towers? 2. How long have your towers been in operation? 3. Have you ever had to clean out the ports of gravel due to clogging? 1. no 2. 3 seasons 3. I had let the plants grow for 2 seasons and they became root-bound and the water wouldn't go through. The were packed to tightly they I had to use a screwdriver to pry them out. I now replace the plants each season by simply yanking them out. I haven't cleaned the media. This year I removed the towers and completely cleaned them out. I had a bad white fly problem and wanted to make sure they didn't camp out in there over the winter. |
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| Author: | Web4Deb [ Jan 3rd, '11, 21:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberry Towers |
Snags wrote: Mine a similar but I use perlite and don't push the pocket so deep. To plant mine clean roots of all plants put in hole and pour perlite down the top I've saw yours (or maybe someone else's?) before. I like it since I'm sure it's easier to build. However, how do you remove the plants and get the roots out? |
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| Author: | hollimer [ Feb 10th, '11, 04:45 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberry Towers |
could you have half a dozen (or more) towers with a single pump split across all of them, emptying into a regular horizontal growbed? then you could run the whole system on a single pump... or do you have to run the towers on an interval timer so they roots don't get waterlogged? |
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| Author: | Web4Deb [ Feb 10th, '11, 05:16 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberry Towers |
hollimer wrote: could you have half a dozen (or more) towers with a single pump split across all of them, emptying into a regular horizontal growbed? then you could run the whole system on a single pump... or do you have to run the towers on an interval timer so they roots don't get waterlogged? I have 5 towers that run from one pump. To see them actually growing, you can see my main greenhouse video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU9x_W9X-tM (At around the 2:55 mark) |
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| Author: | Snags [ Feb 10th, '11, 12:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Strawberry Towers |
hollimer wrote: could you have half a dozen (or more) towers with a single pump split across all of them, emptying into a regular horizontal growbed? then you could run the whole system on a single pump... or do you have to run the towers on an interval timer so they roots don't get waterlogged? Haven't got to that yet. They have been going for over six months but as they loose productivity, will probably just pull them out(if I can) and put them into a wicking bed to have some runners to start again for this years crop. or If I cant get them out dose them with nitrogen only to try and get them to runner where they are. or Plan C ...... buy new plants  Plan D is build more towers they have been great |
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