Aquaponics Digest - Sun 10/03/99
Message 1: Re: Mushrooms
from "Dale Robinson"
Message 2: Big Yields from Texas Blackberries
from "TGTX"
Message 3: Re: Big Yields from Texas Blackberries
from Adriana Gutierrez & Dennis LaGatta
Message 4: Re: Big Yields from Texas Blackberries
from "TGTX"
Message 5: Re: Big Yields from Texas Blackberries
from Adriana Gutierrez & Dennis LaGatta
Message 6: Re: Big Yields from Texas Blackberries
from "TGTX"
Message 7: Re: Mushrooms
from dreadlox@cwjamaica.com (michael kent barnett)
Message 8: Re: [tilapia] News from Costa Rica
from dreadlox@cwjamaica.com (michael kent barnett)
Message 9: Re: processing
from "vpage"
Message 10: Re: [tilapia] News from Costa Rica
from marc
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Subject: Re: Mushrooms
From: "Dale Robinson"
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 14:31:06 -0700
Check out this web site!
shiitakemushroom@worldnet.att.net
Dale Robinson
> Someone mentioned mushrooms as a second hobby.
>
> Could you contact me offlist please, I need some help!!
>
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> Ta,
> Mike.
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Subject: Big Yields from Texas Blackberries
From: "TGTX"
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 15:31:19 -0500
Aquaponikers:
Thought you folks might appreciate some information on the Doyle =
Thornless Blackberry, tauted as the most prolific berry in the world. A =
recent article in Mother Earth News showcases this variety.=20
Comes from Severtson Farm about 3 miles east of Wylie, Texas, on State =
Highway 78. They claim this variety will produce 20 gallons of berries =
per plant- more than 30 ordinary blackberry plants. (This cultivar was =
highly vaunted at the Agriculture Hall of Fame in Bonner Springs, =
Kansas.) =20
To contact the Severtsons or to order your own Doyle Blackberries, call =
888 442-6846 or write to Severtson Farms, 4000 Highway 78 North, Wylie, =
TX USA 75098
Aquaponic applications, anyone? (Hint: Doyle blackberries in =
spring-summer, raspberries in winter- sold to haute cuisine markets, =
restaurants?) Blackberry canes like this could be grown to take =
advantage of vertical space in the the aquaponics greenhouse????
Ted
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Subject: Re: Big Yields from Texas Blackberries
From: Adriana Gutierrez & Dennis LaGatta
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 17:03:28 -0400
Hi Ted,
I bought one plant from Doyles almost 2 years ago after reading an
article in Organic Gardening and have gotten zip, zero, nada, niente!
Not even a flower. Granted, it has not been in a coddled hydroponic
environment. I've meant to write a note to OG asking them to request
feedback from others who bought these berries on the basis of the very
favorable article that they wrote to see how other's real-world
experience compared to mine. The 20 gallons per plant is after 3-5
years so don't expect to make millions right away. At $18/plan they are
quite an investment.
It also produces 50' of cane per year so be prepared for some major
trellissing. Perhaps it's a good variety to plant around the perimeter
of a greenhouse, inside or out depending on the climate. I should take
a cutting of mine and put it in hydro to see how it performs.
ADRIANA
> Thought you folks might appreciate some information on the Doyle
> Thornless Blackberry, tauted as the most prolific berry in the world.
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Subject: Re: Big Yields from Texas Blackberries
From: "TGTX"
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 17:41:26 -0500
> Hi Ted,
>
> I bought one plant from Doyles almost 2 years ago ....
Hi Adriana...Thanks for the feedback....Hmmm.. well, this is interesting!
I have not bought a plant from these folks, but..... it seems to have been
validated from independent sources....
But, because of your report, I will proceed with caution with landscaping
plans at my new location, where I was considering planting a few of these
plants outdoors on a trial basis.
Ted
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Subject: Re: Big Yields from Texas Blackberries
From: Adriana Gutierrez & Dennis LaGatta
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 19:51:26 -0400
Ted,
I would try a few in hydro to see how they do. I think they need a very
regular watering and fertilization schedule to be happy, which would be
fine in a commercial hydro environment. Unlike my greenhouse, my plants
at home have to meet my criteria of "thrive on neglect".
Adriana
> But, because of your report, I will proceed with caution with landscaping
> plans at my new location, where I was considering planting a few of these
> plants outdoors on a trial basis.
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Subject: Re: Big Yields from Texas Blackberries
From: "TGTX"
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 18:55:10 -0500
"thrive on neglect".
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> Adriana
Si, Si.
This is what I must thrive on my own self.
Go figure.
Ted
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Subject: Re: Mushrooms
From: dreadlox@cwjamaica.com (michael kent barnett)
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 21:28:13 +0100
Dale Robinson wrote:
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> Check out this web site!
> shiitakemushroom@worldnet.att.net
> Dale Robinson
>
> > Someone mentioned mushrooms as a second hobby.
> >
> > Could you contact me offlist please, I need some help!!
> >
> >
> > Ta,
> > Mike.
> >
Thanks, Dale!! I think in making our farms sustainable we need to use
everything possible to bring things as closely in line as possible as
CreatioNature does/did. Let Costa Rica be a lesson!!
I got a mushroom manual last week!! Looks like something else that could
be tied in considering the grass clippings from around the tanks as
wellas lawn space that I guess many of us have...?
Another alternative I have been looking at to keep around the tanks low
is simple... sheep!! :>
Mike
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Subject: Re: [tilapia] News from Costa Rica
From: dreadlox@cwjamaica.com (michael kent barnett)
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 21:27:59 +0100
Such a pity, and Im sure using a sustainable approach such as reed bed
treatment, aquaponics or huge growbeds in virtual ponds of sand could
have done the trick.!!
Let us take this as a lesson!!
Mike
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Subject: Re: processing
From: "vpage"
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 21:14:22 -0600
HelloJoe, Thanks for your interest.
I will be in touch. The dates are July 13-16-during Stampede!!!
> Hummmmm with youngest son living in Alberta .._and_ a neat course in
> aquaponics
> sounds like it has potential. Add me onto your mailing list for
> registration and course info. Thanks.
>
> Joy Pye-MacSwain
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Subject: Re: [tilapia] News from Costa Rica
From: marc
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 1999 22:39:38 -0600
> ..snip..
> tion of the Cañas river. Due to their public criticism of
> > AquaCorporación's poor environmental practices, these activists have been
> > subjected to harassment and anonymous threats. With the recent closure of
> > AquaCorporacion, they are increasingly fearful for their safety.
> >
This shows what a lack of partnership can do. This industry, partnered with a
diversified ag base could be kicking major butt with those kind of raw
materials.
Instead we have unknowns confronting environmentalists confronting a corporation
confronted by a court. Where's the agriculture in that?
Marc
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