easy diy aquaponics hoplink | Aquaponics Tips Getting Rid of Creepy Crawlies

19.24 in Aquaponics, crawlies, creepy, getting, of, rid, simple, tips, tool, transplanting

easy diy aquaponics hoplink

Slugs, millipede, centipede, ants and other crawlies can start to be comfortable in the growbed. 

How do we get rid of them ?

On flood and drain media base aquaponics, I recommend to flood the growbed. Most crawlies cant survive underwater for long period.

To flood the growbed first stop the siphon action by removing the enclosure bell as photo below.

or remove the siphon cap on the #strainerbell siphon as below,

Once the cap or bell has been remove, the siphon action will stop. This depends on the height of standpipe will cause the growbed to be flooded. If the standpipe is lower than the media height, it is advisable to remove some of the media or change the standpipe extender to a longer extender causing a flooding.

Downpipe photo of the siphon as below with replaced extender.

Once the growbed flooded, wait a while and you can now see many creepy crawlies start to make their way to the top of the growbed. This is a good time to get your slug picking chopstick ready and start picking.

Slugs

more slugs

and more slugs

Well have fun picking those slugs.. :)

How to get rid of ants ?

For ants, I recommend that the high water extender are left there for a few days, and let the siphon operated as normal. Then replace it back to the ones that have water 1" below media height.

I recommend doing this flooding monthly, to ensure slugs etc dont have time to multiply. It is such an easy thing to do anyway.

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diy aquaponics farm | Aquaponics Tips Sowing Seeds

16.52 in Aquaponics, kailan, need, seeds, sowing, tips, transplanting, urgent

diy aquaponics farm

Many people has been asking me how do I sow seeds for Aquaponics, whether I sow them in soil or directly to growbed. Well it all depends on type of seeds, if it extremely small like Lettuce seeds Ill probably sow them in soil first.

If Cili, Tomatoes, Kailan, Okra etc Ill sow directly to the growbed. Those cheap seeds Ill sow direct regardless of size, because sometimes it just not worth the extra trouble of preparing a seed tray. It is your choice whichever is convenient to you.

Now its time for me to sow few seeds, since I have one vacant growbed to use. These seeds has been kept for quite a while, so I had to use most of it rather quickly before it expires.

All the seeds I sprinkle directly to growbed for these sowing, I have too many to use so, just sow more than I need. Cili, Kailan, Okra and few other vegetable seeds directly to growbed.

Few will grow, thats all that I wanted.

After all seeds has been sprinkle onto the hydroton Ill use my fingers to "rake" them over to get them down to water level. It is also best to stop siphon action by maintaining water level at top of standpipe.

If your growbed water level is low, meaning your growbed dry zone is deep, it is important that you water the seeds daily until they germinate. If this dry zone is shallow the seeds can reach water then its not required to water.

Sometimes when I sow in potted hydroton, Ill remove a layer of hydroton until I can see water reaching surface then I will sow the seeds at that level after which Ill cover the seeds with the earlier removed hydroton.

So thats how I do it, will update this post once seeds germinate and at transplanting.

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diy aquaponics garden | Kailan Need Urgent Transplanting

12.05 in Aquaponics, drain, flood, growbed, kailan, need, silos, transplanting, urgent

diy aquaponics garden

Kailan long overdue to be transplanted, had time to do it today.

All seedling removed from their pots, a bit thin for my liking but it will do and hope theyll recover.

Some are planted in the potted gutter growbed set and majority are place in the CRAFTS set.

Cluster of four, just in case some didnt make it.

To ensure that seedling is not damage it is recommended that the growbed is flooded. This will ensure the hydroton are easily handle.

Once done you can start the siphon operation by putting the enclosure bell back on. Now I just has to wait for them to be ready for picking.

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diy aquaponics fertilizer | Aquaponics Tips Simple Transplanting Tool

10.12 in 2015, 5th, Aquaponics, growbed, gutter, sept, simple, tips, tool, transplanting, update

diy aquaponics fertilizer

This tool I made during the days that I uses pebbles instead of hydroton in my growbed. Pebbles are very hard and heavy, they will damage seedling if we are not careful during planting.

(Photo to be added here)

The tool are made from PVC pipe and uses to force the pebbles from the seedling during planting. With hydroton this may not be needed, but for the sake of those that uses pebbles as growbed media, this tool can be helpful.

A repost video below.

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