Vegetable gardens at home.

[Red Robin]

I have never had much success with coriander. Other herbs have thrived but never coriander.

Any tips on where I should be planting it or anything else?

 

Thank you

[fanievb]

I have never had much success with coriander. Other herbs have thrived but never coriander.

Any tips on where I should be planting it or anything else?

 

Thank you

 

lots of sun

 

and soak the seeds before planting

[Epic Rookie]

looks pretty simple to make - just googled it. 2 x 20l buckets fitting into each other. Then you just need to by the recycling bran.

 

Yip, they don't even have to fit into each other, there's a kind of tray/ seperator at the bottom in order to collect the fertilizer probiotic liquid stuff that would be the only tickt thing to source/ make and a tap with seal at the bottom.

But at the end of the day it was also about supporting local.

[forkie]

Hey man. It's an awesome way of gardening. I used this website quite a lot. http://www.backyardaquaponics.com

thanks. will spend some time reading 

[Red Robin]

lots of sun

 

and soak the seeds before planting

 

Great, thank you. I will try that.

[Red Robin]

lol, we have a little one on the way.

 

most of the garden is now focused on little people food, so the sweet potatoes will be processed and preserved for future use (no child of mine will eat that purity processed junk)

 

Also made my own and didn't do processed food for the children. Check out Annabel Karmel web page, they have some nice recipes for baby food and first meals etc.

[MTBeer]

Yip, they don't even have to fit into each other, there's a kind of tray/ seperator at the bottom in order to collect the fertilizer probiotic liquid stuff that would be the only tickt thing to source/ make and a tap with seal at the bottom.

But at the end of the day it was also about supporting local.

ok so do you just drain off the liquid every couple of days and pour it over your plants?

[Eddy Gordo]

I have never had much success with coriander. Other herbs have thrived but never coriander.

Any tips on where I should be planting it or anything else?

 

Thank you

Used to have issues as well. Recently found out they they thrive in cool shade. 

Where I have planted it now, it does not even see sun apart from maybe midday.

 

I tried the lots of sun route. It didnt work for me.

Edited February 15, 2017 by Eddy Gordo

[Epic Rookie]

ok so do you just drain off the liquid every couple of days and pour it over your plants?

Yeah, dilute it for plants or straight down the drain to eliminate odours apparently.

[Red Robin]

Used to have issues as well. Recently found out they they thrive in cool shade. 

Where I have planted it now, it does not even see sun apart from maybe midday.

 

I tried the lots of sun route. It didnt work for me.

 

Thanks, I will try both and see how it works. I have been buying the plants as seedlings as did not feel like germinating from seed but I think that I will try germinating rather and see if that also makes a difference.

[Pieter1]

thanks. will spend some time reading

Pleasure. Where in SA are you? There are some pics of my ibc somwhere in this thread.

[Nancy Drew]

Apart from appearance, is there any other indicator of when butternuts are ready to be picked?

 

When your fingernail can no longer pierce the skin it's ready to be picked

[forkie]

Pleasure. Where in SA are you? There are some pics of my ibc somwhere in this thread.

Port Elizabeth.

 

I am  making life a bit difficult for myself because my system will be in an outside living area, so I am also trying to make it look good aesthetically as well as produce successfully. Also using 2 types of system -  NFT pipes on the wall which will flow into a grow bed.

[Pieter1]

Port Elizabeth.

 

I am making life a bit difficult for myself because my system will be in an outside living area, so I am also trying to make it look good aesthetically as well as produce successfully. Also using 2 types of system - NFT pipes on the wall which will flow into a grow bed.

Nice! I wraped mine in shade cloth. And put palet wood around it to make it look nicer and to keep the sun out of the tank. Try to keep it a dark as possible, algea became a big problem in mine. Also wrt fish. The tilapia I bought all got sick and died during the winter. If I was you I would stock it with goldfish or koi. Or if you can catch barbel, bass or kurper in a dam nearby they would work well and are good eating. The reason I asked where you are is because there is a nice aquaponics farm in muldersdrift.

Edit: Here is a SA online store. It is the farm in muldersdrift. They are pretty helpfull. Also you will need to add this to your system as soon as you see your leaves are not nice and green and start yellowing http://www.myaquaponics.co.za/iron-chelate-100-grams/

Edited February 15, 2017 by Pieter1

[Vetseun]

We had two horrible syringa trees growing next to our house. In December I decided to remove them and use the space for a vegetable garden.

So far, it is doing really well.

Tomatoes, lettuce, cucumbers, herbs, mielies, carrots, beans and lots more are all growing like crazy.

[Formallyknownas]

Thanks, I will try both and see how it works. I have been buying the plants as seedlings as did not feel like germinating from seed but I think that I will try germinating rather and see if that also makes a difference.

Inspect the seedlings. Make sure you've selected strong, pest free plants. Soil prep. Plants need good roots. Dhania is a challenge. Good luck.