Visiting the Volkstuin of Almere
In Almere lives the largest Suriname community in the Netherlands. In this Volkstuin they bring their native crops and grow them under the glass, where the climate reaches the optimum conditions for...
June '22 - Jan '23
Alix Briere
Aquaponics Assistant
Veggie Portrait. Alix - Alix chose the sweet potato.
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Alix Briere
Hi, I'm Alix, I have just completed a bachelor degree at the Amsterdam University College. I studied biology and environmental sciences. I am from Canada and France.
I worked as an aquaponics intern at Mediamatic, with which I have gained the practical skills of urban farming with the aquaponics system. The idea of creating a more sustainable farming technique in an urban setting really interests me and I'd love to continue in this field in the future. I have loved learning about plant health and their properties and have gained so much knowledge and experience from this internship.
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Watering the miracle berry
Synsepalum dulcificum
We have some other plants in the greenhouse that don’t get water through the system. They need to be watered manually. For all the plants you can use aquaponics or tap water, except for the miracle...
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Where are all the plants?
locating aquaponics plants
Here you can find a 'map' of the aquaponics and the seedling nursery plants. This will help you locate the growbed that a plant is in and it has handy links which will bring you to the plant page on...
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To-dos for new plant signs
Follow these instructions to finish printing the new plant signs
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A closer look at phytoestrogens in Fennel
Foeniculum vulgare and the female reproductive system
Introduction: The blogpost takes a more scientific perspective on the topic of Fennel and its medicinal properties by answering these main questions: what is the role of phytoestrogen in the body
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Dealing with pests
The pineapple sage infestation
With the changing of the seasons and the drop in temperature, some plants in the unheated greenhouse become more susceptible to pests and infestations as they are perennial, such as the Pineapple...
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Image: Andreas Buben
volkstuin gang
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Image: Sandra Ruiz Castroviejo
Veggie Portrait. Alix
Alix chose the sweet potato.
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Image: greenhouse Alix Briere
Pineapple sage in petri dish
This photo exemplifies the process of collecting a sample of the infested Pineapple sage plant by the previously unidentified two spotted red spider mite , to be sent to the laboratory and identified.
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Image: greenhouse Alix Briere
Pineapple sage leaf infested with two spotted…
This photo is an up-close of the Pineapple sage plant and showcases a pest called Tetranychus urticae Koch or the two spotted red spider mite which often plagues the Mediamatic greenhouse .
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Image: greenhouse Alix Briere
Pineapple sage in aquaponics
The plant in the middle grow bed is the Pineapple sage. The photo was taken in September, towards the beginning of the plant's infestation.
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Image: Georgia Dalloro
Saro & Alix fish weighing
Photos of fish weighing in the aquaponics greenhouse, to make sure the weight of the catfish is evenly distributed across the 5 tanks.