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Starting seeds in eggshells
This is a Eco-friendly way of starting seeds. The next time you eat egg, save the shell because now you can plant in them! Wash the shells Plant 1 to 2 seeds in every eggshell. So they won’t be...
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Britta Riley: A garden in my apartment
This video is a great video. See how people with less space come with ways to grow their own vegetables using the space they have. This is a great opportunity for gardeners living in apartments. This...
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How to decrease insects in your garden
There are many ways to decrease the quantity of bad insects in your garden. You don’t want to be using chemical pesticides on your vegetable plants and then eating them too. You want to eat healthy...
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How You Can Make Gardening Cheap
One of the reasons that people won’t start growing their own food is that they say that it is too expensive. There are free and cheap resources out there, you just need to seek them out. Here are some...
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How To Make Seed Starter Pots Using Toilet Paper Rolls
An easy way to start your seeds indoors is to use toilet paper or paper towel rolls. There are two advantages of using toilet paper rolls. The first is that they are free. It’s likely that you already...
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Why using egg cartons in worm composting
Everybody will one day end up with an egg carton. If you have a worm compost, you can use these egg cartons for your compost. Egg cartons make a great compost bedding for worms. Compared to newspapers,...
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Tips For Growing Tilapia
Tilapia is a fresh water fish. They grow very fast and they are often used in aquaponics systems. Tilapia is pretty easy to grow. This post will teach you how to grow them. Species Start by deciding...
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How to make a simple raft system
In this post I will be teaching you guys how to make a simple hydroponic raft system. Hydroponics is an easy way to grow your own food. It can be made very small and put anywhere you want. It reduces …...
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Photo Contest
For this March I will be holding a Photo Contest. What this Photo Contest is about Take a photo of you in your garden and upload it on Facebook or Twitter or Pinterest or Instagram. You will have to...
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How to make your seedlings grow faster, healthier and stronger
Everybody would like for their vegetable plants to grow fast, strong and healthy. There are a lot of things they say you can do. But not all of them really help. I do know two things that you can do …...
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When the insects and the flowers arrive
Once your vegetables have grown, they will start to set flowers and then fruits. And during their growth, they might get attacked by insects. I’m pretty sure you guys would like for these insects to...
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Starting seeds in eggshells
This is a Eco-friendly way of starting seeds. The next time you eat egg, save the shell because now you can plant in them! Wash the shells Plant 1 to 2 seeds in every eggshell. So they won’t be...
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Update on my garden 2013
It has been a long time since my last update on my garden. A lot has changed since then. And are still changing. New system About 2 months ago I started a new NFT aquaponics system to try things out. …...
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Removing suckers from tomato plant
A tomato plant can become very big, if not tamed, which results into needing more space for each plant. There are determinate and indeterminate tomatoes. Determinate tomatoes grow to a certain height...
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Tilapia breeding behavior
Today I noticed something that seemed like tilapia breeding behavior. I saw tail slapping in a particular area in the pond. If they are really breeding, then this means that they were in their...
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How to decrease insects in your garden
There are many ways to decrease the quantity of bad insects in your garden. You don’t want to be using chemical pesticides on your vegetable plants and then eating them too. You want to eat healthy...
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The Worm Composting Series
The Worm Composting Series is a series of blog posts that Hydroponics Curacao will be posting once a week about worm composting. In total we have 10 blog posts. Starting from basic information about...
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Bedding for worms
Post 3 of The Worm Composting Series is here! This article will be about the bedding for your worms. There are many different bedding types to start your worms in. In this article I’ve only put the...
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Preparing a worm bin
I ran a bit late, but the post is here! The next part in The Worm Composting Series is Preparing your worm bin. Before your worms arrive, you should prepare the bedding for them. They will be stressed...
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Problems in the worm bin
There are many things that can happen in your worm bin. That is why this topic is part of The Worm Composting Series. Unpleasant odor coming from the worm bin This can be several factors: Over-full...
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