On 29/08/2011 8:04 AM, Sacha wrote:
On 2011-08-28 22:54:53 +0100, Mike Lyle said:

On Sun, 28 Aug 2011 13:26:40 -0700 (PDT), Dave Hill
wrote:

On Aug 28, 6:50 pm, Janet wrote:
In article 33c936e1-358a-401b-819f-
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On Aug 28, 5:11 am, aquaponicworld aquaponicworld.
wrote:
Hi I'm trying to promote the use of Aquaponic gardening in the UK.
The
growing of fish and plants together without the use of soil is big in
the US and Austrailia but only starting here in the uk. The
benefits of
aquaponics mean that you don't use fertiliser, pesticides or as much
water and the organic food you grow tastes wonderful. Because of the
manner in which it is used it opens up gardening to many more
people -
ie you don't need a back garden.
I'm basically offering up my help if anyone needs sone advice

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aquaponicworld

Aha. Sounds interesting. I have a fishpond with koi. You are saying
that I could use the water from the pond for irrigation of my
vegetable&7 top up the pond with tap water?

No, he's saying you could grow vegetables in the fish pond.

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Grow the veg on sheets of polystyrene and let the roots grow down
through holes into the water below

I'm thinking of those floating vegetable beds they have in Mexico
City, but I don't think that's pure hydroponics.

I can't imagine that fish could survive in water so full of their
excreta as to provide complete nourishment for plants. And what about
the oxygen requirement for both fish and plants? Etc.

Oh, no: cancel the above. Wikipee has an interesting piece at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaponics, but it looks very tricky to
set up and run.

I do hope the OP isn't trying to sell something...

So do I. But he/she didn't say hydroponics, they said aquaponics.


I breed fish and crayfish and recycle the water through several garden
beds that contain gravel and sand bases. I started with a Permaculture
garden, then converted a full sized swimming pool for Aquaculture
(breeding fish and crayfish). I now cycle that water through the
Permaculture beds (they are in series on a sloping river bank) and back
to the fish pool. It works extremely well. That plus my Vermiculture
output from two large worm beds makes for very nice crop.

It wasn't quick to set up, it has taken me ten years to get it all "fine
tuned".