Wolfracer's System Build

[wolfracer]

Has anyone done strawberries in thier system? I was reading that they can suffer from root rot so I was wondering how well they might do in an aquaponics setup? Any info would be helpful?

[stucco]

If you have salt in your system they will not grow.

[dufflight]

some people do okay with a 1ppt of salt. I have one strawberry plant thats running like mad in one of the gb's. I like to keep a min of 1ppt(1kg of sea salt per thousand ltrs).

[badflash]

Flood & drain is needed with many plants. Most don't like the roots under water full time.

[markcaso]

The supply line from your FT that goes to your GB is that a T on the inside of the FT. So the water will pull from the bottom of the tank and the T keeps it from Siphoning? I like you system and thinking of going with this design. Anything you don't like about it?

[wolfracer]

The supply line from your FT that goes to your GB is that a T on the inside of the FT. So the water will pull from the bottom of the tank and the T keeps it from Siphoning? I like you system and thinking of going with this design. Anything you don't like about it?

That is exactly what is going on.

What I would change is a better design on the riverbed system. And the supply line to the grow beds probably could be larger. Everything else has worked out great.

[markcaso]

Is your riverbed system a NFT system or a flood system, If it's a flood how much of the tube is flooded, is there anything in the tubes besides water? Also what size pvc tubing do you recommend from the FT to the GB.

[wolfracer]

I guess it was a flooded system as in the water just flows thru the tubes and cups with very fine gravel are suspended in it. As far as the feed line to the growbeds I think i would have been better off with a 2" line instead of 1-1/2".

[stucco]

hey wolfracer :P how is your camera workin

[Emmett]

Hi Wolfracer, you mentioned you'd like a more economical way of heating the water for the radiant system. Here's an option. http://www.hilkoil.com/ has stainless steel tubing that you can run though a woodstove. You can burn just about anything in a cheap woodstove and maybe even heat the air if the stove is in the greenhouse.

Just a thought.