Greenwater Farms

Greenwater Farms A company in the business of enabling and practicing Aquaponics.

Our company is involved in the construction and distribution of Home and Commercial Aquaponic systems. This is essentially tilapia and vegetable production through Aquaponics using the Deep Water Culture (DWC) method. There is no use of synthetic pesticides or fertilisers and most of our vegetables are started from seed, with every effort being made to source organic seeds where possible.

Another completed Home Aquaponic System installed. The rafts along with seedlings are to be inserted. Let’s grow our own...
10/04/2022

Another completed Home Aquaponic System installed. The rafts along with seedlings are to be inserted. Let’s grow our own!

Currently constructing another home system. Here are a few photos at different stages of the construction.
24/03/2022

Currently constructing another home system. Here are a few photos at different stages of the construction.

Today’s harvest, think I ought to have taken the photos of the produce out of the bag though. Oh well harvest on the wee...
02/03/2022

Today’s harvest, think I ought to have taken the photos of the produce out of the bag though. Oh well harvest on the weekend will have better photos.

Look out for more natural pest control tips.

Pest Control TipsDiatomaceous EarthThis effective remedy against many insects is made from the finely ground skeletons o...
23/02/2022

Pest Control Tips

Diatomaceous Earth

This effective remedy against many insects is made from the finely ground skeletons of small, fossilized, one-celled creatures called diatoms, which existed in the oceans and constructed tiny shells about themselves out of the silica they extracted from the waters. The microscopic shells, deposited on the floor of the ancient seas, collected into deposits sometimes thousands of feet deep.
This earth contains microscopic needles of silica, which do their work by puncturing the bodies of insects, allowing vital moisture to escape from them. The insects die from dehydration. This earth is so finely milled that it poses no threat to either humans or animals, but these particles, when taken internally by insects, interfere with breathing, digestion, and reproductive processes.
Diatomaceous earth will not harm earthworms, which are structurally different from the insects. The earthworm’s outside mucus protection, coupled with its unique digestive system, enables it to move through soil treated with diatomaceous earth without harm.
Many gardeners use diatomaceous earth as a dusting agent to give effective control against gypsy moths, codling moths, pink boll weevils, lygus bugs, twig borers, thrips, mites, earwigs, cockroaches, slugs, adult mosquitoes, snails, nematodes, all species of flies, corn worms, tomato hornworms, mildew, and so on. For field crops and in orchards, the diatomite particles are best applied with an electrostatic charger, which gives the particles a negative charge, causing them to stick to plant surfaces.”

Excerpt From
Carrots Love Tomatoes
Louise Riotte
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20/02/2022

Pest Control Tips

“Grasshopper (Tettigoniidae and Locustidae)
Grasshoppers are very difficult to control, especially where they come in from surrounding fields, but this spray will help: Grind together two to four hot peppers, one mild green pepper, and one small onion, and add to one quart water. Let stand 24 hours and strain. This mixture also is good against aphids.”

Excerpt From
Carrots Love Tomatoes
Louise Riotte
This material may be protected by copyright.

Preparing rafts for use in a HAS (Home Aquaponic System). These rafts would then be filled with net pots containing seed...
20/02/2022

Preparing rafts for use in a HAS (Home Aquaponic System). These rafts would then be filled with net pots containing seedlings of various types and then allowed to float on the water in the troughs.

What is Aquaponics?"Aquaponics is the cultivation of fish and plants together in a constructed, re-circulating ecosystem...
17/02/2022

What is Aquaponics?

"Aquaponics is the cultivation of fish and plants together in a constructed, re-circulating ecosystem utilizing natural bacterial cycles to convert fish wastes to plant nutrients.��This is an environmentally-friendly, natural food growing method that harnesses the best attributes of aquaculture and hydroponics without the need to discard any water or filtrate or add chemical fertilizers.” The Aquaponic Gardening Community

Completed IBC HAS being filled and tested. After installation we test circulation, aeration and watertight integrity bef...
16/02/2022

Completed IBC HAS being filled and tested. After installation we test circulation, aeration and watertight integrity before cycling up the system to allowing the nitrifying bacteria to develop. This is followed but the installing of fish, rafts and seedlings.

16/02/2022

The current power outage here in Trinidad is an excellent reason to consider having your Aquaponic system supported by solar power. The basic DWC (Deep Water Culture) System requires power for two things; a water pump and an air pump. One circulates the water around the system from the fish to the plants and back and the other provides aeration for the fish and the roots of your plants in the system. An extended outage means you finish can eventually die from the lack of oxygen in the water. A small solar system consisting of solar panel, battery and an inverter could take you through an outage.

Some of the things which can be grown in an Aquaponic system.
16/02/2022

Some of the things which can be grown in an Aquaponic system.

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