Friday, February 24, 2012

The Vision - a Rooftop Garden in Self Watering Containers

(above) the site of the future bigger rooftop vegetable garden in self watering containers made of recycled water bottles..inshallah

(above) some of the plants i have in self watering containers... just near my door


(above) in preparation, some of the early plants in the rooftop, all in self watering containers...daisy, sweet potatoes, basil


(above) ... and more.... freshly sown seeds of melon, romain lettuce, red bellpepper, replanted ornamentals, eggplant and more... in the shaded portion of our building rooftop


(above) a longer view peppers, lettuces, okra or lady finger, eggplant, parsley, sweet potatoes, basil, petunia and other flowering plants.. in the other side of the shaded portion of our building rooftop

Aquaponics and Self Watering Container in Jeddah - February 2012 update

(above) jalapeno pepper with flowers in self watering container, amazingly this has grown more than 2 feet now

(below) a sayote in self watering container, in the same container is a tomatoe and some mayana



(belos) a flowering tomatoe in self watering container pot


(below) my indoor aquaponics system.. in the kitchen



(above) a tomatoe in aquaponics system, i germinated it in cup with a lot of drain holes then just put it on top of the hydroton, the roots made its way down to the growbed...same with the carrots in the foreground


(above) massive root system of my kamote (sweet potatoe) in one of the Aquaponics systems, the 2 foot-long pangasius died while i was away on vacation contaminating the water system so i had to change and clean it up, good that i had all plants in individual pots so it was a breeze cleaning it up...not much mess

(above) after the clean-up, mature kamote or sweet potatoe is back, with onion and ginger, kangkong and okra in the system on the right... i have put one adult tilapia in the fish tank , in the corner on top is my oldest system with a year old basil, pepper and ginger... below it is a fishtank with one adult tilapia too... i have enjoyed basil for long time now from this system


(above) the gigantic brocolli, i think this is more than 4 months now.. i love the texture and look of the brocolli leaves.. inshallah it will give me flower then fruit soon... in the same growbed i have a few pepper, carrots, swiss chards and a bitter melon....below in the fish tank are 3 albino catfish (hito)

(below) two of my oldes goldfish, who were with me since i started aquaponics last year, the rest of them died few months ago when attacked by a tilapia i put in the same tank they were, now they are in my indoor aquaponics system growing ginger and bitter melon or ampalaya






















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Sunday, February 19, 2012

Vegetales in Self Watering Containers - Cavite

Below are pictures of seedlings I've grown from the 1st day of my Philippine vacation.
From top; Basil, Lady Fingers(Okra, Bindi), Tomatoes, Cabbage (Repolyo), Cucumber. All pots are made out of 6L water bottle (Wilkins). The soil is a mixture of Garden Soil, Garden Soil with Compost and Sand.