October 07, 2021 Like all good things in life, it’s important to maintain balance in your system. One of the key factors to this balance is the pH. pH is the measure of how alkaline or acidic the water is and your fish and plants depend on this balance for survival. The tricky part about maintaining the...
October 07, 2021 In life and, more importantly, in aquaponics everything is about balance. As an aquaponic farmer, you will constantly feel like you’re walking on a tightrope while holding multiple porcelain plates. Each plate representing an important parameter that needs to constantly be monitored in your system. Water temperature is probably one of the most precious...
October 07, 2021 As any fellow fish farmer would tell you, the aim of the game is to grow your fish as quickly and efficiently as possible. In other words, you want to maintain your uniformity of growth without degrading the quality of your water. Well, what would you say if we told you that these...
October 07, 2021 One of the biggest headaches you’ll get as an aquaponics farmer is a constant struggle with pests and disease in your plants. Some are just unavoidable but others can be prevented and managed to ensure that your crop loss is little to none. Let’s walk you through some of our methods for plant...
October 07, 2021 Unfortunately, you cannot avoid the inevitability of coming across a common fish parasite or a disease. Because even if you follow all the steps when caring for your fish there will come a time where you will be reaching for a helping hand to save the day. Let’s chat about some common fish...
October 07, 2021 Nitrogen is super important for plant growth and therefore the health of your system depends strongly on the efficiency of the bacteria in your system. These bacteria help carry out the nitrogen cycle in aquaponics. Let’s walk through the steps of the cycle to give you a better understanding of how Nitrogen moves...
October 07, 2021 Should you be supplementing your system with iron? If so, how often? Or how much iron? Why is it so important anyway? We understand you may have a few questions regarding iron in aquaponics and we thought it would be a good idea to answer as many as possible in one blog post!...
October 07, 2021 Let’s chat about the quality of your produce! It’s no secret that the produce produced in an aquaponics system is next level in terms of taste. However, you might want to get a better understanding of Brix and how it affects your plants. In this blog post, we will explain what it is...
October 07, 2021 From planting to monitoring and even harvesting, we understand that running a fully functional aquaponics farm can be quite overwhelming. We find that the best way to keep everything running smoothly is to have a daily checklist. This way all that juggling becomes a lot easier. As long as you stick to the...
October 07, 2021 Our health has been on our minds a lot lately and you're probably trying your best to improve on those healthy habits. This is why we have decided to do a little write up about our HiGrow Towers as they are our easy, low maintenance, organic farming systems that are perfect for a...
