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  • Sold all of my hybrids. I'm sticking to by Blue's
  • Hello,
    I'd like to ask you about your Guinea Fowl. Specifically, do they really have this voracious appetite for ticks that I've read about? Are they very noisy?
  • Thanks! Welcome to the PPG!
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Chi Ma posted a discussion in Aquaponics
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Mar 13, 2011
Chi Ma replied to Cinder McDonald's discussion Turtles + Permaculture = ? in Aquaponics
"You don't have to eat the fish. You could use them to feed the turtles or for pets. I'm not sure if there is a test for salmonella at the consumer level. 
You could construct a biofilter and put in floating aquatic plants to further filter the…"
Feb 21, 2011
Chi Ma replied to Cinder McDonald's discussion Turtles + Permaculture = ? in Aquaponics
"I'd avoid using turtles as a waste source for human veggie production the risk of salmonella outweigh the benefits. If you used it to produce veggies for the turtles only that would be fine. 
http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/spotlight_an_turtles.htm
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Feb 21, 2011
Chi Ma replied to Chi Ma's discussion My Lil Aquaponics Project. in Aquaponics
"A couple of…"
Feb 7, 2011
Chi Ma replied to Chi Ma's discussion My Lil Aquaponics Project. in Aquaponics
"2 months and it was time to harvest the Romaine!
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Jan 5, 2011
Chi Ma replied to Chi Ma's discussion My Lil Aquaponics Project. in Aquaponics
"Ya lettuce. My romaine lettuce is doin ok and so are my nasturtiums."
Dec 1, 2010
Chi Ma replied to Chi Ma's discussion My Lil Aquaponics Project. in Aquaponics
"It's been a lil over a month now. things are looking pretty good. The picture below is of broccoli. It's a lil leggy from I guess lack of nitrogen."
Dec 1, 2010
Rachel replied to Chi Ma's discussion My Lil Aquaponics Project. in Aquaponics
"I somehow missed all of these earlier posts, sorry!
I got most of my fry from Dennis. If your temps are warm enough you can grow them out in about 6 months. This cool weather is really slowing down their growth. I've got mine covered in greenhouse…"
Nov 21, 2010
Caroline replied to Chi Ma's discussion My Lil Aquaponics Project. in Aquaponics
"If you're in Phoenix, you can buy them from Dennis at www.gardenpool.org He has been doing aquaponic gardening for a while, and his tilapia fry have been grown organically in the same way."
Nov 16, 2010
Chi Ma replied to Chi Ma's discussion My Lil Aquaponics Project. in Aquaponics
"You can ask Rachel. She is local to you. I'm way off in California:) Rachel ya got any fry for sale?"
Nov 16, 2010
Chi Ma replied to Chi Ma's discussion My Lil Aquaponics Project. in Aquaponics
"Hi Caroline! Thanks for the link. I'll join up pronto."
Nov 11, 2010
Caroline replied to Chi Ma's discussion My Lil Aquaponics Project. in Aquaponics
"Chi Ma--What a pretty greenhouse! Rachel and I are both on the site http://aquaponicscommunity.com/ which is a great way to connect with other aquaponic gardeners.

Rachel--Good luck with your 500 gallon in-ground system!! I'm so glad that it's…"
Nov 11, 2010
Chi Ma replied to Chi Ma's discussion My Lil Aquaponics Project. in Aquaponics
"I'll fly to AZ to help :)"
Nov 9, 2010
Rachel replied to Chi Ma's discussion My Lil Aquaponics Project. in Aquaponics
"Looking great! I'll have to get my greenhouse plastic up ASAP and hopefully take some pictures soon too.
I'm really wanting to get my 500 gallon in-ground system started cycling in the next two weeks... that may be a pipe dream though!! ;)"
Nov 9, 2010
Chi Ma replied to Chi Ma's discussion My Lil Aquaponics Project. in Aquaponics
"So couple of weeks ago I planted some lettuce seedlings. I forgot to take pics of how small they were. Went to check on them today and took some pics.

Hot and steamy in there. 47 degrees outside and 63 inside.…"
Nov 9, 2010
Chi Ma replied to Chi Ma's discussion My Lil Aquaponics Project. in Aquaponics
"Got a lil chilly here, temps got down in the upper 50s. So I got a green house to generate and trap heat during the day.


Tilapia


Channel Cats
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs264.snc4/39563_496552..."
Nov 4, 2010
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