http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/ Barrel-Ponics Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:23:32 GMT Travis http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/13006 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/13006 Interesting you should mention that as I met a couple grad students in Nairobi that were monitoring the barrel-ponics system I built there as part of a project Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:19:35 GMT Travis http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/13005 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/13005 HEY SILVER, ALWAYS GOOD TO HEAR FORM YOU. YOU ASKED FOR IT SO, HERE GOES: I HAVE 7 ACRES IN VERY RURAL SOUTH CAROLINA. THE ZONE HERE IS 8A SO IT IS WICKED Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:58:55 GMT jotoc ty http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/13004 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/13004 if it does not work by adding iron in the water. it could actually do it by acidifying the water. iron rust is formed in the presence of water which also Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:46:54 GMT bwindussa http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/13003 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/13003 Correct me if I'm wrong, but I remember reading about a trademarked system called a 'living machine' specifically made for cleaning horribly polluted water. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:38:35 GMT Travis http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/13002 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/13002 I think I mentioned it in another thread but I start all my new systems from older ones. I take the water from an established system and fill the old one with Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:35:30 GMT Travis http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/13001 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/13001 By all means try it and see!! This is what this group is all about. The information I got was from an organic chemist on another list years ago. He and I had Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:42:57 GMT Robert Ray http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/13000 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/13000 Hi Elf, When you get your final design all done, I would love to know all the details of your grow wall. Huggs and my best wishes, Bobby Ray ... [Non-text Sun, 05 Jul 2009 20:24:14 GMT jotoc ty http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/12999 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/12999 sometimes you gotta believe the farmers/en users. they're the real life scientists out in the fields...lol..hope everyone is doing after all the beer and fatty Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:42:08 GMT nowsilvercrone@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/12998 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/12998 TRAVIS YOU ARE ALWAYS TALKING ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE DOING CAN YOU PLEASE TELL US MORE ABOUT YOUR HOME PLACE? HOW BIG IS IT? WHERE DID YOU PUT GH'S AND WHY? IT Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:57:57 GMT ElfNori http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/12997 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/12997 The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 2nd and ratified on the 4th. John Adams wrote a letter to his wife Abigail on the 2nd about the event. He Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:17:04 GMT ElfNori http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/12996 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/12996 Great idea. Now that I have a bed with working bacteria I can spread the wealth when I start my next bed. The bed I'm working with (~17"x~22"x~10") is a Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:55:13 GMT blackhawkgllry@... http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/12995 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/12995 I'm guessing that you could jump start the whole thing and speed it up witrh a couple of buckets of pond water hauled from a source of water with live bacteria Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:51:17 GMT ElfNori http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/12994 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/12994 The aussies, on their forum, use a rusty nail. I mentioned it about a month ago. Somebody bashed me over the head about it not being colloidal iron, but it Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:46:58 GMT ElfNori http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/12993 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/12993 My growbed was taking forever to kick on my tank. Moving it to Wadly's tank for 4 days made all the difference. I wish I'd been smart enough to think of just Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:24:24 GMT Diana Hedrick http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/12992 http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/barrelponics/message/12992 I visited your site and particularly enjoyed your photos... still mulling over how to apply some of these principles to my little backyard pond (enough rain in