Duckweed - the new super plant (like we didnt know already!)

[jpcw]

Restarted on my wind turbine last week, but now the missis wants the garage cleaned. Guess if I do it I'll have more room to work anyway

Have you seen the new power rebate system? They have dropped the solar rebate and are paying 5 times the number of REC's for a power system up to 1.5kw/h instead, equates to up to $7500 based on the current REC price. The good thing is that it applies to wind as well not just solar. Unfortunately for me the local council is not going to like me putting up a wind generator in my back yard.

[Ravnis]

the research on the diesel was extracting the oil in an augerlike device. This oil would then need to be dried. I read of one person ading regular gasoline to the oil and using this as diesel. Haven't tried it yet. We made gasoline in my chemistry lab when I took high school chemistry, but haven't played with this type of chemistry in 25+ years.

[kingjam]

How can I store the duck weed for fish food to be used at a later date? A friend took me to a place where we were able to get 3 buckets full and could have gotten more. I now have more than I can use for fish food. Would it be good as fish food if I dried it?
Kingjam

[GaryD]

Hi KingJam,

You can dry it.....but we freeze it when we have it.

We use shallow trays to freeze the duckweed. Once frozen, we break it into shards and store them in a bag in the freezer.

Freezing it retains vitamin content better (than drying) and, by feeding it out frozen, the amount of mess it makes in the fish tank is minimised.

Once your fish are trained to eat it, they'll chase the frozen chunk around the tank.....eating it as it defrosts.

Gary