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dude2014 wrote:Happy to see a new supplier in the Hydroponics arena. Though I see Tomatoes fertiliser blends, I am interested in nutes for lettuce.
Currently I am doing some preparatory works on an area that is earmarked for commercial lettuce production.
With regards to the aquaponics I am interested in a table top version for my daughter. She loves Science and I know it will be good for her.
Mostly I would be doing all the fussing.
Will be contacting you to make further enquiries
Hope the Agri Programme Monday 101.7 FM Radio Heritage at 6.00pm is on 22.8 2016. Does not matter what the topic is.
dude2014 wrote:Yeah guys I missed the Programme on Radio Heritage.
As for the fertiliser update, this is welcome and probably answers a lot of previous questions.
I now know where to get some top class hydroponics nutrients. Looking forward to try same in my NFT system.
What would Vaca Verde recommend to be a suitable, economical, soilless inert material?
The Dutch has a preference for Coco Coir. Locally we have grown somewhat attached to Peat moss based material.
Due to the introduction of new brands with starter fertilizers, what effect will this have on seedling production?
Have had my fair share of excitement with things going wrong when you cannot get what you have been using.
dude2014 wrote:I have been trying to got info on oasis cubes. When short crops like lettuce and patchoi is harvested, the cubes remain.
I am not sure if they can be composted.
Also can they be used again for the same crops or filled in a bato/dutch bucket to plant another crop?
dude2014 wrote:Thanks for the information Vaca Verde.
Need to do some more googling/reading.
Sometimes it is impossible to get info on the net.
I was thinking that the spent cubes can be drenched in humic acid to prevent locking up of nutrients and placed under grown trees to boost the tree's performance.
Not all customers want a cube attached to their lettuce.
vin123 wrote:Hi Good Morning Tuners.
I require some advice please.
So I would like to get into the Hydroponics. I am looking at doing a NFT System.
So my concern is I am in the process of fencing my property and I am wondering if I should load the concrete blocks.
I am contemplating doing the wall in either 4" or 6" concrete blocks.
If the walls aren't loaded would I be able to place the channels for the NFT on the wall or would the blocks be required to be filled also would the 4" or 6" be better.
much thanks
Vaca Verde Farms Limited wrote:dude2014 wrote:Thanks for the information Vaca Verde.
Need to do some more googling/reading.
Sometimes it is impossible to get info on the net.
I was thinking that the spent cubes can be drenched in humic acid to prevent locking up of nutrients and placed under grown trees to boost the tree's performance.
Not all customers want a cube attached to their lettuce.
Yes I agree, but the accumulated salt content will become very concentrated, and while this may be ok for mature plants, it may cause issues with new ones. Using humic acid is very useful in a case like this, and the addition of fulvic acid will also help boost the plants nutrient intake. I can see this working as a supplemental nutrient system for mature plants as a matter of recycling used products , well atleast the nutrients absorbed but in the end, the cube will still disintegrate with time, so the question is, how long?
Customers are not enlightened enough to understand why. It's our job to inform them about why we leave them on. On the flip-side, many restaurants and food outlets will prefer no roots because they used their products out within 1 week or less, usually 1-2 days.
hong kong phooey wrote:thanks dude
now watching the date of that last post.
I have set up at my house little brick trough but the constant grass/weed growth is annoying so i was thinking about trying out this hydrophonics for my daughter to mantain.
hong kong phooey wrote:thanks dude
now watching the date of that last post.
I have set up at my house little brick trough but the constant grass/weed growth is annoying so i was thinking about trying out this hydrophonics for my daughter to mantain.
timelapse wrote:I have a chop and flip ibc aquaponics systems.I use a u siphon to drain my growbed.Sometimes the siphon refuses to start, then sometimes it refuses to stop.What gives?
timelapse wrote:I have a chop and flip ibc aquaponics systems.I use a u siphon to drain my growbed.Sometimes the siphon refuses to start, then sometimes it refuses to stop.What gives?
timelapse wrote:I have a chop and flip ibc aquaponics systems.I use a u siphon to drain my growbed.Sometimes the siphon refuses to start, then sometimes it refuses to stop.What gives?
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