17 hours ago, ireckonso said:

Why not ask admin to move hydroponics threads to be accessible on the hydro/aquaponics forum, im sure its an easy redirect for them.

Merry Xmas ireckonso , It would be just as easy to pin the hydroponic forum which we requested at the beginning , I don't know why it is an issue , I thought it would be a simple thing to do , but might be wrong I am not a website wizz

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Scoop

22 minutes ago, ireckonso said:

Why is it useless ? Same forum and topic just a different name. I am not a fan of aquaponics but I know many people are, so I think they should have some room to post too.

Very true , and I did not say they shouldn't have somewhere to post , but two pinned topics would be much better, and they are not the same , one is hydroponics and the other is aquaponics , two vastly different topics in my belief and a lot of posters at the time would have preferred it that way , and as I have said previously there is a lot of excellent information on the "hydroponics" thread that not many people know of because not many people post on it so it disappears into the wilderness , to me that seems to be a waste.

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Scoop

On ‎12‎/‎22‎/‎2019 at 12:05 PM, ireckonso said:

Never been a big fan of aquaponics. I think you should either grow fish or plants, trying to keep both growing together is too difficult without a lot of automation and even then it is so easy to kill off one or the other. Trying to keep the system balanced to make it viable is a lot of work.

Yes we did have a dedicated forum on hydroponics but as you can see it was merged with aquaponics which is useless and now very few posters read it and it has lots of useful information , I have no interest in it so I would rather not have to sift through lots of posts I am not interested in

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Scoop

On ‎10‎/‎1‎/‎2019 at 5:58 AM, gk10002000 said:

How is the pollination in Thailand?  In the USA pretty much I assume is done by Bees albeit with a little help from a few other insects buzzing around between plants. 

Good morning gk , a cheap battery operated tooth brush is an excellent pollinator

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Scoop

On ‎12‎/‎10‎/‎2019 at 5:38 PM, Grumpy John said:

Thanks for posting that link.  It solves the problem of why my Gross Lisse are never any good!  Now to make a frame for shade cloth to block off some that hot hot sun around the middle of the day.

Hi Grumpy John , I mostly grow Grosse Lisse , but just make sure you get the correct shading for an example if you get 50% shade cloth , you will only get that level of shading if it is black or dark green , beige and white will only give you about 35% and if you get 30% shade cloth the same rule applies .

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Scoop

Morning , they all look very healthy Rice , you must know what you are doing , 555

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Scoop

Thanks for that , I thought there might have been a way out of it , but I did read on TV that an Australian guy took court action and won after they cut his benefit while he was overseas , but I cant find it

Thank you anyway

Scoop

I was wondering if any member on TV has had experience with travelling to Thailand for three to six months when on the Australian Disability Pension , I believe that if you exit the country for two weeks your payments will cease

Any help would be appreciated

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Scoop

2 hours ago, Scoop1 said:

Good morning , this my help you guys understand a little about the light requirements of a tomato plant its an old post in the original hydroponic section on here , which has enormous amounts of information in it and I believe should have been a pinned topic instead of combining aquaponics with it.

  

Light and the Humble Tomato Plant

By Scoop1, January 15, 2014 in Farming in Thailand Forum

Sorry , this might work

Posted January 15, 2014

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On ‎10‎/‎1‎/‎2019 at 5:48 AM, rice555 said:

I've lived in Korat almost 20 years now. only on TV since 06. Will be transplanting Homestead and

Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye, both OP's and Margherita VF Hyb. The Pink and the Hyb. are from TGS in FL. and the Homestead from Sustainable Seed Co. in CA.

rice555

most of my tom growing are in hydroponic threads here in the main FF.

 

Hi Rice , hope you are well , and looks like your toms are doing very nicely

On ‎3‎/‎5‎/‎2014 at 10:16 PM, khunkeith said:

It's not the heat, it's the intensity of the sun that can kill western tomatoes. Mine have been doing great. well, until about a week ago as we approach the vernal equinox. The sun is getting more intense day by day and my plants are suffering greatly. I have 17 big boy and beefsteak tomato plants grown with seeds from the US. I learned my lesson though, I removed the shading when they started producing fruit and have had a bumper crop. But, about 2 weeks ago, they showed signs of stress (I guess from the sun) and are dying. next time, I will replace the covering shade mid February and see if I can keep them producing longer.

