Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

I will see if I can find it and will post the link if so. If not I will post some instructions and plans of the build. It's overall very simple.

http://www.123-greenhouse-gardening.com ... Plans.html\ This is not the same site I found when I built my greenhouse, but is very similar. Can't seem to find the exact site. Let me know if this doesn't help and I'll show step by step instructions on how I built mine including pics.

I have finally got some growth coming in! Got a few green onions near the siphon. Also have some basil, green pepper and some swiss chard coming up from seed. Managed to almost get a few shots of the fish. They are a bit skiddish because they are wild caught from a farm pond.

Shy boy hiding under brick

Check out the flow from my bell siphon. That is Affnan's design I'm using and it works perfectly!

From seed, eh? Good for you. Keep pumping.

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Going well here. Been really busy at work, not much time for posting lately. I am currently doing alot of thinking of redoing my system. Want to do something larger and more beds. Want to cover everything with a GH, and keep it going all winter. Would like to incorporate some NFT's into the design! LOVE lettuce

bigger, more beds, growhouse.. sounds all too familiar, yes i think you have the bug.



i just ripped up all my lettuce, been eating on them for months, just plated some cilantro, and other small herbs just to see how it goes. I know lettuce does well, then it goes to flower and gets bitter. i just planted some cuces and squashes about two weeks and already have blooms.

It has been some wierd weather here in Ga. Hot and dry, we have not had a rain in two months, good thing for AP.

Yeah, I know what you mean about the weird weather in Ga. I have realized by now(not originally from GA) that the heat is extreme in the summer here. It gets really dry between rains here and the grass turns somewhat brown and crunchy in unshaded areas. I will be considering shade cloths from now on for my AP. I would love to be able to have a large GH for the winter in which I can grow plants and fish all winter and open vents and turn on fans in late spring. During summer I could add shade cloths to the top, open the sides, and turn on fans. Utlimately I would have a few fish tanks, catfish, tilapia, (trout sept.-may) and be able to grow in sections, herbs in one area, nft's and raft tanks for lettuce, and another section all veggies This is my plan!!

Well, it's almost been a year since I have contributed any pics of my progress. I have been really buisy at work and alot of the times I'd get home late after dark. I have had massive growth of tomatoes reaching the top of my greenhouse, basil that was not too far behind, lots of bell peppers, and lots of lettuce. Unfortunatley no pics of any of it.
Well I am happy to anounce that shortly I will be updating here with some pics and also will start construction on a bigger all steel frame greehouse. I also have some intersting pics to show of my broccoli. I started some in cell packs(soil) and trasnplanted some in my outdoor garden and a few in my AP growbed. All of these were from the same pack and same size at time of transplant. Guess which ones are bigger!

This is my comparison of my brocolli plants that I started at the same time in soil cell packs. I transplanted them at the same time (2" in height) one in the outdoor soil garden and one in the GH AP growbed.

A few pics inside of my greenhouse of my AP system I started just over a year ago. I am more than ready to expand, finally!

This is a shot at the other side of my GH. Here I have my seedling table which includeds okra, rosemary,oregano, tomatoes, basil-lemon,mammoth,genevese,onions ailsa craig and texas supersweet, cayene, jalapeno, yellow bell, green bell, pepperoncini peppers, cucmbers, this could go on and I'm probably forgetting something but this is were 99.9 percent of where everything I grow comes from.