Growing Potatoes in Aquaponics
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- Опубліковано 14 сер 2021
- G'Day Folks. Growing Potatoes in Aquaponics is a topic that comes up in my comments a lot so thought I'd have a crack at it myself.
This is only a proof of concept style set-up but might expand on it down the line if they do well.
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@@CaucAsianSasquatch Cheers. 😁🍻
they make a purple primer and glue for pvc
@@spoot8835 Can get it in a few different colours here as well as clear.
@@RobsAquaponics ah I see, so it was more of a personal choice to screw the pipes together. Regardless I liked the video, and was surprised by the results.
Not too sure about aquaponic potatoes but it'll be interesting for sure to see how they go 👍
maybe you could put a few potatoes outside the pouches in the clay to see how they go
When are you 2 doing a collab?
Not sure they'd doo too well but can give it a crack Greg. 👍
Hope all's well with you on the coast mate.
@@amphion_au Might be able to work something out at some point. 😁👍
Cheers Amph.
Thanks a lot for sharing this clip. I'd never have thought about using a potato sack in the aquaponics system. Can't wait to see how it works out
These little root pouches have been used by a few folks in similar beds TAP. 👍 They're the same ones that we use around the place to grow small bushes like the blueberries, ginger & other veg.
Cheers mate & hope all's well with you.
Hi Rob, well done, 1 mod i would suggest, i wouldn't bury the inlet pipe as you can't check flow easily, i would put a 25mm pvc or even 50mm pipe in the mix stand it up like an upstand and drop the flexy black inlet hose in that, so to check flow just look or lift up without moving hydroton.
Hey Shane. I check the flow rate from the drain so investigate further if it looks a bit off. 👍
Very beautiful vegetables ❤️❤️
Thanks. 😁
I’ve had a massive, COVID induced binge watch of your videos & it’ll be a big help when I start building my first system in a few weeks. Thanks very much for sharing all your knowledge.
Am glad the vids have helped in some way Shane. Are you in lock down in NSW?
@@RobsAquaponics No I’m in WA but had to go interstate for work & had to isolate on return🙄. Thanks for helping pass the time!
@@Shane-sf9rz No problem. 👍
Really... I would have never thought that would work... Amazing
Not 100% sure they will do as well as soil grown but I think we'll get a few. 👍
Cheers mate.
Hellishly catchy clip. Love it and will be dead keen to watch. Clever hairy git from Ippy!
🤣 Thanks Andy. Have contemplated popping a few sweet tater slips down the side to see what happens.... 🤔
Cheers & have a top one mate.
cheers mate the website's brilliant! our community charity group is grateful for your profession, retrieve is quite impressive technology.
I'm glad the info has helped out in soma way mate. 👍 😁
Happy growing. 🐟🌱🥦
Tuning in from Texas, USA
Hey Chris. 👍
@@RobsAquaponics due to watching your videos I'm now in the process of getting a system set up with tilapia. I'm going to start out with 6 grow bed and 2 constant flow beds.
@@chriskocurek2290 Nice one Chris. 👍 Hope the build goes smoothly for you.
This was awesome to watch. Looking forward to November! 😊
Same here Morne. Will be setting up the wicking pouch for some more spuds later on today when I finish up with the online jobbies.
Cheers & all the best mate. 👍
Hi Rob, I like the way you join the pipe together without the need for glue 👍
The idea of Aquaponics has always intrigued me. Tried similar concepts but not to the extent you have achieved. Good Job!
Thanks mate. Have you tried growing with hydro at all?
Cool video Rob! I really appreciate your trial and error with AP. I can not wait to see the results. Cheers Mate.
Cheers mate. Hope to be seeing some shoots from these by the end of the week all going well.
Have a top one mate.
appreciate all the effort your putting into yourself and helping others :D!
Thanks TenshiQT. 👍👍
I love experimental grow experiments! Looking forward to updates and results!
Will be posting a picture to the community wall as soon as I see some sprouts Jennifer. 😁👍
Happy growing.
Absolutely amazing 🌿🌸
Cheers NMG. 😁👍
Can't wait to see what happens!
Popped another spud in next to the clay pouch yesterday HG. Just couldn't help myself. 😉
Cheers & have a top one.
Like your ironing board work table, will look out for one in hard rubbish.
They're very easy to move around the patch. Can be a bit wobbly on uneven ground though.
