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Originally Posted by Alex Linder
That's cool.
Fish prices are beyond ridiculous, like everything else, but a few bass make for days of good eating. I have mastered deep-frying them, if I say so, and really enjoy them.
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I wish I had time to fish, we've got a few good rivers here as well as conservation managed lakes.
Looking at getting into this;
Viridis Aquaponics. I attended a presentation by these guys at the last
Baker Creek Mayfest. If I'm not mistaken they said that they produce (1) head of lettuce and 1/2 lb of fish per square foot every 20 days.
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My squash failed badly; not sure if I had bad seeds or what, but they just didn't come up. Very disappointing. Lots of vines but only one canteloupe, was not able to hand pollinate them.
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You might consider Baker Creek for a seed source. I've dealt with them for years, I know they test all of their seed for germination rates.
If you haven't done, you should do a soil test, ph is pretty important to maintain. If ph isn't right, nothing will grow. A decent garden center should have those simple soil test kits.
We've been using a concentrated liquid feed fertilizer (organic, fish emulsion & kelp) with added calcium. I understand that calcium plays an important part in the transfer of nutrients to the root system. We've had some good results with it. I know someone who dumped all the extra milk from their milk cow on their garden with impressive results as well.
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Last thing I did, a few weeks ago, I planted 12 cloves of garlic, in fall as you're supposed to. Then I turned over the 20x5 plot, also as you're supposed to. Planted some fish offal off the bass to help restore some nitrogen to the soil.
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A good blanket of old hay over that will help too, not the garlic but the turned ground.