Bioponics; adding organic biomass directly to deep water grow beds.

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  • Bioponics is a soilless grow method that is strictly organic. It does not allow for common hydroponic mined (salt) minerals and petro derived ammonia and nitrates. It is more like aquaponics without reliance on fish. But then that means it's not quite 'aquaponics.'
    Fish thrive here because the feed used to power the entire system is organic, carbon rich biomass. It does not require fish because it does not utilize fish to convert organics to inorganics. Using the organic biomasses here feeds microbes which act like fish, gradually releasing inorganics to nourish the plants.
    It's as if we are feeding fish food to a soilless system. Which would work if manufactured fish food had all the optimal nutrients for feeding plants, which they don't. Bioponica makes nutrient blends to create high carbon organic liquid nutrients that feed both fish and microbes. Here we have adequate filtration to replace the digestive gut of fish. And we have nutrient blends of biomasses to match the needs of plant types at different growing periods.
    So when properly accommodating an organic ecosystem with varying ratios of N, P and K plant growth can be optimized. It's also possible to use simple non-blended biomasses such as alfalfa grass and spent coffee grounds or brewery grains to grow a large range of plants.
    Bioponica researches and manufactures processes, systems and nutrients for a more sustainable organic approach to farming and gardening. Nutrients derived from biomass blends may be used for fertilizing plants, ponds and soils.
    Bioponics is potentially the most sustainable method of farming.
    Agree? Disagree? Please share your comments... and tell your friends!
    www.Bioponica.org
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  • @Ceodayone
    @Ceodayone 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Your system is constantly making a “compost tea” which naturally fertilized the plants. Genius !

  • @dave-in-nj9393
    @dave-in-nj9393 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    in nature the air is introduced in the soil
    the water is supplied to the roots in the soil
    there is no large farmable crops that grow on water
    man has to add external power with pumps
    fantastic that you are experimenting and testing what can work
    Kracky shows that you can have 6 inches or a foot of air, so on that front, you are
    providing for the plants needs.
    thanks for posting. this really helps to expand our knowledge.

  • @dragonslayer6000
    @dragonslayer6000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What you are doing is divine. In a world of poisons and toxins, you are teaching people how to grow pure, untainted nutrition. Thanks so much for doing what you can to show people the way to creating the right mix of plant food and growing methods to replace chemical fertilizers in this process. Always wanted to know what fruits and vegetables tasted like hundreds of years ago.. I believe that food that comes from a system like this is as close as it gets lol

    • @bioponics
      @bioponics  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks! You get it. This is how we clean the environment and produce organic food. With minimal effort.

    • @dragonslayer6000
      @dragonslayer6000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      David Epstein what's the best route to take for a newbie with a half acre back yard? I'd like to grow enough food to cover my general nutritional needs on a day to day basis. Any recommendations are helpful

    • @bioponics
      @bioponics  6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sure. That's plenty of space. You can do it with a single level 20' Biogarden. It's a 60SF foot grow bed and will support 100-200lbs of fish

    • @bioponics
      @bioponics  4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@dragonslayer6000 Set up a larger extraction system. Conical tanks are good so that you can collect liquid and solid. You won't need biofiltration unless the temporary odor is a nuisance to neighbors. Organics (anaerobic after leaching) are nourishment for plant microbes. Just be sure to dilute.

    • @dragonslayer6000
      @dragonslayer6000 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bioponics im going to try growing a handful of herbs known to disrupt the genetic material inside of the nuclear capsid of other coronaviruses
      Calendula
      Relora
      licorice root
      Forskolin
      *Alkaline Structured Silver* and birch bark can also disrupt vial infections
      m.th-cam.com/video/aflNFoZxhpE/w-d-xo.html

  • @Sorenzo
    @Sorenzo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you for explaining this.
    I have dreams of getting enough land to build a system like this for personal use.
    I wonder how much food you can produce in a trough like that. How many do you need to feed a household without needing to buy greens from stores?

  • @BaconKongen
    @BaconKongen 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    How do you connect these split pipes into longer sections? are they welded together? and how are the blocked in the ends?

  • @timjones1583
    @timjones1583 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How did you cap the ends?

