Sandponics Part 4 : Adding Plants & Fish: 2021

On this the 4th Day, the system is finally ready for the plants.

We transplanted various types of plants including:
Spinach, Lettuce (green and Red), Brinjals (Egg Plant), Chillies, Beetroot, Tomatoes, Cucumber, Corn, Garlic and Potatoes.

During the frist two weeks, we did not have any fish. We dosed the system with ammonia rich waste from the fish tanks in our Aquaponics system.

After 2 weeks we added some fish.

All plants have responded remarkbly well and the cucumbers and tomatoes have already started to fruit. Chillies and Brinjals already in flower. No signs of deficiencies are visible. The plants look very healthy.

All is looking very promising and my take so far is that its a better plant growing system than any of the aquaponics designs (I.e. DWC, NFT or media beds) .

In follow up videos, we will show how potatoes , garlic and beetroot have done. This is one of teh major benefits of sandponics, you can basically grow any vegetable or plant that you can grow in soil, unlike in Aquaponics or Hydroponics.

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