Micro plastics leeching into the produce is major issue. Water usage for greens in soil is also less. So its not a wise argument to put forward when you have to spend so much to take care of the system. And Aquaponic is not a seed and forget system. Like the owner said, even if one day something happens to fish or plant its going to kill the entire system. The cost that you get back from soil based farming vs aquaponics, even if the yield is higher, to beat the profits from land its going to take years or even decades as you have to replace the pumps, pipes and other mechanisms. Net carbon rate is much higher in aquaponics. Its a decent model for self sufficient farm but not scalable for big producers. These are the reasons many aquaponic farms are going bust in Europe and America. Hopefully you guys can find the balance between creating pollution free produce thats affordable for consumer
Firstly, a good video and the owner looks like an exemplary person. One thing that irked me, so I am gonna responded: In hydroponics if you are using organic substrate and fresh water, not using chemicals to stay clear of the pests. Why won't it be organic? Taking fish out of their natural habitat of sea, lakes and using them on the farms is organic or cost-effective because you don't have to buy nutrients?
@@Farmizen essentially everything is a chemical. The world is a bundle of chemical processes. If the NPK solutions are sourced properly, then there is no problem.
@@gauravsobti11 thank you for sharing your take. The reason why we would differ: finally everything in the world is made of what’s on the periodic table. Dalda too :). What’s important is in what form and how they are made bioavailable and in what proportion. For example, our nutrition could be a saline drip we take with nutrients in the hospital everyday or eating real whole foods. Same thing. In aquaponics - think of the fish shit as whole food for plants - broken down by bacteria to make it bioavailable. Whereas NPK solution in hydroponics is like nutrition via injection :)
One is consuming so much electrical energy, growing in PVC pipes, under a plastic sheet & he did not explain or show the chambers for generating P,K and other 14 nutrients. Also what about fish diseases? Sceptical....
Great, but we should remember that higher yields are possible here because these are leafy vegetables, which contain a lot of moisture: what about staple foods such as cereals and pulses?
Most aquaponics farms grow greens because it has faster time to harvest and higher realisation per kg. This particular farm has grown tomatos, cucumbers, melon etc as well. Grains and pulses can be grown using this but doesnt make economic sense - for the same reasons why grains and pulses are usually grown in less costly land further away from the city while veggies are grown nearer to the city.
Micro plastics leeching into the produce is major issue. Water usage for greens in soil is also less. So its not a wise argument to put forward when you have to spend so much to take care of the system. And Aquaponic is not a seed and forget system. Like the owner said, even if one day something happens to fish or plant its going to kill the entire system. The cost that you get back from soil based farming vs aquaponics, even if the yield is higher, to beat the profits from land its going to take years or even decades as you have to replace the pumps, pipes and other mechanisms. Net carbon rate is much higher in aquaponics. Its a decent model for self sufficient farm but not scalable for big producers. These are the reasons many aquaponic farms are going bust in Europe and America. Hopefully you guys can find the balance between creating pollution free produce thats affordable for consumer
Excellent points
i am just curious where to find the market for exotic vegetables?
Firstly, a good video and the owner looks like an exemplary person. One thing that irked me, so I am gonna responded: In hydroponics if you are using organic substrate and fresh water, not using chemicals to stay clear of the pests. Why won't it be organic? Taking fish out of their natural habitat of sea, lakes and using them on the farms is organic or cost-effective because you don't have to buy nutrients?
Typical hydroponics farms use NPK solutions - which are chemicals - no ?
@@Farmizen essentially everything is a chemical. The world is a bundle of chemical processes. If the NPK solutions are sourced properly, then there is no problem.
@@gauravsobti11 thank you for sharing your take. The reason why we would differ: finally everything in the world is made of what’s on the periodic table. Dalda too :). What’s important is in what form and how they are made bioavailable and in what proportion. For example, our nutrition could be a saline drip we take with nutrients in the hospital everyday or eating real whole foods. Same thing. In aquaponics - think of the fish shit as whole food for plants - broken down by bacteria to make it bioavailable. Whereas NPK solution in hydroponics is like nutrition via injection :)
One is consuming so much electrical energy, growing in PVC pipes, under a plastic sheet & he did not explain or show the chambers for generating P,K and other 14 nutrients. Also what about fish diseases? Sceptical....
Great, but we should remember that higher yields are possible here because these are leafy vegetables, which contain a lot of moisture: what about staple foods such as cereals and pulses?
Most aquaponics farms grow greens because it has faster time to harvest and higher realisation per kg. This particular farm has grown tomatos, cucumbers, melon etc as well. Grains and pulses can be grown using this but doesnt make economic sense - for the same reasons why grains and pulses are usually grown in less costly land further away from the city while veggies are grown nearer to the city.
Most Hydroponics atleast in the west has gone bankrupt because energy bills made it unprofitable. Hope you can make it.
We will find out :)