This was our first harvest taken last Thursday. It was enough for two large salads with dinner and a round of blt sandwiches for lunch. It was crisp, not even a hint of bitterness. I was very pleased.
This is what the plants looked like after harvest.
Today, 6 days later and it is time to harvest again. In the past week I have added an aquarium air bubbler and 3 feeder goldfish to the system. Two of the fish died within the first couple of days (not uncommon with feeders) but the last one is still around. Since putting in the air and fish I haven’t seen any more mosquito larvae.
3 responses so far ↓
1 jenn // Jul 27, 2005 at 3:22 pm
Well, hey. Glad that idea is working for you.
And yeah, feeder fish are so stressed they drop like the proverbial flies…
2 kerry // Jul 28, 2005 at 4:11 pm
Jenn,
So far so good. It is nice to have home grown lettuce when the thermometer is nearing 100F outside.
3 OldRoses // Jul 31, 2005 at 2:43 am
What a great idea using fish to control the mosquito larvae.
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