In this book, Meg Stout provides an accessible step-by-step guide for those new to aquaponics. If you are just starting out or mildly interested in the subject, this book will help you understand the how-to basics of aquaculture and the science behind why these techniques work. For example, Stout explains everything you should take into account for each step of the way (lighting, tanks, location, indoor/outdoor, etc.).
For a beginner's guide, this book provides the reader with an abundance of options. This guide is also particularly helpful in helping you determine what you should plant and how to plant it, along with the pros and cons of different techniques, plants, tanks, and settings. Unlike other beginner guides, Stout stresses the importance of long-term maintenance, and she explains techniques of how to elicit seeds for the next harvest, safely control different types of pests, use fish waste as fertilizer, and extend growing the season. Stout does not assume that all growers are alike and thus provides a wide variety of options to meet any new grower's needs. For instance, she addresses a variety of untypical situations, such as what growers should do when public electricity and water are unavailable.
Below are the chapter topics (I wrote this up before seeing it is available by clicking the cover photo). I hope you find it helpful:
Ch. 1. - What Is Your Vision?
Ch. 2. - Giving Your Plants the Right Light
Ch. 3. - Water: Vital to All Forms of Life
Ch. 4. - Fish Tanks, Grow Beds, and Plumbing
Ch. 5. - Making Water Move: Pumps and Standpipes
Ch. 6. - Growing in Gravel: Using Media Beds
Ch. 7. - Flooding and Draining a Media Bed
Ch. 8. - Taking Advantage of Vertical Space
Ch. 9. - Growing in Water
Ch. 10. - Making Fertilizer Out of Fish Waste
Ch. 11. - Which Plants Grow Best?
Ch. 12. - Starting, Planting, and Propagating Plants
Ch. 13. - Fish-Safe Pest Control
Ch. 14. - Growing Abundant Amounts of Healthy Produce
Ch. 15. - Adding Fish to Your Aquaponic Garden
Ch. 16. - Other Useful Animals
Ch. 17. - Taking Care of Your Fish
Ch. 18. - Extend Your Growing Season with a Greenhous
Ch. 19. - Heating and Cooling Your Garden
Ch. 20. - Automating Your Garden
Ch. 21. - When You Can't Use Public Electricity
Ch. 22. - Maintaining Your Garden
Ch. 23. - Integrated Aquaponic Systems
Ch. 24. - Do-It-Yourself Systems
Please note: if you are interested in going into more depth with Acquaculture, I recently received a copy of
Freshwater Aquaculture: A Handbook for Small Scale Fish Culture in North America
for review. The book is a reprint from the 1990s, so there are parts that are a bit dated if you want to be cutting edge, but it is extremely well illustrated and diagrammed,accessible to those new to aquaculture, and was long the definitive book on the topic.
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