Last September we visited our friend Pat Wilborn at his aquaponics farming project outside of Port Washington, WI, and shot some video of his operation under…
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7 Responses to Aquaponics – The Future of Food – Tour of PortFish, Ltd. – Port Washington, WI
Cool setup. That house is tall enough to grow hops in. Now I need to go
look for that kit. I plan on growing hops out in front of my greenhouse to
provide some defused summer shade to cut back on summer heat. It would also
be nice to continue growing them in winter inside along with the other
produce. And you can’t raise just “any fish” in that system. Trout won’t
work without cold flowing water like it is in a river.
Chris Schmidtkunz
February 1, 2015 at 9:44 pm Reply
There is very little information out there on yellow perch diets in an
aquaponics system. TELL US WHAT YOU KNOW NOW!
Great info. Does the gravel bacteria bed have to be rejuvenated, or
replaced, every so often? Or will it continue to turn the ammonia water
into nitrates w/o having to be replaced? Thanks.
Cool setup. That house is tall enough to grow hops in. Now I need to go
look for that kit. I plan on growing hops out in front of my greenhouse to
provide some defused summer shade to cut back on summer heat. It would also
be nice to continue growing them in winter inside along with the other
produce. And you can’t raise just “any fish” in that system. Trout won’t
work without cold flowing water like it is in a river.
Chris Schmidtkunz
February 1, 2015 at 9:44 pm
There is very little information out there on yellow perch diets in an
aquaponics system. TELL US WHAT YOU KNOW NOW!
tejolson92
February 1, 2015 at 10:37 pm
Great info. Does the gravel bacteria bed have to be rejuvenated, or
replaced, every so often? Or will it continue to turn the ammonia water
into nitrates w/o having to be replaced? Thanks.
marchetta67
February 1, 2015 at 10:42 pm
This guy really should get a grant. It shouldn’t hard at all (research)
BIGJOHN0513
February 1, 2015 at 11:19 pm
Love it and I am working very hard explaining as I go in Boise ID.
Steven Shook
February 1, 2015 at 11:50 pm
when next video?????
M.S marion
February 1, 2015 at 11:56 pm
All the best, hope your expansion went well!!
Marko Marjanovic
February 2, 2015 at 12:55 am