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green beans, green onions, round onions, and parsley

Very cool system. You know you can post more than one pic per post right?

Very cool system. You know you can post more than one pic per post right?

Thanks . yea but i was to lazy to resize then it said it was to big

Nice.

What pH is your water? I got crap pH. Almost 9 one time I measured.

How deep is the cinder?

I have found not a lot of plants grow well in my system.

What siphoning method is yours? I am using loop siphon (just made using PVC elbows). Recently flow is crap because of roots; I am thinking to clear everything out in the next couple of weeks and do a "soft reset" (i.e., just reconfigure, but leave all the bacteria, etc. intact, not clean out the system).

I also have a ton of aphids to hassle with. (My system has been running 1+ years now).

This is my system. Solar powered. 2 180 gal tub. 1st long squash within a month. It suck up a lot of water.

Holy schnikes, bc
I think we need to have an aqua ponics seminar at your house

Holy schnikes, bc
I think we need to have an aqua ponics seminar at your house

your setup is so cherrrrry   

can i post a pic of my setup?

Thanks. I started a small system and upgrade little at a time. Watch to much YouTube.

Nice.

What pH is your water? I got crap pH. Almost 9 one time I measured.

How deep is the cinder?

I have found not a lot of plants grow well in my system.

What siphoning method is yours? I am using loop siphon (just made using PVC elbows). Recently flow is crap because of roots; I am thinking to clear everything out in the next couple of weeks and do a "soft reset" (i.e., just reconfigure, but leave all the bacteria, etc. intact, not clean out the system).

I also have a ton of aphids to hassle with. (My system has been running 1+ years now).

The cinders are approximately 10 inches.
I haven't checked the ph level yet lol but every thing seems fine.
Every thing I've planted so far did well except lettuce gonna try a constant flow later.
Its an auto siphon took a few days to get it running right but its working now don't have to adjust anything.

This is my system. Solar powered. 2 180 gal tub. 1st long squash within a month. It suck up a lot of water.

Very nice. planning on adding on very soon

your setup is so cherrrrry   

can i post a pic of my setup?

Post away

yeah I find that the water evaporates quite quickly especially with the strong winds lately

30 gal tank
18 gal grow bed
black cinders
and yes that is moss growing on top.
I do not yet have a location with proper sun exposure, wind protection, and electrical connection so it sits in my garage which gets almost 0 direct sunlight.  Turns out these conditions are similar to where moss grows in the wild.  I collected patches of moss from the forest and laid them over the cinders.  interestingly, moss does not root so no soil is needed and the moss seems to survive with direct, intermittent exposure to water and minimal light.
nothin fancy but interesting what can grow.  I call it a "glorified fish tank filter" LOL  btw sometimes i put earthworms from the compost bin into the grow bed, they love the spaces between the cinders.

You can consider grow lights but that will mean $$$ electricity, depending on how much wattage you give it.

update

You can consider grow lights but that will mean $$$ electricity, depending on how much wattage you give it.

yup considered it but  $$$   

yup considered it but  $$$   

Play around with mirrors made from mylar and cardboard. I had a funky setup once but now it seems I don't need it (I relocated everything to get as much sunlight as possible).

This is my system. Solar powered. 2 180 gal tub. 1st long squash within a month. It suck up a lot of water.

Nice