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That iron looks interesting,I couldn't be a pain and ask you to write down the ingredients,although good clear pics the ingredients aren't showing.

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I finally worked out why my peppers won't grow, experimenting with a foliar fertiliser resulted in a lovely display of yellow leaves. At least they are growing now. We used to use blood meal a long time ago, can I just pour on blood and hope for the best? The soil is typical Isaan clay, although it is now a lot better, and has plenty of humus content. What else can I try?

Is there any purpling in the older Leaves they could be low in Phosphate,common in clay soils.

If all of the leaves are yellow,could be low in Nitrogen.

If the older leaves are showing Cholorosis it's going to be iron.

Cholorosis and purple tinge,Potassium.

For Foliar Spraying two excellent Thai Products,Calcium Plus and Foliar Monopotassium Phosphate. MPK, the Calcium plus contains a list of ingredients including iron and magnessium.Finally of course Epsom salts available in some health food shops,that will give them a boost in magnessium,should help the leaves to green up.

If it was me I would adopt a foliar programme,until the symptoms recede and such time as you can address your soil. Or buy a quality potting mix like Media and grow in pots,Foliar through there growing to help them along.

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Goos ideal Rice555,you have mentioned Thai magazines before don't know why I didn't think of it.

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Yes a small trip to Bangkok and the surrounding Fish farms could be in order,I will search on up here as someone must know something. The closest fish farm to me occasional has a concrete ring with maybe a dozen or so 2 inch koi price was quoted at 50 baht each,it's were he gets them from I need to find out, I would like to start with maybe 100.

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I currently have in my Tanks a mix of Tipapia,plain carp and Koi,the carp have only recently been added and they seem an ideal fish for Aquaponics,pigs with fins.

Does anyone know were to buy Fingerling Koi,I have done the search without a definitive answer,plus the googly thing has pinpointed the breeders in around Bangkok,but does anyone here have experience with buying fingerlings by the box.

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Hope you don't mind someone from Chiang Rai joining in your thread,I live within 20 mins of the border at Measai,Monday we travelled by bus across the country to Mukdahan,then down to Ubon . We live close to Doi Tung,maybe 25 mins on our bike,when we left we could no longer see it,I was also amazed the smoke appeared to be at the same density across the entire top of the

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I almost forgot,Many many thanks to all the members here that make the job of finding the correct and important information so much easier. I am in your debt.

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It was the wife farfing about she had already paid at the booth,I was talking to another fellow traveler madam was giving the hurry up and I literally walked straight out,just didn't think,it is a 16 hour bus trip from Chaing Rai so maybe tiredness was a factor.

When I went to the immigration booth he noticed straight away there wasnt the appropriate stamp,it was the realisation thing as he stared at my passport i knew what I had done,anyway we got taken to the office were an English speaking gentleman read me the riot act, I did lots of bowing and muttering kawtot. The fine was 3000 baht, Haha I opened my wallet to the 2400 baht and 800000000000000 kip I got in change (joking) and the fine went down to 2000 baht.

We were taken back to the booth were my passport was stamped back dated to the 11th,around to immigration booth were I was stamped up for the 13th leaving,on the bus then on my way home.

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Side story to this F...in idiot here walked straight through Lao immigration without the stamp,no problem until I tried to come back through .

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Non o multiple entry married with child,.

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Pat, always embrace the inner monger.

As far as I know there was no question concerning his paperwork,he was just asked to show proof of finance.

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Bless her I'm lucky she likes looking at beautiful girls as well.....

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Not sure about his paper work only that he was the only one asked,go figure.

The club just around the corner from the embassy has some of the most beautiful girls working as hostess I have seen,the wife has given me permission to say this.haha

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Multiple entry.

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Ryan unless that hand is not yours,you got me what is it ?

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I have just my non o visa application with no hassle,nice short line not asked for proof of finance. The hotel I'm staying there is two Norwegians and a Fin,yesterday when they went for there non o visa the Fin was asked for proof of finance but not the other two. Today the guy behind me was from Finland he put his application in with no proof of finance,we both walked out with huge smiles now sat on the side of the Mekong Lao Beer in hand.

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Aquaponic systems ideally need to run with near maximum stocking to achieve the feed to growbed ratio otherwise growth suffers and the chance of nutrient defficiencies. An example,I added a Swirl Filter that proved to be effective at removing solids,these were remineralised and the water added back into the system,but my remin tank was a large bucket with an air stone in it, the swirl would be discharged into this and the air stone added,48 hrs air stone out let it settle decant the clean water and start again.

This seemed to work but there was a noticeable slow down in growth,with the solids not being remineralised in the beds I was loosing out on nutrients,the swirl has now been removed and now a smaller version is just running for the DWCs,growth has picked up again. The same effect would be seen if I harvested the larger fish in one hit,say the big Tank had 20 500gr fish these were harvested and replaced with fingerlings my nutrient supply would take a hit and growth would suffer. With Koi the harvest rate is slower making it easier to manage.

