Bioponics

[badflash]

February 13Th I bought my wife a potted orchid for her birthday. The 1st bloom was open and the rest were buds. This has sort of been a tradition with us for many years. Typically the orchid dies off after 2 months.

This year I started watering with worm tea whenever it needed watering. Here is a pic I shot last night on 6/26 more that 4 months after I got it home and the 1st bloom is finally starting to fade. Pretty amazing.

[wolfracer]

Pretty amazing results.

[dufflight]

I never had much luck with worm farms. Would forget to feed them and the heat out this way does not help. I now only grow them in my aquaponic system. They live in the grow beds and process the solids from the fish. There worm castings and juice are taken up by the plant.

[davidstcldfl]

Hi Dufflight..... Welcome aboard. Those are some nice looking vegies and the worms look happy ....

[jackalope]

Hey dufflight good to see you here, I got a question on those worms of yours ..... do you use a F&D system for that ..... IOW, wouldn't they drown if underwater full time?

You come up with some of the coolest avatars .... you must be an animation artist to get those

[dufflight]

As long as the water has a high DO then the worms will live happly under water. The GB's are mainly F&D but I find the constant flow to have the most worms due to more solids getting caught in the gravel. I find if you run the water into a raised section the worms get very active and lay a lot of eggs.
The avatar is a character from a cartoon, the net has a tonne of different pictures.

[JCO]

Welcome to the show....pull up an easy chair, relax and stay awhile. New voices are always a welcome addition to our family..! Whatever questions you have on you mind, this is the place to get the answers.

[jackalope]

As long as the water has a high DO then the worms will live happly under water. The GB's are mainly F&D but I find the constant flow to have the most worms due to more solids getting caught in the gravel. I find if you run the water into a raised section the worms get very active and lay a lot of eggs.
The avatar is a character from a cartoon, the net has a tonne of different pictures.

Is this the one you use on the "other" forum now? I check in there once in a while, but don't have the time available to talk to you guys much

All my worms died and went to worm heaven ...... the whole thing went anaerobic due to the heat last summer, so if I start worms this year it will have to be in the AP system, and then in the fall, they'll go into the wife's outside garden, because I don't do AP in the winter here.

[dufflight]

I think its the same avatar. I change them sometimes but they have to be re-sized. I'm member of a few AP forums. But I did get bounced from APHQ.
How cold is the winter. Not sure how low the temp can get for compost worms.

[badflash]

Welcome to the show....pull up an easy chair, relax and stay awhile. New voices are always a welcome addition to our family..! Whatever questions you have on you mind, this is the place to get the answers.

dufflight is a veteran aquaponicer. He'll be giving lots more answers than he has questions.

Worms need very little air to live. When I turn my bins I always find loads of worms down in the tea. They've been there for a week and are still lively. When I feed too many to my fish, I'll often find a straggler weeks later in the tank. Lots of folks have reported worms doing well in their F/D beds. They do a great job breaking down the fish poop.