How a Sustainable Aquaponics Farm Grows 7000 Heads of Lettuce a Week
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- John from www.growingyourgreens.com/ goes on a field trip to Sustainable Harvesters, one of the largest commercial aquaponic farms in texas. You will discover how they are able to grow 7000 heads of lettuce a week using fish to produce fertilizer for the lettuce.
In this episode, John will give you a special tour of this commercial aquaponics farm. First, you will learn how aquaponics is different than hydroponics and which is more sustainable and better for the planet.
Next, you will learn all the different aspects of an aquaponics system and how it works and some of the special practices they do at Sustainable Harvesters that I haven't seen anywhere else.
You will discover why they don't add any additional nutrients to their system as well as why the only cultivate a special kind of fish that ensures their aquaponics system stays balanced.
John will then share with you how lettuce is grown from seed to full maturity in 6 weeks at Sustainable Harvesters Aquaponics Farm.
You will discover if Red or Green lettuce requires higher levels of nutrients. You will learn how they are able to cool their greenhouse efficiently using the least amount of energy and how they automatically control the temperature in the winter.
You will learn if green or red lettuce is healthier to eat.
You will also discover a home aquaponics system that you can purchase from sustainable harvesters and put on your patio at home to start growing more of your food today using the proven aquaponics technology they have been growing now for the over 3 years.
You will discover the one secret ingredient they add to their aquaponics system that caused their plants to grow faster and get greener than without it.
You will learn how you can visit Sustainable Harvesters outside Houston, TX to take an aquaponics farm tour or aquaponics class.
Finally, you will learn the one thing you need to do to ensure your success if you will be starting your own business or farm.
After watching this episode, you will have learned what it takes to grow 7000 heads of lettuce a week sustainably using fish and creating systems to ensure everything runs smoothly.
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thanks for this video! born and raised in Houston and I didn't even know this was here so I'm definitely going to check it out since I most definitely am interested in my own aquaponics system!
Awesome - very thoughtful management system. Well done. This an excellent food production model for all nations. Would love to see a rice with crawdad, lobster, shrimp production in this type of system. Also - maybe they'd be interested in growing Moringa for the seeds to use in the filtration system? By the way if you want a great aquaponics system then go here: AquaSystem.xyz
This video is awesome, spot-on and informative!"
Please do another video on how their fish is harvested..
Thank you so much!"!
Absolutely love your videos man. Just want to say thanks for all that you do.
Highly impressed by the comprehensive narration from John of what could be very highly complicated operation. Thank you sir.
Great vid thanks!! I love that they do tours and classes too. Worth going to Houston to see.
All these internet gurus putting ads on youtube trying to sell an easy way to millions, while legitimate people like this guy is showing you no bullshit ways to make a living.
John Kohler,
Thank you for making this video!
Thank you for another great video John.
This was epic. Thank you. I really like that you don't just blow sunshine up our arses. You give the pros and cons.
I’m so glad I found this channel. Amazing content
John man you're sooo passionate about everything organic!! It's great
Interesting project. Great presentation bro
You are doing a really great job, just can't get enough of your videos. Thank you from Nigeria .
That is very close to me. I am going to go see this place. Looks awesome!
You sir, are a gentleman and a scholar. Keep up the good fight man, the world needs innovative minds like the folks here and those like you that spread knowledge for the good of all 👍🏼
Growing Hydronic lettuce, spring onions & herbs (with an H :-) with just 3 Ikea growing lights and it works a treat. Now on our 6th crop and we love just picking off the fresh leaves. Learning lots & will try Aquaponics in 2018. Thanks for all your help from Bristol. UK.
The quality of your information and your dedication to the purpose at hand at outstanding. I loved the video though I know a bit about aquaponics and I ve seen sustainable harvest on other you tube videos. It was the person of you who made me spend the entire hour listening to every word you said. Compliments from India John...
What an amazing set up! Amazing video!! Thanks for sharing :)
Love your videos, John! I learn something new every day :)
Extensive aquaponics, thanks you so much for the hard work.
thanks for this video. i enjoyed it. i like when you make long videos
I agree. Love it when they are long AND field trip videos.
hay john, just wanted to let you know, last season...potatoes, green onions,celery, vine tomatoes,lettuce, carrots.....not that of a impressive line up but it was my first ever grow...thank you for inspiring me!.....sending you love from the verry cold uk:)x
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There are many factors in books on aquaponics . One place I discovered which successfully combines these is this website here AquaSystem.xyz it's the most incredible guide i've seen on aquaponics. Check out all the awesome information .
as usual, another outstanding, highly informative video!!!
