Aquaponics System, Passive Solar Greenhouse build

pinballlooking · 03-05-17, 10:18 PM

I cleaned out my front grow bed. That was a pain I need to add a radial flow filter back into the system.
I had gloves on but my hands are still sore from the big job. Check out this tomato root ball. It was loaded with worms. Crazy looking
The bed looks so empty.

The bed had been running nonstop. Those tomato plants were over a year old and still producing tomatoes lots of them.

The water was not flowing away from the end without drain. That end of the bed gets more solids.
I took out about 60 gallons of rock. I piped the beds water flow out of the bed away from the sump tank and out the vent window.

I used a hose with a good sprayer to wash the rock in the bed I took a 5 gallon bucket and would bale out the dirty water.

It was a lot of work but all rock got a very good wash down.
Three is a bunch of worms in that bed but I am sure I need to add a filter back into this system

03-05-17, 10:18 PM	#11
pinballlooking Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: SC Posts: 2,923 Thanks: 172 Thanked 564 Times in 463 Posts	I cleaned out my front grow bed. That was a pain I need to add a radial flow filter back into the system. I had gloves on but my hands are still sore from the big job. Check out this tomato root ball. It was loaded with worms. Crazy looking The bed looks so empty. The bed had been running nonstop. Those tomato plants were over a year old and still producing tomatoes lots of them. The water was not flowing away from the end without drain. That end of the bed gets more solids. I took out about 60 gallons of rock. I piped the beds water flow out of the bed away from the sump tank and out the vent window. I used a hose with a good sprayer to wash the rock in the bed I took a 5 gallon bucket and would bale out the dirty water. It was a lot of work but all rock got a very good wash down. Three is a bunch of worms in that bed but I am sure I need to add a filter back into this system Attached Thumbnails __________________ Current project Aquaponics system , Passive Solar Greenhouse build To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Solar Install 12.5 Kwh- To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Mini Split installs - To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. EV Chevy Volt - To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. Last edited by pinballlooking; 03-07-17 at 06:33 AM..