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    Hydroponics in big water tank?

    Imagine pulling a few lettuce and other salad stuff from the growbed and then netting a couple of fresh rainbow trout from the tank to go with it...
    Post by: Hex, May 11, 2009 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    chilli

    Hi Kristen Nope it grows as normal once you let it. The usual side branching grows vertically instead of horizontal and they naturally they go in...
    Post by: Hex, May 11, 2009 in forum: Edible Gardening
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    Hydroponics in big water tank?

    The "reservoir" was a 140L aquarium with fish in it :wink: The trick is to flood the bed to 40mm below the top of the hydroton/gravel which...
    Post by: Hex, May 11, 2009 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    chilli

    An alternative to pinching out the top is to tie them down. Its less stressful to the plant so they don`t need the recovery period. This...
    Post by: Hex, May 11, 2009 in forum: Edible Gardening
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    Hydroponics in big water tank?

    cheers Kristen Its the safest layout for indoor use,theres no chance of ending up knee deep in water :wink:
    Post by: Hex, May 11, 2009 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Hydroponics in big water tank?

    As long as the pump can outrun the hole in the liner you should be ok, you`ll need a timer too. Bear in mind that perlite tends to escape and can...
    Post by: Hex, May 11, 2009 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Green house guttering!!!!

    Depending on how wide it is you might get away by fitting a thru-hull, a kind of flush tank connector, it`ll mean drilling a hole with a holesaw...
    Post by: Hex, May 10, 2009 in forum: Greenhouse Growing
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    Elevated Vegetable Bed

    Cheers Dave, It`ll soon be full of toms which are busy outgrowing the kitchen window :wink: I put a screen of galv wire mesh sloping up from the...
    Post by: Hex, May 10, 2009 in forum: Edible Gardening
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    Hydroponics in big water tank?

    The most common method with aquaponics is flood and drain gravel beds with either auto syphons or the pump on a timer plus a slow drain. The...
    Post by: Hex, May 9, 2009 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Elevated Vegetable Bed

    Just a quick update, i still haven`t converted the swing..its on the to-do list. I have converted one section of an old 2-section aluminium ladder...
    Post by: Hex, May 9, 2009 in forum: Edible Gardening
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    Hydroponics in big water tank?

    I`ve grown chilli`s using aquaponics. Rainbow trout would do well in the winter if you can keep the oxygen levels high enough. Flood and drain...
    Post by: Hex, May 9, 2009 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Tomatoes Flowering ?

    The plant living in the kitchen window has about 10 small toms on it. It looks like a palm tree for now, i`ve stripped the stem almost bare...
    Post by: Hex, May 6, 2009 in forum: Edible Gardening
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    My First Greenhouse

    The covering looks a bit too saggy to me, if it can flap in the wind it will split pretty quick. I`d reinforce the frame with diagonals, a good...
    Post by: Hex, May 4, 2009 in forum: Greenhouse Growing
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    Rosemary

    Rosemary is fairly easy to grow i think..it certainly has a good survival instinct. Mine came from a packet of cut rosemary stems (no roots) from...
    Post by: Hex, May 3, 2009 in forum: Roses
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    Greenhouse Time

    Sub six months is very swift by my standards too, mines been on the go for a little over 4 years now. It won`t take you long to do the conny with...
    Post by: Hex, Apr 23, 2009 in forum: Greenhouse Growing
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    Digital Temp Monitoring

    Hi Adam A friend of mine is using one of these dataloggers, http://tinyurl.com/ce972y They seem pretty good value at £40 and measure humidity as...
    Post by: Hex, Apr 17, 2009 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    UV filter recommendations?

    If nitrate doesn`t technically exist there wouldn`t be any need for the uv for algae problems :wink:I understand that most people dont have...
    Post by: Hex, Apr 10, 2009 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    UV filter recommendations?

    I agree that most people haven`t the space but if they could use a gravel filled bed they can literally throw away the usual high tech pressure...
    Post by: Hex, Apr 10, 2009 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    UV filter recommendations?

    With the space at a premium maybe half a dozen grass carp and the uv would be the better option. I think the uv may have a uphill battle, the...
    Post by: Hex, Apr 9, 2009 in forum: General Gardening Discussion
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    Tomato and Chilli Feed

    more leg room :wink:
    Post by: Hex, Apr 9, 2009 in forum: Edible Gardening
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