... very good and informative comments.. Thank you very much. Keep up the great work and videos. All the best.
wow this is fantastic so informative and actually entertaining. Thank you
A great basic overview of Sustainable techniques. IMHO one cannot simply dictate which methods are best. There are just too many variables involved in individual situations. There is never just ONE single answer.
However, longer presentations allow time to see various techniques in practical use, and that's where we can learn and be inspired to include progressive techniques in our own circumstances.
This is why I appreciate this presentation, and hope that others will take the time to produce detailed and teachable presentations like this. These ideas are certainly scalable. Thank you for this. I have even learned something that is useful for my indoor bonsai.
Very educational, Great Job John!
Well Done 👍
Man this is so awesome!!! Subscribed!!! Keep em coming!!!
once again. thank you for everything you do and share
Growing 7000 heads lettuce a week?? wow.. its amazing...
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Excelent, every minute worths. Great job bro, also great communicator. Thanks from Argentina.
Great video John. Thanks.
I had a chance to visit this place a few years ago. The fish what went in to my first aquaponics system came from here. Very cool place to go check out.
Awesome - very thoughtful management system. Well done. This an excellent food production model for all nations. Would love to see a rice with crawdad, lobster, shrimp production in this type of system. Also - maybe they'd be interested in growing Moringa for the seeds to use in the filtration system.
Thanks bro. You answer all of my questions. And looking forward to much more exudation. Once again thank you. GW
Amazing information. Thumbs up, and subscribed. Thank you very much and will be watching more of your videos.
what a wonderful brainstorm field trip site....wish we had something like this here in the NorthWest
im starting my aquaponic garden next week ,however home made ,very excited to have fresh organic spinich and kale .
Great show man, thanks for all that you do. :)
really interesting video, thanks
Awesome, very insightful. Thank you very much.
Thanks for sharing ❤, warm greetings from PNG.
Thanks John, so inspiring.☺
Still...One of my favorite videos on youtube
when i first clicked this video and saw it was an hour i almost clicked away but decided to leave it for a few minutes while i did something else... an hour later and im glad i didnt click away haha i watched the whole thing enthusiastically
thumbs up and subbed
Thank you so much
great useful program thank you
Excellent ! I enjoyed the video and learned a ton of tips/ Thanx
awesome video tour, learned some new things!
was wondering if you could detail the three phase biofiltration they're using to filter out large solid particles?
I'm building a community AP system and plan on using 2 radial flow filters in series before a biofilter and finally a media bed then directly to the sump to be pumped out.
I want to set up a good bio filter with media, any tips would be appreciated, happy new years!
great tour!!!
Thank you you inspired me much I want to do that one day
Hi from Australia Fantastic video john you always give a great overview. I'm running a similar system but run my water thru pipes that I grow my lettuce in. I also use air to move my water which adds more oxygen and in uses less energy than water pumps.
I like aquaponics. I would be interested in more videos for home aquaponics.
I like how high on vegetables John is all the time capsicum gets you on a good one
This guy got me thinking I should go back to school. Study gardening, and open my on micro green shop on the south side of Chicago. His videos are that dam good, lol.
Thanks for sharing this. I learned a lot.
Hey you are looking nice .💯
excellent video!!! i watched the entire thing and have no intentions gardening b/c im in the city and dont know a thing about it,,but this video was fascinating and very informative for me,, makes me wanna get out there and create a deal like this- just on a smaller scale!
amazing video,thank you
Awesome! Thank you very much! GB
The only disappointment is the purina fish chow. I have been reading about duckweed as a feed for fish as well as soldier fly larvae. Thanks for walking through the whole system, it looks amazing. I wondered about solar power.. Texas sunlight..automated systems.. seems like they might be ready for the next step in a few years. It could be there as a backup for the backup ;)
That would cost a lot of money to setup
I agree, there are a few downsides to hydroponics. I do wish we knew more about micronutrients. However, the micronutrients you lose are made up for by not having to worry about soil contaminants. Also, you are much less likely to have pests as most need soil to thrive. Hydroponics if done correctly can use a 1/10 of the water. So for my area where; soil contaminants are likely, and water is scarce, hydroponics is a high value growing method.
Not really true, CJ, though I like your point about "contamination". First the micronutrients can, and in a system of this size will, be added - sufficient at least to maximise the lettuce growth. I think the question of taste and quality is a function of variety and maturity of crop...at least with lettuce. If we were talking French wine, however, I would be forced to conceed that the soil type or "terrior" was important.
I agree lettuce does have simpler needs than say a fruiting plant. I do suffer from produce envy. There is one and only one company that grows better tasting tomatoes. They are from UT and grow organically. I grow the same tomato hydroponically, but because UT uses worm castings, there's taste better. I've tried to figure out what I could add to improve taste; however, science still doesn't understand all the microbes in worm castings. A few agriculture extensions proved with blind taste studies -that fruiting plants and tubers taste better; when grown in 2" of worm castings. It is a little salt in the wound when you can't use the best. I must take comfort in that fact that my produce is less expensive and has a much longer shelf life.