Good morning , this my help you guys understand a little about the light requirements of a tomato plant its an old post in the original hydroponic section on here , which has enormous amounts of information in it and I believe should have been a pinned topic instead of combining aquaponics with it.

Good morning all , rice555 , how is everything going at the moment have you got plenty of produce growing ?

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Scoop

On ‎9‎/‎21‎/‎2018 at 6:48 PM, anon2736434 said:

Well masterblend wont come cheap here so here are a couple of very similar products.

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/10-20-30te-1-i169905297-s211591182.html?search=1

https://www.lazada.co.th/products/7-13-34zn-1-i221631174-s338178089.html?search=1

The difference in npk amounts will not be seen in your plant. Unless wesco-yara-haifa have something to match masterblend I dont think you will find anyone who will make custom nutrient batches unless buying very large amounts. Being terrible in math even I with the help of the almighty net have figured out how to make basic nutrient recipes since living in thailand.

 

Good morning , try reading this post it may help you , just need some paper, a pen and a calculator , its not that hard!!

Posted July 7, 2012 

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Scoop

On ‎11‎/‎11‎/‎2018 at 6:16 PM, Polanskiman said:

Hello guys,

 

Started to see some pest on my sweet peppers. See pictures below.

 

 

What treatment do you recommend?

Hi All , they are spider mites and I seen one of your plants that had severe mite problems and they are very hard to get rid of , 'Kelthane' is what I use and you must wet underneath the leaves thoroughly

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Scoop

Good morning all , how are you doing Rice ? what have you got growing at the moment

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Scoop

On ‎12‎/‎12‎/‎2016 at 11:32 PM, Arkady said:

The picture in the OP's post is almost certainly an airsoft gun and these are freely available in Thailand without the US requirement of having an orange tip (after some black teenagers were shot by police there for holding airsoft Glocks).  I have seen airsoft versions of heavy machine guns in stores in Thailand that look just like the real thing. 

 

War weapons, i.e. real versions of the gun in the OP's post like M16s, AR15s firing centre fire cartridges etc cannot be licensed for civilian use.  However, versions of these weapons that look the same and are the same size but fire rimfire cartridges can be licensed.  These are normally chambered in .22lr.  You can see a lot of M16 style guns chambered in .22lr in store windows in Wang Burapha.  They are semi-auto as full auto is not allowed for civilians.

 

Civilians in Thailand may also own bolt action rifles in military calibres, such as .308 Win (NATO 7.62mm) or .223 Rem (NATO 5.56mm).  As someone pointed out earlier in the thread, the NATO equivalent cartridges, also used by the Thai military, are almost the same and can be fired in these guns, although the pressures may be somewhat different.  In fact, according to Thai firearms law, civilians are allowed to own handguns and rifles under .50 calibre.  Some Thai civilians own .338 Lapua Magnum rifles similar to the type that are now issued to some US military snipers for ranges out to 1,500 metres.  The ammo for these is hugely expensive and scarce in Thailand though - think about B850 a round.  Handguns up to including .44 magnum and .45 ACP are allowed and commonly available in the stores, although the .44 magnum ammo is a bit scare and expensive. Rifles that fire pistol ammunition, e.g. lever action Marlins and Henries in .357 magnum and .44 magnum are also allowed and commonly available.

 

There is no requirement in Thai law for a gun permit application to go before a committee or for an applicant to show a certain level of assets, as some have suggested here. However, those living in the provinces may be asked to show things like title deeds.  This is not a legal requirement but local officials making up their own regulations.  You will never be asked for details of property or assets, if you apply in Bangkok where applications are handled by the Interior Ministry which is responsible for enforcing firearms laws.  The process is quite straightforward in Bangkok.  You either tick all the right boxes or you don't.  There is nothing in the law that says foreigners are ineligible to own firearms but Bangkok has usually only issued them to PRs or embassy officials.  Licensing authorities in the provinces often refuse to issue to foreigners at all.