  • @RoshanSingh-pg3ho
    @RoshanSingh-pg3ho 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi David, I am from Nepal ,Thankyou so much for the inspiration and education bioponics system,can you help me to do this system for Nepal.

  • @larryrobertson3310
    @larryrobertson3310 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    how do you cap the corrugated pipe ends to hold water?

    • @bioponics
      @bioponics  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We create end plates and gaskets for this purpose. Bioponica.net or call...

  • @reeper26
    @reeper26 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So let me see if i understand this correctly. You use a biomass blend of amendments that sit in water for a week to 10 days or more that the fish eat. That then turn into nutrients more available to the plants that then go in to the tank as a tea? And the vortex "aerator" is to make it less carbon loaded?

    • @bioponics
      @bioponics  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, vortex mixes, aerates and restructures - See Viktor Schaubergers videos. A biofilter adds surface area to support larger volume of microbes (aerobic or anaerobic).

  • @lepidlover0557
    @lepidlover0557 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So, if I chop up plant waste or use dead leaves, then let them sit at the bottom of the water, will this have enough nutrients to keep the plants growing???
    I'm really new to this....

    • @bioponics
      @bioponics  4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes it will. But not brown leaves - nitrogen is lost. Anything green or fresh - like coffee grounds, tea leaves, grass clippings.

  • @russsherwood5978
    @russsherwood5978 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    how well would a set-up like this do in a mich. winter?have a blessed and safe day

    • @bioponics
      @bioponics  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’ll survive the cold but will your plants?

  • @mynameisnotcory
    @mynameisnotcory 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Yes! Ok so is this mostly microbial powered? Doesnt the duckweed root up a ton of the nutrients? Or do you just soak them and put the duckweed back? Super interesting

    • @bioponics
      @bioponics  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      We definitely need to accommodate for the fact that duckweed extracts a ton of nutrients. Yet working this way nutrients are cheap, cheaper than the value of biomass taken from the system as duckweed. So we add a lot and focus on income producing biomasses.

    • @mynameisnotcory
      @mynameisnotcory 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      David Epstein ever tried california blackworms?

    • @bioponics
      @bioponics  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      No, but I looked them up. Sounds very intriguing. Could be used as part of a post extraction pre-worm casting phase.

  • @andrewtummonds3349
    @andrewtummonds3349 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can you help me understand your biofiltration bags?

    • @bioponics
      @bioponics  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      These are polyester bags that have porosity that allows liquid to pass and only minimum of solids. We offer at bioponica.net

  • @danaharden6283
    @danaharden6283 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Has this been applied to vertical farming? Glad to see someone going beyond Aquaponics. Though a Vegitarian, I did it with "hardy" bluegill to find it a pain in the ass, Fish and Game wants their inspection/license, and only delivers inadequate nutrients to heavy feeders.

  • @xyooj96
    @xyooj96 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    where do yo get this pipe to cut as a trough?

    • @bioponics
      @bioponics  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Buy it and cut it. HDPE culverts. Drainage pipes.

  • @elishamongerd.c.4974
    @elishamongerd.c.4974 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oakland, OR !!! You are almost in my backyard, I'm in Roseburg. Do you give tours?

    • @bioponics
      @bioponics  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sure! Our number is 678-245-6996

    • @Kukkahja
      @Kukkahja 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Elisha Monger D.C. N

  • @timjones1583
    @timjones1583 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    What was the cost to build this system?

    • @bioponics
      @bioponics  6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Price depends on features. This is a set of 40' units with an underground tank outside of the greenhouse. Cost for 40' module without tank is 3-5000 - options are trays, extended frames for shading, aggregate, etc.

  • @PresidentofAntifa
    @PresidentofAntifa 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Price checked those n-12 pipes... its $11,400 per 100 feet.
    Plywood and aquarium safe sealant is 10% of that.
    Why spend so much??

  • @NafisKhan-un3uy
    @NafisKhan-un3uy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    camera movement not professional, very annoying (should be more slowly )

    • @bioponics
      @bioponics  4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry. Yes I ramble too. Maybe you'll prefer to see my latest video.