Another point is I am surrounded by very efficient fish farms,the price they are selling at makes it difficult to make money,my system has been set up more on the Hydoponic side rather than the Aquaculture side I need the fish to provide my nutrients..

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I can sell everything I grow within reason,problem is the price,at the price I get at the moment it helps towards the electric and fish food to run it that's all,but we are hoping when we get the second dwc running plus seedling stage the plan is to visit the Hotels and Resorts to see if we can do better. Our inspiration comes fro a hydro guy locally that is getting 100 baht a kilo for green and red oak lettuce that is reasonable money for lettuce,the other day hydro green oak lettuce in Tescos was fetching 33 baht each and people were buying it,so the market is there.

With the Tomatoes,,as you know Thai toms are tasteless so my feeling is come up with the right varieties with taste and again with marketing they should sell,we are lucky enough to live rural but on the main route for Doi Mea Sa long so plenty of passing tourist and quite a few hotels and resorts. I feel it a case of going out with the good lady and find the customers for ourselves. If it doesn't work it won't be the end of the world but if it does it could be interesting.

I have decided the fish side of this is not going to be a sellable item,we will continue to eat the as they get big enough,but Iam seriously considering going over to Carp and Koi,they are basically pigs with fins,I recently added a few and my feeding has gone uo,interestingly not enough to give me a nitrate reading,maybe I will go on adding until the day I get a reading and see what improvements it gives.

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You say that but how about Chattersons farm on BYAP,mind you he does have a lab set up to monitor nutrients,but if you look at his results pretty spectacular. This time i have 15 Toms in most of them Cherry there easier to sell here,10 chillies and 8 egg plants plus various others,the DWCs have 200 holes, so we will see how it goes. My honest opinion Hydro would be easier and out strip it AND cheaper.

But i get enjoyment from the Fish and the role there playing in everything green in my garden.

Busted,but every piece of information is useful. I wish the liquid seaweed was available here in Chaing Rai,i have searched to no avail there is an equivalent here called Florigen,its either maxi crop or seasol, but i have never been able to source it.

The Calcium Plus i use as well,now this product is a Foliar Feed supplement, it won’t make any difference added to the system but the mixing ratio is to low,i spray using there instructions occasionally adding 20ml of EM1A and a surfactant in the form of Castille soap one drop per gallon.I pour the gallon let it stand overnight,adjust the PH to 6.5 then add the soap,i then put the 2ml of Calcium in the bottle then add the water,spraying happens just as it goes dark.

With the last crop of Tomatoes i suffered Phosphate and Calcium deffiency,the Calcium i add as above the Phosphate I’m trailing spraying with Monopotassium Phosphate MPK,early days but with my PH stuck on 7 this seemed the route to take.Foliar Spraying means i don’t have to worry what my Ph is and i know I’m getting the supplements to the plants that are required,when or if my PH drops i will use the tried and tested route of dosing with Potassium Hydroxide and Calcium Hydroxide.

For my iron,there is a very small percentage in the Calcium Plus the rest i add one half a teaspoon of FE EDDHA per gallon,its a very strange red colour but seems to work,time will tell as i have my media beds planted with nutrient hungry plants and will soon have to largish DWCs running.

Hope you don’t mind me rambling on

My apologies i just went back and read the label IT is not the same product,it has the same name but different ingredients,i feel yours is superior for my use than the one I’m using,will search through the shops again.

Yes please Ryan, i gather all information concerning products and techniques people utilise it comes in handy,your iron which chelate do you use? i tried EDDHA but gave up because of the stupid red colour,didn’t see the fish for a couple of months. The product i would like to get my hands on is FE DTPA,my PH is 7 which is on the top end for this but it would be my first choice if i could find it.

The trap with detaines,what i want now is the laugh from the pantomime villain,

Fapington you absolutely right,i have been a fisherman and a fish keeper since i was ten,but have never had the inclination to grow anything until now,so the fish bit I’m happy with, the growing I’m still learning, but how frustrating to have some good looking plants growing were you think you have everything close to right,feeding supplements etc,then only to have the bugs turn up and give you another headache. Still if you reach a solution to most of these hiccups its bound to pay dividends in the end.

Can i ask ? what do you do for your supplements,iron.potassium etc.

Hi Rice555, I hung the yellow card with vaseline and caught a few straight away,anyway i was in Chaing Rai this afternoon and stumbled across a farm shop stocking some Hydro kit,they had a small hydro unit working outside[the clue],so i popped in for a look at what they had. Going down through the shelfs i found basically bug glue looked interesting,then i found the fly traps and attractant so i bought one at 99 baht and a small bottle of fly attractant its only 10ml but you only use three drops every three weeks,this was 120 baht.

I have set it up and hung it in the garden in between the Tomatoes,i kid you not i was gone for a few minutes and there was half a dozen flies in it,so maybe it works i need to trial it over a longer period but if i can save a few Tomatoes it is worth it.

By the time i finished messing about down there it was to late to photograph it, but i will in the morning and post it.