Looks like a well thought out experiment. I had been thinking of something similar but don’t have any room left in the greenhouse, excellent for extending the season but space limiting. I might get rid of the Dutch buckets, they do okay, but not overly thrilled with them (maybe haven’t found the best plant option).
Also, great tip about filling the bag as the spuds grow!
My garden is doing okay, had a small issue with something eating on my tomatoes, hit them with BT (Bacillus thuringiensis). Had many tomatoes which had small holes through the skin. Using them in fly traps and getting good fly harvest for the fish (a few moths too, likely the source of the caterpillars I saw). Fish very happy.
Cheers! 🍻
Last time I used the buckets was in hydro over 20 years ago. Most plants did OK but the tomatoes took forever to ripen under lights so gave it away.
I've found the moth caterpillars are much more destructive than the cabbage butterfly ones. They don't care what's on offer, they'll smash the lot.
Cheers Joe 🍻🍻
Really cool spin on a sort of SIP/Dual root zone pots.
It'll be cool to see the side by side grow.
I'm thinking the soil will definitely give us a few spuds. Not to sure on the clay though ID.
Cheers mate.
@@RobsAquaponics We grew ginger and beats in our fill and drain bed. Not sure how they'll do in constant flood though.
Tried the coco coir method earlier this year with no luck, had potatoes but they were tiny. Can't wait to see the results tho!
Very interested in the results of this one mate 👍
Cheers Mate. 👍
Let me know if you want to pop down the club as well. Any excuse will do. 😉
Cheers mate & have a top week.
Cant wait to see how this goes
I'm moderately optimistic Kearnesy. 👍
Cheers & have a top week mate.
Good luck with them, hopefully all goes well. I have been experimenting growing potatoes but i haven't gotten to the aquaponics setup yet
I normally have hit & miss luck with them myself. The last few harvest have been been half decent which is encouraging though Matthew.
Cheers & happy growing mate.
I love it!
Thanks Sally. 😁👍
Looking forward to seeing how they go.
Will be showing updates through the season Mrs G. Am hoping at least one pouch does OK.
Have a top one.
The Master of Aquaponics!
I try my best. 👍
Cheers T Bear.
You can use large buckets with holes drilled in the base so you can remove and add new pouches and not have the clay balls getting in the way. Thanks for the method, I will check it out.
Certainly can mate. 👍 I had something similar set up for my fodder sprouter in the old aquaponics system.
ua-cam.com/video/mO3MNE-CA2E/v-deo.html
They had to be a bit deeper though due to the depth of the media.
Cheers mate & have a top one.
Interesting! 👍
Cheers Johnny. 👍
I saw airoponic sp? Potatoes growing on a UA-cam video the other day. They looked good!
Someone else mentioned that but it didn't pop up when I did a search Sally. Will have another gander & see what pops up now.
Hope you folks are doing well. 😁👍
Very interested to see how this turns out :)
Popped another in there just outside the clay media bag. Was a leftover & needed a home I thought. 😉
Cheers.
Very interested to see how this works out! Thank you! :-)
Me too Ian. 👍
Cheers & have a top one.
Very interesting experiment.
Cheers Matthew. 👍 Hope to have an update of sorts on their progress in a few weeks.
Have a top one.
@@RobsAquaponics I have heard that if you fill the media up as the plant grows, more shoots will provide more spuds.
@@matthewg4956 That depends on the variety as I understand it. Have seen a number of folks fail with the stacking method. They raise them up to about 3ft only to find a few small spuds at the base as the plant had to put all its energy into growing stalks.
Rob!! How you all doing mate?? Bloody smart arse!! Sand wicking columns...genius 👍🏻😂. I'd plant out some low level greens, maybe even watercress or mint in between, because your going to have control of those spreading roots in a bath as well. Make use of the real estate n all!!
Great video, well impressed. all the best to you both 👍🏻👍🏻
I was just thinking about you this morning & was going to "poke" you via email to see if you were all good as I hadn't seen you post for a while. 👍
I might pop a leftover spud down there as well as a few other plants now the fish are starting to feed better.
All's well here & spent a weekend with the girls celebrating their birthdays which was fun.
Hope you & yours are doing well too mate.
Cheers. 🍻🍻
Ok. Now I'm keen for November mate.
Same here. I popped in another spud just on the outside to see how that would go.
have a top one Glen.
Be cool to see how they go. Andy has spud envy from mine lol. I have see spuds done in the net cups suspended through a board with the water misted/sprayed on them. They were enclosed like your bath and the spuds were just hanging from the roots no medium. It was very cool.
