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use of coconut water as manure
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:03 am
by neilthirumuttam
in this Iam using coconut water as manure for my water plants
this is a cement cistern 4 feet diameter and 1 feet water depth .
every week I change 20 to 40 % water and do apply water from coconut more than 100 ml
and felt best result of growth in stem plants .
Now I have made separate tanks for each verities and continuing trials.
Cytokinins in coconut water stimulate root growth
so it is better to newly planted tanks
share your experience in similar cases.
Regards,
NEIL
Re: use of coconut water as manure
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:20 am
by SCORPIO
Neil, Coconut water is a very good source of nutrients for aquatic plants.
Growth is very good. Your plants are very close to nature. I always like these types of low tech setups. All of we should promote these types of setups in the hobby.
Re: use of coconut water as manure
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:06 pm
by neilthirumuttam
Solar panel can be used as the source of electricity for air pumping.
12 volt panel
3 volt regulator
3 volt battery pump
here in this trial i direct gave supply to pump without storage.
For the use in night time we have to store .If we use 220 volt AC devises
we have to invert 12 v dc from storage battery to 220 v AC
But for the day time usage we can depend panel
by using 12 LED drivers and 12 volt CFL ballast etc
lets start some back to nature(back to future) trials .
regards,
NEIL
Re: use of coconut water as manure
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:49 pm
by vikas
how much is required for the plants?
Re: use of coconut water as manure
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:13 pm
by neilthirumuttam
vikas wrote:how much is required for the plants?
after partial water change (less than 40%) I use 100 ml+
(water from a coconut- one zip I swallow and rest to my plants)
water from tender coconut give more better result
Now Iam testing 5nos of 125litre tanks
so no coconut water is wasted from kitchen
Re: use of coconut water as manure
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:19 pm
by Keluthi
Wow... Less chemicals, more Nature.... Is it possible to use coconut water in a tank which has fish in it?
Re: use of coconut water as manure
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 1:53 pm
by neilthirumuttam
yes can be used
only by trial and error fix quantity
start from least quantity first
Iam using it my 5 feet tank with angels
there are some cypt stem plants runners etc
Re: use of coconut water as manure
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 2:07 pm
by neilthirumuttam
my new test
keeping this under agri -shade net
Re: use of coconut water as manure
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 8:39 pm
by vikas
neilthirumuttam wrote:[
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my new test
keeping this under agri -shade net
i like the idea of digging hole for aquatic plants and u add coconut after weekly water change or other schedule.
Re: use of coconut water as manure
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2013 9:56 pm
by Romi
@Neil (please excuse the short form
Hope to get used to your name soon
)
The use of coconut water is ingenious, well done Neil. Very plesed to see you here. I think i have seen your inspiring experiments on Facebook. With eyes open w i d e, actually
You seem to have not only made plant-keeping cheaper but brought it more close to nature.. Very inspiring.