 

I have posted this for information about gun laws and availability only.  I have no interest in entering a debate about gun control.

 

 

Thanks for that information Arkady, I asked about the shooting sports in the sports section but never got a reply,  I have two target rifles and 3 hunting rifles all centrefire and was wondering if I could bring them with me when I come to live in Thailand and compete at benchrest competitions and 1000 yard competitions .

Do you know of any ranges that accommodate those disciplines?

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Scoop

Hi all, just wondering if anyone knows anything about  shooting sports in Thailand, and bringing firearms { rifles } into Thailand, is there any benchrest  competitions?

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Scoop

Good morning all, hereinthailand,  we have already tried to get that happening a few years back, one pinned topic for Hydroponics and one for Aquaponics but it fell on deaf ears, I  and many other posters thought it was definitely needed.

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Scoop

19 minutes ago, DumbFalang said:

I do have a balanced Nutrient Concentrate but unfortunately it increases the pH rather than decreases it. On top of well water that is pH7.4 - I thought it would make sense to add some acid. After all the advice I've received on this thread I am now pretty happy with what we are doing - so Thanks to everyone who chipped in.

 

Scoop1 mentioned EC, which I noted while doing research but have not had the time to look into. Should I be considering buying an EC meter when growing in soil or is it something that is more for hydroponics?

Dumbfarang, can you tell me what fertilizer salts and what amounts you are dissolving in how many litres of water and I will put the calculator over it and see how balanced it is if you want!

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Scoop

Hi Dumbfarang, yes an EC meter is used in Hydroponics, it measures the electrical current in the nutrient, the more  fertilizer salts the stronger the nutrient and hence a higher Electrical Conductivity, I am glad you are happy with what you have worked out, the strawberries I grow in hydroponics are "Chandlers" a widely used American variety and are very nice,

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Scoop

Good morning all, dumbfarang, personally I think you are going about this the wrong way, what you should do to alleviate some of the confusion is formulate a balanced "Nutrient Concentrate" as is used in hydroponics, you don't have to have all the elements in the concentrate if you don't want, because you are growing in soil and hopefully it will supply what elements you don't add to the concentrate, also a properly balanced hydroponic nutrient when used with water that has a Ph. of 7.0 will drop it to around the Ph. 6.0 to 6.5 which is ideal, and a working strength nutrient solution at an EC of 1.6 fed to the plants will not toxify them in anyway.

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Scoop

Good morning all, dumbfarang, personally I think you are going about this the wrong way, what you should do to alleviate some of the confusion is formulate a balanced "Nutrient Concentrate" as is used in hydroponics, you don't have to have all the elements in the concentrate if you don't want, because you are growing in soil and hopefully it will supply what elements you don't add to the concentrate, also a properly balanced hydroponic nutrient when used with water that has a Ph. of 7.0 will drop it to around the Ph. 6.0 to 6.5 which is ideal, and a working strength nutrient solution at an EC of 1.6 fed to the plants will not toxify them in anyway.

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Scoop

Hi all, dumbfarang,  10 grams of Nitric Acid at 62% N at a dilution rate of 1-100 will supply 6.2 ppm of Nitrogen

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Scoop

Good morning all, dumbfarang, can you tell me what you are trying to grow and how you are trying to grow it, after reading your post I am a little confused about the way you are going about it, is it a Hydroponic system or an Aquaponic system ?, normally you would make up a balanced Hydroponic Nutrient Concentrate { say 10 litres of Part A and Part B } and add what ever amount of the concentrates that are needed to the supply tank to get to the desired EC in the Working Strength Solution , as with the Ph. if your Nutrient Formula is properly balanced and your water supply is around the Ph. 7.0 mark, your Working Strength Nutrient Solution will settle around Ph. 5.8 - 6.2 which is fine, I also noticed there are no Iron or Micro Elements mentioned in the mix, and you cant grow plants without them.

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Scoop

Good morning all, rice 555, this is a pic of the tomato's I have taken off some of the bottom trusses , the EC is at EC 5.0 and I will leave it at that level until crop is finished, the increased "Dry Matter Content" is as good as it gets, the taste is also superb

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Scoop