Grow Mediums Aquaponics with f6'!
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So! A little bit of a Segway and some shenanigans!
I've popped a total of 4 SDs, little wing, SD#2 didn't make it in the weird gel stuff and SD#4 didn't break the jiffy!
So SD#3 has outgrown the planter jiffy and I'm now armed with some @hecno soil samples..
Hopefully I haven't screwed this up!
Hec sent me 5 different soil mixes, for this I chose to use his ''tomato" mix.
I'm a bit of a soil phobic! But here's what I've done!
Hecs soil sample
The Season planter gel mix and hydrotron I experimented with earlier in the thread.
Cheap soil.. and I mean cheap!
The idea is I guess is as Hecs soil is alive it's seeding the mix I've put together, the small rectangular pot I can fit in the tent is now able to drain into the fish tank.. this isn't ideal and it was sealed. I tried the gel stuff to avoid this.
Anyway, a small amount of run off won't hurt the fish or tank environment! But I still wanted to use the Seasol loaded gel, just so I don't need to ad nutes and less run off!
Pics should show the story!
Gel and hydrotron mix (probably to wet and hot!)
Cheap ass soil!
SD#3 ready to go! Anyone got a name? lol
SD#3 outgrew the jiffy plug so I broke one up and mixed in some of the plain gel stuff. It's gone a bit green lol and I think to moist as a viable medium as SD#3s leaves are turned down.. no real science as to if use of this gel would help protect roots in a transplant situation. Will explore that a bit more as I go!
happy SD#3! Hopefully a girl to give me more breeding seeds!
f6
I've popped a total of 4 SDs, little wing, SD#2 didn't make it in the weird gel stuff and SD#4 didn't break the jiffy!
So SD#3 has outgrown the planter jiffy and I'm now armed with some @hecno soil samples..
Hopefully I haven't screwed this up!
Hec sent me 5 different soil mixes, for this I chose to use his ''tomato" mix.
I'm a bit of a soil phobic! But here's what I've done!
Hecs soil sample
The Season planter gel mix and hydrotron I experimented with earlier in the thread.
Cheap soil.. and I mean cheap!
The idea is I guess is as Hecs soil is alive it's seeding the mix I've put together, the small rectangular pot I can fit in the tent is now able to drain into the fish tank.. this isn't ideal and it was sealed. I tried the gel stuff to avoid this.
Anyway, a small amount of run off won't hurt the fish or tank environment! But I still wanted to use the Seasol loaded gel, just so I don't need to ad nutes and less run off!
Pics should show the story!
Gel and hydrotron mix (probably to wet and hot!)
Cheap ass soil!
SD#3 ready to go! Anyone got a name? lol
SD#3 outgrew the jiffy plug so I broke one up and mixed in some of the plain gel stuff. It's gone a bit green lol and I think to moist as a viable medium as SD#3s leaves are turned down.. no real science as to if use of this gel would help protect roots in a transplant situation. Will explore that a bit more as I go!
f6
Mate . Not Bunnings organic soil 
, That is the worst junk around , Nip down to the local park at night and nick some from there , or the bloody side walk . It would be way better .
, That is the worst junk around , Nip down to the local park at night and nick some from there , or the bloody side walk . It would be way better . It's actually from the reject shop.. 'brunnings' lol (it is made locally though)Mate . Not Bunnings organic soil
Probably mostly chipped shipping pallets!
I know mate, it's a travistry! I'll follow up with some better selections of base soil next time I promise! Maybe I should have gone for a walk with the shovel!
Keeping the samples warm with a heat pad and Mrs f6 doesn't even seem to mind them on the counter!
Going to get some cheap 6 or 12 can foam coolers and start making some mixes! Should be fun! Like soil breeding! Will share some with the family for their gardens! (normal ones that is lol)
The ''pig wallow" is going with some of that red soil you suggested, just need to find a local supplier who does mallee roots or soil, there should be a few garden centres around that do, pretty excited about that one and it will look cool!
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It's mid weed!
And it's all gone..
Little wind has fully metro'd and sprouted pistils. So nuking and reworking the environment.
It's unlikely that the SD seed was a Hermie so it can really only be the high pH or me dosing vinegar in for a while trying to try and buff it down and creating a pH swing and stress.
So not over! But the aquaponic show is on hiatus!
Won't be long, just need to rework a wee bit!
And it's all gone..
Little wind has fully metro'd and sprouted pistils. So nuking and reworking the environment.
It's unlikely that the SD seed was a Hermie so it can really only be the high pH or me dosing vinegar in for a while trying to try and buff it down and creating a pH swing and stress.
So not over! But the aquaponic show is on hiatus!
Won't be long, just need to rework a wee bit!
