whoa, a lot of abbreviation going on!
Hi folks, new mad professor here!
I am constructing a Deep water culture system, using LED, lighting, Autoflower beans in Diatomaceous Earth as medium, and Aquaponics as the nutrients!
So this is my journal where I will record my crazy plans and progress over the coming months.
Bare with me as I construct and add to this list!
Here we grow!
The AP gear:
130L fish tank
<25mm Diatomaceous Earth aquarium gravel & grow medium
# of fish/type TBA
# of aquatic plants/algae eaters TBA
chilli plants as indicators
The nutes:
Fish poo!
DE (Diatomaceous Earth contains good levels of trace elements that can be missing in AP systems)
Tea feeding that is safe for the fish and flora spray TBA
Failsafe/Backup will be commercial available organic nutes if the fish die!
Hardware and Schedule:
TBA
Methodology..:
I guess I should add some science to my plan, so here are some details on AP and DE, and wtf am I doing?!?!
AP, aquaponics is using broken down organic material present in aquatic environments as a plant food, which in turn 'polishes' the water for the fish, google it, I will go into detail where needed but basically if you want to use the nutes from a pond or aquarium you need a healthy fish ecosystem to begin, you need healthy bacteria actively turning ammonia into nitrates, once sorted it should be safe to 'grow/veg' with..
AP can be deficient in a lot of stuff, that's where DE comes in;
DE, diatomaceous earth is used in heaps of areas, I have used it as a medium before and it holds trace elements that compliment aquaponics, it also polishes the water, inhibits fungus and other organic pests for both the environment and the fish. Hopefully the use of DE will make supplementing a bit easier when flowering..
The last tool in this nute/medium setup is colloidal silver, I will use this occasionally again to polish the water and combat disease of fish.
Chilli plants will be my eyes and ears before I risk an expensive bean, although I should do a test grow before fully committing to this... I recon it will go gang busters when I finally get a bean in!
My DE is on order, best grow medium ever! xx
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OK, so not much content
Fear not good viewer, I will populate this thread the best I can with regular instalments, be aware I am constructing this in my spare time and and am some time off my actual grow
Episode 1;
I have a 130L fish tank to start this thing, to begin I need to provide the fish an environment, I have sourced some DE aggregate for the tank and grow beds.
<pic of tank> soon!
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