Planting the seeds in your
aquaponic garden is much easier than putting them in the ground. You just have
to put them on a netting pot and … this is it! Then you just have to wait for
them to start vegetating and grow. However, there is one little aspect you must
know before placing the seeds and that is – the ideal moment when the seeds
should be planted.
Many people purchase the fish,
place them in the tank and in the same day they also place the seeds in the
pots. This is by far the worst way of approaching aquaponics as the seeds, even
though will grow and develop up to a certain point, they will die in a matter
of days after they finish their own supplies if there are no nutrients in the
water on which they can feed.
Thus, the perfect moment to
place the seeds in the pots is when the fish excrements have turned into
nutrients. The process through which you can obtain nutrients for your plants
is quite simple. After you place the fish into the tanks, they will start
freeing excrements into the water. Because the excrements contain ammonia, they
are highly toxic for the fish. However, do not worry about that, as this issue
is solved by nature itself. There are bacteria which transform the ammonia into
nitrites and then into nitrates. In order for your plants to grow you need
nitrates, so once the process of decomposing and transforming ammonia is over,
the water will be ready to support the plant seeds.
The entire process can take up
to 3 months, time in which you should not place any type of seeds in the pots
as they will certainly die. There are also ways to speed up the process by
inserting nitrates into the water before the fish excrements can transform.
However, many people do not like to interfere in nature’s way. However, no
matter what way you choose, it is recommended to monitor the amount of ammonia,
nitrites and nitrates from the water, so that you can always know the quality
of your water for both your fish and your vegetables.
Planting the seeds at the right
time is essential if you want good crops and healthy fish, so monitor the
quality of your water permanently, before and after planting. It is the only
way through which you can obtain good crops.
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