Greetings from BELGIUM

Yentlsil · March 11, 2015

Hi all,
First of all, excuse me for any gramm writing mistakes... as Dutch is my motherlanguage and French the secon, German the third and English (sorry) the fourth.

No I am NOT growing Brussel Sprouts

I just strated to build an aquaponic system, connected to my 20 koi pond.
This, with 24 dutch buckets to begin with...

Beside some herbs, I will grow blueberries, framboises and cucumber, but the main vegetables will be tomatoes, in diffrent colors and sizes.

Pictures will follow ASAP.
Silke

greyghost · March 11, 2015

Welcome to the forum, Silke. It'll be very interesting to see your photos and the varieties of tomatoes, etc. that your choose to grow. I think several growers
will be very interested in the methods you use to grow them. Your English is
great!

Darlene

charline · March 11, 2015

welcome here Silke
we would like to see your garden, pics are always welcome
I am from France about 3-4 hours drive from you
did you ever go to Haverskerque to the tomatofestival?

peppero · March 11, 2015

Welcome to Tomatoville; Your english is much better than my Dutch.

jon

Yentlsil · March 11, 2015

Almost ready, working the aqua phonic space

Stabilisé for under the grass... And yess, I really did that myself

Allright! I can practice my golf skills... NOT!

And the building of the system... Love it!

Yentlsil · March 11, 2015

The making of, for those who want to see step by step tutorial... Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dlqY1RXeN8
Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoSsugxikp8
Part 3 on the way, as soon as I received all my stuff from China...
Have fun!
Silke

Yentlsil · March 11, 2015

Charlene,
J'ai pas visité encore, mais peut-être dans le future...
On sais jamais

I have never been to that tomato festival , but maybe in the future

Thanks for the welcome to all!

snugglekitten · March 11, 2015

Hello my Flemish friend, I'm glad to see someone from the economically productive side of Belgium.... just kiddin.... welcome

Yentlsil · March 11, 2015

Snuggle kitten, et pour les Flamends, la même chose?

So for the Flemish, the same...

As you can see, we Flemish know hard work, hi hi
Where are you from? I live in Ostend, by the sea

Yentlsil · March 11, 2015

My guardians of the seedlings

Yentlsil · March 11, 2015

Varieties so far:
Green Sausage
white wonder
Mary Robinsons
cream sausage
orange russian
Noir de crimé (black Krim?)
Pineapple bicolor
Peppers:
paprika diamond white
paprika Purple Beauty
Paprika yellow bell
Paprika red bell

snugglekitten · March 12, 2015

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yentlsil

Snuggle kitten, et pour les Flamends, la même chose?

So for the Flemish, the same...

As you can see, we Flemish know hard work, hi hi
Where are you from? I live in Ostend, by the sea

Hey yey yo, I was kiddin, I have Wallonian friends, they are not that bad

I'm an American living in the former Soviet Union, basically......(don't ask, its a long story).

And imo, noir de crime is not exactly black krim, although it seems like a russian variety that probably resulted from the same cross.

Yentlsil · March 12, 2015

Okay, thanks for the info, recieved the plugs and the sprinklersplugs from china today... but not the hose, too bad...
So today I drilled the holes for the plugs in the main waterhose and connected those,
Also got seeds from a FB friend today,
Amethyst Jewel
Hawaiian Pineapple
Isis Brandy
German Head
Dester.
These I planted in de Cutilene RootMaxx also...
Grts

bughunter99 · March 17, 2015

Welcome Silke!

Congratulations on your new set up. It looks great. Very neat and organized. Soon it will be a lovely green oasis, I can already picture it. Please share pictures of your koi. I have a pond, but the fish are still under the ice. I water my plants with pond water and mulch with string algae and the plants seem to thrive. I bet you will have very good results with your set up.

Stacy
Here is pictures of my pond from last year. I have too much shade to grow tomatoes well around the pond but they do do well in containers on the patio.

snugglekitten · March 17, 2015

dam u guys are hella feng shui \m/

March 11, 2015	#1
Yentlsil Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: 8 Posts: 54	Greetings from BELGIUM Hi all, First of all, excuse me for any gramm writing mistakes... as Dutch is my motherlanguage and French the secon, German the third and English (sorry) the fourth. No I am NOT growing Brussel Sprouts I just strated to build an aquaponic system, connected to my 20 koi pond. This, with 24 dutch buckets to begin with... Beside some herbs, I will grow blueberries, framboises and cucumber, but the main vegetables will be tomatoes, in diffrent colors and sizes. Pictures will follow ASAP. Silke

March 11, 2015	#2
greyghost Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: southeastern PA Posts: 760	Welcome to the forum, Silke. It'll be very interesting to see your photos and the varieties of tomatoes, etc. that your choose to grow. I think several growers will be very interested in the methods you use to grow them. Your English is great! Darlene

March 11, 2015	#3
charline Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: France Posts: 688	welcome here Silke we would like to see your garden, pics are always welcome I am from France about 3-4 hours drive from you did you ever go to Haverskerque to the tomatofestival?

March 11, 2015	#4
peppero Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: selmer, tn Posts: 2,944	Welcome to Tomatoville; Your english is much better than my Dutch. jon

March 11, 2015	#8
snugglekitten BANNED Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Land of the White Eagle Posts: 341	Hello my Flemish friend, I'm glad to see someone from the economically productive side of Belgium.... just kiddin.... welcome

March 12, 2015	#13
Yentlsil Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: 8 Posts: 54	Okay, thanks for the info, recieved the plugs and the sprinklersplugs from china today... but not the hose, too bad... So today I drilled the holes for the plugs in the main waterhose and connected those, Also got seeds from a FB friend today, Amethyst Jewel Hawaiian Pineapple Isis Brandy German Head Dester. These I planted in de Cutilene RootMaxx also... Grts

March 17, 2015	#14
bughunter99 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: zone 5 Posts: 821	Welcome Silke! Congratulations on your new set up. It looks great. Very neat and organized. Soon it will be a lovely green oasis, I can already picture it. Please share pictures of your koi. I have a pond, but the fish are still under the ice. I water my plants with pond water and mulch with string algae and the plants seem to thrive. I bet you will have very good results with your set up. Stacy Here is pictures of my pond from last year. I have too much shade to grow tomatoes well around the pond but they do do well in containers on the patio.