Nice one Dave. I must have missed that one & can't find the link.
Sorry about your pup too mate. I've been consuming YT in the background as I work so don't comment much anymore & forgot to go back & say something. 😥
Hope you & the family are doing well.
@@RobsAquaponics Thanks mate. she was 15 so expected. Here is a vid on the spuds. ua-cam.com/video/9ck5iEP03g4/v-deo.html
Cheers
My personal choice is onion bags. Hanging the spuds from a gazebo with out the roof and misters to water them. using garbage bags (Black) for sun protection.
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Well done Rob as usual. Love the idea, I tried to grow potatoes two times in my AP system but unfortunately they all failed 😢
Did you have them in flood & drain beds mate?
@@RobsAquaponics yes, they were both float bed and gravel beds, but love idea it seems it will succeed. So eager to see the results 🙏🏼🤲🏼👍🏼👍🏼
I'm attempting this experiment using perlite in a similar system, interested to see how this goes!
I was contemplating perlite but have none left at the moment. Would like to know how you get on with yours mate.
Happy growing. 🌱🌱🌱
@@RobsAquaponics I will definitely let you know, theyve been in about a week and a half, already shooting up, so it seems to be doing okay so far. Will have to see if they actually produce anything worth while
That seems wicked close together for potatoes...
Yep but they shouldn't be fighting for nutrients as they will always be on tap.
Cheers Nicol.
Rob/ Fellow Followers- had anyone used pine straw in their aquaponic beds or wicking beds?
I have massive amount of pine straw available, my roof probably collects enough to fill all my beds!
I've grown different variety of potatoes including sweet potatoes in a raised bed that had a bottom 4" layer of that falls leaves, mainly oak, to help keep the water from draining it of bed grain set upon mountain rock. Then I did few inches under & on top of the seed potatoes slowly adding as they grew filling the bed (pine straw was kind of mounded). Then when temps warmed I stuck sweet potatoe slips in. Very easy to harvest potatoes from pine straw
Trying to find economical way, what nature gives me, to fill the beds. Having a complete new system the cost, specially at today's prices, r adding up real fast!
Sorry I missed this d.
I can't see the pine being an issue as a mulch on wicking beds but probably wouldn't use it in aquaponics.
As you can probably tell, I'm doing a bit of a catch up at the moment. ;)
Funny as just ordered some potatoes last night and was wondering if I should do it in my aquaponics or make up some wicking beds.
Would like to know how you get on if you pop a few in Shane.👍
Happy growing mate.
@@RobsAquaponics will do mate as alot of what I do is follow your ideas and make it up from there. See how I go in cooler Melbourne weather
I have found spuds can be fully submerged if the water is well aerated
I've found that most plants that don't like "wet feet" (low O2 around roots) do fine in most aquaponics beds Christopher.
Do you get as good a crop as you do with soil grown?
Cheers.
Keen to see how it turns out. Have you ever tried growing anything in fish tanks? I know lucky bamboo and types of Ferns etc do well but I've never seen anyone try herbs or fruit etc. Could be an issue with fish but maybe not snails?
Not in the tanks themselves but have seen others float small rafts or add in duck weed.
Kiddie pool under the Gazebo to catch the run off.
Nice one Karl. I haven't thought to grow them in a hanging style setup.
Happy growing mate.
Appreciate the video. If you can ever make a parts list for the bell siphon, I'm dying to build one! Could only put together half of what you said during your video parts-wise.
Hi Thomas. I have one on my website www.bitsouttheback.com/chop-and-flip-aquaponic-system
I'll be looking at making up something with alterative options for the guide & sites down the road.
Cheers.
@@RobsAquaponics Much appreciated! I've spent a lot of time in hardware isles putting puzzled looks on workers faces! Haha, cheers mate
@@thomaswolf6507 No problem. 😁👍
Hey Rob ! I was motivated by watching your videos and started my own small scale aquaponic system at my place. Its been 3 weeks and my system is still cycling (Fishless) i am getting a high nitrite and nitrate spike on test levels !! could you please guide me what can i do to reduce nitrite levels..as my ammonia levels decrease very fasst .. but nitrite is at peak same with nitrate
All it will take is time now Tanay. As long as you're continuing to feed the system with ammonia the bacteria will do their job.
Cheer & have a top one. 👍👍
Great video. Are there any "low-water requirement" crops that could be planted in the clay around the potato bags? Something that could thrive on just the rainwater that falls on the tub.
