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Aquaponics Bun Long Taro Cultivation PDF
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AQUAPONICS BUN LONG TARO CULTIVATION Windward Community College Aquaponic Research Lab October 2011 – May 2012 TEAM MAHALO • Clyde Tamaru, CTAHR • Kai Fox, CTAHR • RuthEllen Klinger-Bowen, CTAHR • Kathy McGovern Hopkins, CTAHR • Vanessa Lum, Americorp Intern/WCC • WCC Aquaponics 193v Class • Adam Park, CTAHR • Ted Radovich & Jari Sugano, CTAHR Data Collec*on Grow media: Black Cinder, Red Cinder, Clay Balls (Hydroton) pH Remedia.on: Plant Growth/Media comparisons Commercial Outcomes: Commercial Farmer Consumer Applica*on Taro, Colocasia esculenta Family: Araceae Genus: Colocasia Species: Esculenta Taro variety known locally as Bun Long, or Chinese Taro. Used for both leaf and corm, in dishes like squid luau, laulau, palasami, lupulu. IRETA Pub No 14/87 pg.4 Trial 1 Approach Grow Media comparison • Water Quality monitoring (weekly) DO, TDS, Temp. Ammonia, Nitrite, Nitrate • pH remedia*on (weekly) alterna*ng KOH, Ca(OH) 2 • Leaf Harvest ‐ frequency once every 10 days • Media Leaching Analysis Leaf Quality/Farm Yield/Commercial • Leaf Harvest • Taste/comparison trials u*lizing tradi*onal luau leaf recipes • Corm harvest – Taro Chip taste/comparison trials • Keiki (sucker shoot) produc*on. Number of Adult Plants Harvested per Treatment Total Weight of Adult Plants per Treatment Mean Corm Weight Per Treatment Number of Keiki per Makua Plant A B B Number of Keiki per Makua Plant