Keralaponics; an Organic farming Knowledge Hub

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The mission of Keralaponics is to enhance the organic food production in India. Keralaponics in Thiruvananthapuram is dedicated to promote various urban farming techniques like Terrace gardening, Bottle gardening, Vertical gardening, Backyard aquaponics, Organic hydroponics, Production of sprouted plants likes micro greens, fodder and more. Keralaponics is also encourages the production and marketing of value added products from organic vegetables, fruits and herbs.

Media bed Aquaponics

Keralaponics introduces media bed aquaponics system today. Media bed is the simplest aquaponics system and suitable for almost all the aquaponics crops. Two types of media bed aquaponics systems are in use; one of them is continuous flow system and the other is flood and drain system. In continuous flow system, the fish tank water flows through the grow bed continuously. While in flood and drain or ebb and flow system, water fills and drains in the grow bed continuously with the help of an auto siphon or a timer.

Aquaponics an overview

Aquaponics is an agricultural practice which combines hydroponics and aquaculture. Fishes and vegetables are growing together in an aquaponics system. We could harvest fresh vegetables on the account of fish culture is the major benefit from aquaponics. Aquaponics enable us to enhance the organic food production considerably with less investment. There are mainly three methods of aquaponics systems are in use; they are Media bed, Raft bed or Deep water culture and Nutrient film technique based.

Simple Media based Aquaponics system

 

A simple media bed aquaponics system contains a raised grow bed, a fish tank and a pump. A tray of suitable size filled with medium like ¾” crushed rubbles, crushed tiles, gravel or coir could be used as a grow bed. A container of glass, metal or food safe plastic with a minimum 50 liters capacity could be used as the fish tank.15w aquarium pump or power head is sufficient for pumping the fish tank water to the grow bed. 

System setting and functions

In the system describes here, used a plastic tray of size 24” length; 15” width and 10” height for grow bed and a 70 liters plastic tub as the fish tank. An Indian plum fruit plant and Madura spinaches are planted in the grow bed. Fitted an auto siphon in the middle of tray for making the grow bed function as flood and drain system. Tilapia fishes are filled in the fish tank.

On starting the pump, the water from the fish tank flows to the grow bed. When filling the grow bed, the water drained to the fish tank through the auto siphon system and repeat the process continuously. The nitrate and other nutrients in the fish tank water are absorbed by the plants and the water gets filtered. Fishes and plants are growing happily with this system.

Start aquaponics gardening today; it is the real way to progress.

Visit Keralaponics or contact us on 09387735697 for more information on gardening, Aquaponics, Hydropnics, Bottle gardening, Self watering planters and for purchasing plants and accessories.

Keralaponics-the Aquaponics Technology Hub of India.

Knowledge hub for Affordable Aquaponics and Urban farming

 

Keralaponics an overview

Keralaponics is a best knowledge hub for affordable aquaponics and Urban farming in India. Keralaponics simplifies various hi-tech gardening techniques in an affordable form, teach it to the common gardeners and compel them to apply it to their gardens. The ultimate aim of Keralaponics is to enhance the organic food production. Aquaponics, hydroponics, hydroculture, vertical garden, wall garden bottle garden and more are the key areas taken up by Keralaponics. Among these gardening practices, Aquaponics is most popular and beneficial one. Research is going on here for the new low cost cultivation techniques in these key areas. So many people from all over India utilized these low cost plant cultivation techniques under the influence of Keralaponics.

Keralaponcs is situated at Thiruvananthapuram, the capial city of Kerala. There are a lot of demo gardens of various novel techniques which helps to learn the affordable gardening. The entire activities related to Aquaponics in Keralaponics are implemented through Aquaponics Kerala.

Major Activities of Keralaponics

For promoting aquaponics and other highly efficient Urban farming systems, Keralaponics conducts training programs, seminars, workshops, exhibitions and Aquaponics farming campaigns periodically to teach the people who are interested in these areas. Websites, blogs in top Websites, Social media groups and pages related Keralaponics have a great collection of information regarding Urban farming like aquaponics, tower garden and bottle garden and more. No doubt, Keralaponics is the top knowledge hub for affordable aquaponics in India.

Consultancy, Design and implementation of aquaponics projects supplying everything required for aquaponics, Urban farming, Marketing assistance for organic vegetables and more are the other activities of Keralaponics.

Aquaponics

Farming practices like aquaculture and hydroponics are successfully merged in an Aquaponics system. Farming of fish is known as aquaculture and growing plants in water is known as hydroponics. Fish and vegetables are growing together in an aquaponics farming system. A fish tank, grow bed and a small pump are the basic components required for aquaponics. Water from the fish tank pumped to the elevated grow bed which flows through it and returned to the tank itself continuously. The nutrients from fish tank water are absorbed by the plants in the grow bed. Aquaponics helps us to enhance the organic food production considerably. 

The miracle of Aquaponics is that it helps to harvest two crops from an investment for only one, just like the saying two birds from a shot. We get chemical free vegetable is the top benefit of aquaponics.

Types of Aquaponics systems

There are mainly three types aquaponics systems are commonly used; they are Deep water culture, media bed or recirculation aquaponics, Nutrient film technique (NFT) aquaponics.

In a deep water culture aquaponics system, the fish tank water pumped to another tank  where plants are growing on floating rafts. Media type aquaculture consists of a fish tank, a grow bed filled with gravel, clay balls or coir, and a pump. Water from the fish tank pumped to the grow bed and it recycled continuously. While in Nutrient film technique (NFT) aquaponics, the nutrient rich fish tank water is pumped to channels or pipes where plants are placed in small plastic pots.

Benefits of Aquaponics

Benefits of Aquaponics farming are as follows;

    

• Allow us to consume chemical free food.
• We can produce two fresh organic foods (fish and vegetables) from minimum input.
• Low investment required.
• High productivity.
• Minimum water consumption.
• Waste free.
• A source of additional income.
• Forget the watering and fertilization of plants.
• No need of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.
• You can start an aquaponics system in small scale and expand it gradually.

Grow your own chemical free food for a healthy living.

 

Visit Keralaponics or contact us on 09387735697 for learning more about affordable gardening techniques including Aquaponics, Apartment gardening, Bottle gardening, Self watering planters, Terrariums and for purchasing rare vegetables, medicinal and fruit plants and accessories for gardening.

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