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 Post subject: Re: The 'Puddle'
PostPosted: Mar 7th, '13, 22:03 
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Charlie wrote:
Yea, like Ron's... :D


HAHA... whoops, didn't see that.

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How long do you think the blue barrels will last before the root ball splits them... or warps/deforms them....???


I was wondering the same thing. Of course, by that time, they'd probably be well suited to plant in the ground?
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PLJ
 Post subject: Re: The 'Puddle'
PostPosted: Mar 7th, '13, 22:07 
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Several years, I hope. The idea is to utilise the modern varieties of fruit trees that have been specifically bred for tub culture, or at least to stay fairly small.
Why, RupertofOz: are you suggesting that we are doomed before we start?
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PostPosted: Mar 7th, '13, 23:56 
Eventually.. could be... :lol:

Recently saw an example of a tree in a blue barrel (don't know how old)... well it was kind of half still in the blue barrel... and half in the growund... :lol:
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PostPosted: Mar 8th, '13, 01:57 
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True that I have had some clogging issues. I believe you will get that with all distribution bars. Luckily for me, we got a little knock on our door this morning by the arborists our HOA hired. They asked us to move my car. They then pruned the offending tree way back. I will probably be putting it back on soon.
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That has worked out well for you, Ron. Of course the clogging of the spray bar/distribution bar is a function of several variables such as pipe diameter, hole diameter, number of holes in bar, existence of pre-filters, water pressure and so on. What size pipe did you use? From memory it looked like 20mm or smaller.
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 Post subject: Re: The 'Puddle'
PostPosted: Mar 9th, '13, 09:57 
I wouldn't use anything smaller than 20mm.. for anything... in fact I don't use anything less than 25mm... and any distribution bar has 6mm holes min...
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My distribution pipes are all 20mm, with 6mm holes.
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PostPosted: Mar 9th, '13, 11:11 
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Thank you for sharing, rsevs3.

That makes sense. If your pump handles 6mm solids and you are pumping from FT to GB then your distribution bar holes need to be a minimum of 6mm diameter.


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 Post subject: Re: The 'Puddle'
PostPosted: Mar 9th, '13, 11:18 
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Mines 8" :shifty:

Well, you've got a half inch on me.
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 Post subject: Re: The 'Puddle'
PostPosted: Mar 18th, '13, 01:14 
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It is now official - the 'Puddle' is no longer a swimming pool but an aquaponics system! It contains both fish and plants: well, one plant, anyway. Today we planted a mandarin tree.


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Lets hope the trunk doesn't get thinker than your wrist, otherwise the pipework will be in trouble.
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If it gets too big, just plant it in the ground.
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