As you may already know, aquaponics works on the symbiotic relationship that is established naturally between the plants and aquatic animals. A mini ecosystem is created and the re-cycling of wastes as fertilizers for the plants occurs. In essence it really combines hydroponics technology with agriculture. The question lies, what’s the best aquaponics plants for …
What Are White-flies? Their appearance is angelic for sure, with their whitish bodies and wings but don’t let that disguise fool you. White-flies are very closely related to aphids. They can be as small as 2mm long, soft bodied, winged insects and are found in almost all the regions. Being tiny in size, they are …
Today, I would like to touch on how you can transfer your aquaponics seedlings to the grow bed. Now, you could be transferring seedlings from a nursery that you may use or from your grow bed itself. It all depends of course on where you sow your seeds. For me, I sow them directly to …
I’ve just harvested my “Bok Choy” from my flood and drain hydroton media bed system about two weeks ago using the cut-and-come-again technique. It didn’t work, and for a good reason. Explore further to find out why. Bak Choys never seem to grow big with aquaponics, well at least it’s true with my set-up, but they …
