Michael Halley
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Took a trip out to Kalgoorlie over the easter weekend and built this system for my sister and hopefully Kazz can grow some veggies in the Kalgoorlie heat. in a week the veggies have grown, broccoli cabbage cauliflower lettuce carrots capsicum, all going well.
So over the weekend i have been busy making garden beds and tidying up the whole backyard and mowing, the trees and shrubs are growing and the veggies are going good, the heat is taking a toll on the lawn but i haven't watered it at all so im hapoy with how it is.
I got some fresh produce from our garden, in the chilli container there is, black pearl which is hot, twilight rainbow which is mild to hot and birdseye chillis which are mildish. The chilli in the grow bed is the trinidad scorpion butch which is rated 15/10 for heat so im excited to see it grow and to try it. The corn wasnt as sweet as i would like but still ate the whole thing.
After a week of heat and wind my trinidad scorpion butch chilli plant has been hanging in trying to survive as we went away for a few days camping and although I had setup a shaded area for it it still had a lot of heat and sun etc, so i planted it into the grow bed and will see how it takes.
So today i put together a Aquaponics system with the assistance of Joe from Joeponics, it has proven to work well now to wait till the final pipes to dry and finish testing tomorrow, the system will allow me to grow 16 plants in the pipe system and about another 10 or so in the grow bed, this will feed off the amonia of the fish once they have been put in in the next couple of weeks.
In the beginning we had to pull out tree roots and make a garden area so we could grow some things, we added soil and potting mix, put 1000 worm eggs in the compost bin and added live worms to the worked area. With a boost of nutrients monthly they have proven to grow.
The hydroponic system is all setup and is working, its on a timer and fruit and veggies are in. With nutrients that get pumped through the water system the veggies grow in clay balls which the root system grows through which doesn't require any soil or potting mix. It uses 20% less water than your garden. Joe from Joeponics has assisted me with the build.
So I bought this small hydroponic system off ebay and today i set it up and planted some seeds in the cups so we will see how it will grow, i will add some nutrients in it anf then they should be getting all they need to start growing.
So today we put 9 fish in the pond, we have named them all, they are: Connie, Bundy, Matilda, Michael, Mick, Tarzan, Jane, Kennedy and Malloy. Most of them are comet fish and I got the silver birch, all seem to be happy and liking the new home.
I fixed up the pump filter as it had a minor leak, it was leaking through the sealant i put on, i redid the sealant and let it dry fir 24 hours before reassembling it. Works great now, fish will be going in the weekend so all happy with it now.
The sun was out and the pump has been working great, a cheaper pump i got off ebay has proven its worth and is going great. It pumps 1000 litres per hour so the pond is cycling itself so the water should be a lot cleaner after a few days.