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The humidity is OK but it sounds like your temps may be too high for them to set fruit (day and/or night temps are too high) - http://njfarmfresh.rutgers.edu/documents/BlossomDropinTomatoes.pdf

Some varieties do better than others so I'd consider that just a guideline but I think your dealing with an environmental issue.

Thanks Scotty , I think I should use some kind of shade cloth . Let's see I can do something about that


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Lima bean flowering




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My first Lima beans , feeling excited



My first tomato



Growing bed as of today





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Sriprasad,

That is a beautiful bean! And a lovely tomato. Quite the nice recovery from having the river visit your garden!
Perhaps if the river ever returns, a net or lid could be thrown over the fish?
Very good work, sir!

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Sam

Thank you Sam . Yes it was great visit by river , which taught many things . Next season I will use net to save fishes

Plus I am planning to extend in roof top, so I will shift fishes to roof top if any flood alert .


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My first aquaponics harvest very less , but too happy




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My tomatoes turned brown and died. Lots of flower from this plants but no fruit at all.


Root structure is not big as well






Plus my brocolli (90 days harvest as per seed instructions) no head - planted on jan1 2016



Any inputs are sincerely appreciated




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This tomato has better root system , still no fruits lot of flowers. Roots not smelly but brown in color



20 flowers in one frame , but no fruit all flowers die



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Covered the fish tank to prevent leaf and dust falling in . Setup a new Radial flow filter.m, forgot to take pic .


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I think between the floods and the hot weather you got hammered pretty well this year. Broccoli sometimes won't form heads and one of the reasons is if the weather is too hot. Broccoli likes it a bit on the cool side. I think brocolli you should plant early in your spring. The heat probably also caused tomato pollination problems but I'm not sure that's the whole story there . If you've still got a tomato in the system wait and see what happens now that the temps are going down.

My guess is you don't, but if you still have the broccoli, the leaves can be cooked and eaten.

Nice work on the fish tank cover

Thanks scotty435 for your thoughts .
Yes , even I think weather is the issue . And the amount of sunlight I get is only 4 hours maximum due to high rise building next to my house/garden. May be ,not enough sunlight also could b d issue.

Still learning a lot, I have planned to build roof top/ terrace greenhouse for aquaponics . So I get much sunlight and I control the temperature and other variables .
Already my family:friends, people in locality started calling me as lunatic [FLUSHED FACE] . This is what u get when u do something which is not local practice. But it's fine, am not stopping


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Some one have question how effective Radial flow filter is, see by yourself. Amount of waste collected in 24 hours



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Brocolli - no head . harvested the leaves for dinner


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Missed pic in my last post


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