Category: Aquaponics

• The big cover-up

  

  Too much rain has been overflowing the aquaponics and starving plants of nutrients. It’s been flooding the backyard too. A big cover-up is in order.

  ligayagardener

  July 19, 2021

  Aquaponics, DIY, fertilizer, fish

  Aquaponics, climate change, DIY, fertilizer, goldfish, green house, greenhouse, plastic, plastic free july, rain, retrofit, stormwater, winter

• Bioponics changeover

  

  A moderate shift in perspective and technique will improve the efficiency of the garden, especially the aquaponics, enormously. Follow us a swe make the shift to bioponics!

  ligayagardener

  June 10, 2021

  Aquaponics, DIY

  Aquaponics, bacteria, bioponicss, compost tea press, compost teas, copmpost tea aerator, fertilizer, fish, hydroponics, liquid fertilizer, nutrients

• New beds (for the aquaponics that is)

  

  A bit of DIY and some scraps and we have floating rafts in the new aquaponics bed.

  ligayagardener

  May 22, 2021

  Aquaponics, DIY, Gardening

  Aquaponics, DIY, green vegetables, recycle, reuse

• A new mod for the aquaponics.

  

  A simple modification to one of the aquaponics filters should resolve a problem when adding fertilizer.

  ligayagardener

  April 5, 2021

  Aquaponics, bacteria, DIY

  Aquaponics, bacteria, fertilizer, filtration, fish, microbes

• No filtration!

  

  I’ve noticed the aquaponics water getting steadily cloudier, along with a big spike in acidity. The reason, I’m sure, is that I’ve added extra soluble fertilizer to give things a boost before this weeks filming. It was a brand that I’ve never used before. Sudden changes in pH can negatively affect nutrient uptake, plant health…

  ligayagardener

  March 22, 2021

  Aquaponics, DIY, fish, Gardening, Water

  Aquaponics, fish, Gardening, mussels, Water, water filtration