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Old 04-14-16, 10:51 AM   #651
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Wow, this is very interesting. My idea is to also have my aquaponic system. Just don't trust the fish market anymore.

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Old 04-14-16, 11:38 AM   #652
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@papitohead it has been a fun ride.
Here is a lunch provided the Aquaponics garden.



Ok this is what it looked like when I was done.
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Old 04-14-16, 11:47 AM   #653
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@papitohead it has been a fun ride.
Here is a lunch provided the Aquaponics garden.
The only thing better would be to throw some fried crispy tilapia in there!
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Old 04-14-16, 01:14 PM   #654
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Amazing for sure. Thanks for sharing.
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Old 04-17-16, 09:43 PM   #655
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I have another back vent working. So now I have two back vents with auto openers installed. We are now getting some tomatoes almost every day.



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Old 04-18-16, 07:48 AM   #656
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A little while back I covered up the clear glass with defused polycarb the tomato plants just took off after I did this. The plants seem to really like the defused light. They claim faster growth with the pollymatte I now believe them.

The grow bed on 3/2/2016


Now the grow bed on 4/18/2016






It is 80 outside today and the vents are working hard.

The high temperature was 84 degrees today my house high was 81 I ran the AC. Greenhouse stayed around 78-80 pretty sweet.



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Old 04-19-16, 09:20 AM   #657
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It is the little things in life that make you happy. I see the door insulation in all my pictures. I always think I need to trim out that door. But there is always other stuff to do.

This morning I just took the time to do it. I had bought a door jamb pack but only needed one small piece a while back (for another project). So I still had the door jamb sides. I ripped this down in ½ and used it to trim the door.

No out of pocket cost and the door is trimmed and we all do not have to look at it anymore all good.





I bought a thousand tomato clips. I am tired of running out.

I bought some flex tomato supports.
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Old 04-20-16, 08:57 AM   #658
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I put up I motion sensing solar powered light. It works really well and I order a second one that should cover the whole greenhouse. I will have a power panel but I still like the lighting to stand one its own.



I put in a seal over the hinge this will keep wind and rain from coming through the hinge.
(You can see it at the top of this vent)
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Old 04-21-16, 06:01 PM   #659
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I put the seal up on all the vents over the hinge.

I had one screw left above the window that has the white cross hatch and it shattered the window.
Since it is safety glass it stayed in place. It seems like it is just the outside glass. I clear tapped over the whole window.
What a bummer. Two steps forward one step back.



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Old 04-22-16, 07:32 AM   #660
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I hate it when that happens. I have been known to throw drills and hammers through these mistakes. Believe me, it is the best kind of stress relief one could enjoy. Takes some of the agony away immediately.

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