The tub if flooded at the base with the aqua water so will be fairly nutrient rich. I'm thinking a few herbs like basil that can grow over the top might be the go. 👍
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Hi Rob. A great experiment!
Do you have footage on how to put the framework together for the bath?
Currently i'm using cement blocks and they're not stable. Your framework looks more stable than the blocks.
No sorry Leona. I gave a brief run through on the original bathtub worm farm video.
ua-cam.com/video/MvIWLu3o5OY/v-deo.html
It's essentially frames from two seats bolted together & the red side rails are the side from an old bed frame. It's cheaper to buy old beds & cut them up than new steel here. 😉
Hope that helps a little.
@@RobsAquaponics
Thanks Rob. I had built a shelving system for the shed using 5x single bed frames and wood from pallets. I'm glad i could bring it with me when i moved.
I'm thankful for the info that you have provided over the years.
I've become a bit of a hoarder of baths from the tip recycle centre - to make wicking beds and aquaponic tanks for the fish and plants. I'm still gathering materials and i'm starting off with goldfish (which i have plenty of), and then moving onto food fish.
@@leonacollet4051 It makes life a lot easier/cheaper when you can get your hands on that sort of gear. 👍 We got rid of a lot when we moved out for the renovations but kept a lot of the larger "choice" pieces like the tubs. 😁😉
What are the said sacks you used and where did you purchase I’m in west oz cheers
They are root pouches & have a fair few on hand as I used to sell them. You can get similar bags at a lot of nurseries, hardware & hydroponic stores Wayde.
That system (the tub, not the pouches) might also work for growing wasabi.
Have been told it's a bit too hot for it here but know folks in the southern states of OZ that have had a bit of success.
@@RobsAquaponics if it's only a few degrees, could some evaporative cooling combined with shade cloth work? I understand that wasabi likes living in the shade of the forest canopy anyway, so it might even be a benefit? Might be something to try at some point in the future anyway.
@@torjones1701 Indoors might be best for us I think. 👍
I've seen people grow potatoes aquaponicly with an aeroponic setup
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is it necessary to put the potato in the growbag? where to get those clay balls in australia?
I popped them in there so I could try different media & wanted to keep them separate. 👍
Hydroponic stores are your best bet. They will generally give you a discount for a bulk buy & also price match competitors as well if you find them cheaper elsewhere.
Happy growing
Would you plan on growing food in the hydroton around the root pouches?
I could pop a few in. Was suggested that I pop a spud in there as well to see how it goes which I might yet do as well.
Cheers & have a great one.
Cool beans
I am a pool plummer is there no pvc glue you are comfortable using? Also I Use liquid Teflon called permatex Its beautiful for threaded fittings
Hi mate. When I started out I glued everything but soon realised that using the tape & screws allows me to reuse parts.
I will still glue critical components like the valves running to & from the fish tank as the system would crash if they failed.
Cheers & have atop one. 👍
Sir, your every video is so wonderfull!!
And actually I'm studying aquaponics alone so can I ask a question about kh and ph??
How can I increase kh without increase ph??
kh and ph of my aquaponics system is 2dkh and 7ph.
So when I add potassium bicarbonate in my system to increase kh, ph also increase and It makes me crazy...
Please help!!
How old is your system Semin? Over time the alkalinity/kh should be consumed as the nitrification process consumes a lot.
Like.
✌ Cheers Ramone.
Have a great one mate.
Hey y’all, does anyone know if there is some type of liner that I could use to line the tubs before I put water in the plastic containers to avoid the water from absorbing the petroleum or other poisons from the plastic?
Pond liner
Food grade pond liner is about it from what I've seen.
So why didn’t you glue the pvc instead of the Teflon tape and screw? (Real question , not a critique). Sorry if you said in the video but I didn’t catch it. Thank you.
He has mentioned the reason many times in other vids. So the pipe fittings can be easily dismantled and reused or repaired .
I haven’t watched his other videos so thanks for that info
Yep, mainly so I can reuse the parts in other builds. Plumbing can get expensive here on Oz.
Cheers Mary & hope all's well on the little farm. 👍
I tried spuds.. was less than solid
In flood & drain style systems mate?
Hope you had a top weekend.
@@RobsAquaponics yes, ebb n flow. I think the fill period was too long. It grew fine, until it didn't.
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Great content!👍🏻
Glad you enjoyed it Brad.
Cheers mate. 👍
Any Indians here 🇮🇳
I do get a number of folks from India stopping by the chat at times mate. 👍