Awesome video! You have a new subscriber!! I'm getting ready to start building a small aquaponics setup myself. I have black soldier flies that will eat food waste while they are grubs. They have a natural instinct to leave the waste and go into the grounds to mature into adults. With a ramp and a bucket built into the waste, they will "self harvest" up the ramp and into the bucket. They can be used to feed chickens and fish! No need to buy food for the fish, it's a good source of omegas, and it's 100% natural.
Really Informative
I enjoyed your video, thank you very much.. it was very informative. please keep up the good work!
i need some info onn this for real, please share if you can assist with anything to get started
Thanks for this!
Very nice project
"I'm going to go ahead and wash my hands" *rinses hands off
One of your best videos. Promising process if the overall cost of running the system is reasonable. Home unit might seem affordable for a school or nursing home or similar institutional group. Thanks for all of your efforts that encourage us to grow something; just a little for ourselves or more to share with others.
Not every hydroponic system are set up that way There are thousands of ways to keep things clean. Like earth farmers we are always making things better and cleaner. As far as aquaponics we ae doing the same. Keep up the videos
amazing simple idea
this is a huge help. I'm looking to start a commercial farm. thanks you.. any suggestions please let me know.. Bill
Fantastic video, I love the detail you go into. Keep doing the videos. Fantastic.
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my heart swell when I see greenhouses like that
Whoa!! Yahoo!! I love that bed of nails!! Protects the trays for use the next year otherwise you have to squeeze those little pots so much that it ruins the tray.
Awesome... I'm thinking about some thing like this with my back yard pool.... and still be able to swim... Something like an organic pool,but with herbs and veggies as filters....
Thank you!
thank you really informative
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gear idea for small farmer community
Someone let me know what you think?? One concern I am not sure of is....the kind of plants that people use (spinach, artichoke, basil, tomatoes, etc (not algae)) have evolved alongside non-sea animals like cattle. Cattle and fish have different bacteria. In theory, simplistic: plants need ammonia, fish secretes it. but what about the micronutrients...would water with chicken fertilizer in vertical farm be better (somehow)?
Needs to change! I'm for aquaponic after watching your videos. I love you man. You're so great.
They live down the street from me, I should go check them out.
growing "super male" tilapia is a big thing for aquaponics in australia. been this way for long while. and for most of the reasons you point out. this is an important point.
I am just getting into starting my adventures in aquaponics
What is cost for 1acres hydroponic farm
2:22 John said doodoo twice
Nice biz!
Fantastic! Low input high output without people pooping in the cilantro - amen!
This has got to be one of the most informative videos on aquaponics. Could you please tell what is the ration of fishes to plants here or any relation as to how many fishes to have for a certain vegetation??
Wow thank you!
It was great video...
your Aewsome John!
i admire your this video and your enthusiasm i was agriculture student in my high school but i join to military service but still i dreaming to be good farmer as i dreamed i was student
sorry for poor english
Very informative! Thanks!
Q: What happens to the roots that get cut off at harvest time?
Usually they go to compost in this type of systems.
Wow, I wish I am able to make GREENHOUSE same like yours.......From Philippines with LOVE :-)
Thanks for the video, great insight. I hoped for more technical details but thanks anyway.
I have two questions, I hope someone can help me with:
1) how much fresh water is needed to put in the system?
2) are there really no nutrients being added to the plants?
Its really nice
one qick tip for your audio: try to set your mic sensitivity a bit higher and speak in a normal voice (loudness wise).
loving your content! Keep it up
Yes please!
Would you recommend adding mineral dust to a hydroponic system? If so how much would you add per gallon and how often?
This is a great video. Thank you so much. Where does the WATER come from? Are they drawing water from wells? from the grid? from a lake? from the ocean?
Hi John. Thanks for this inspiring video. How many workers are necessary to run an operation like this? Do you have an idea of the total energy consuption ?
Thanks again homie. you Da man!!!
very nice work. I would like to have a clayless aquaponics set up like this. Float bed. Where can you buy the plastic trays and those Styrofoam plant holders?
Wish you showed the main filter with three compartments - interesting set up still
It sounds like an up/down baffle tank, which is common in water treatment for separating out the solids (usually with addition of flocculants, polymers and air bubbles).
See this image for an idea of the design www.kullabs.com/uploads/201606020613331000%5B1%5D.jpg
***** thank you very much for the image! Very helpful
Andrew Mackenzie pretty much what I use for my saltwater aquarium.
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