Some Flourish One Survived Others Die

Sadly, the squash plants on the right had mostly died off except one that is still surviving. The leaves were never really showing the potential, but I thought by transplanting into the aquaponic boxes they might grow better. Instead they died. I pulled the dead plants up and observed that the roots had not grown and the...

Aquaponics Systems in Hong Kong

It took me the whole of last week but I have finally built a prototype of aquaponics system on my balcony. I also spent about an hour and a half yesterday to shop for my fish. After walking around for more than an hour I've decided the best fish to add for my system is six six-month...

Balcony Aquaponics

The system is assembled on the south-facing balcony. It has sun light for the whole day and being on a raised level it is the perfect location for my grow boxes. The contraption is actually a water circulating system for the grow box and the fish tank. Using a close loop ensures the water pressure is evenly...

Building of an Aquaponics System on my Balcony

First of all I've got to build and test an auto syphoning system for my grow boxes.

The Summer of Plenty

The warm weather is finally here to stay, perhaps a bit of understatement at that, and the temperature is well up there near the top of twenties Celsius. The entire garden is rejoicing with tremendous growth. In one week the grape-vine has grown 12 inches; the bitter gourd which had sprouted but with marginal growth...

Water Water Cried the Lettuce

Remember the last complain about high humidity and fog? They are no more. In the past week, it has been 70% and temperature of 18-22C. Perfect weather for growing, and no doubt the lettuces and beans etc are all enjoying it. Instead of taking up about a liter of water per week the plants have...