Tools
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Ask for a local grocery or shop for a plastic vegetable tray
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Remove any label and sticker
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Clean the tray
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Cut two pieces of polystyrene foam
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Tie the piece of polystyrene foam as shown
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Cut the loose ends of the cable ties
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Cut grown watercress from a safe local source or alternativily use fresh watercress from the supermarket.
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Wild watercress may be contaminated with Fasciola hepatica, liver fluke.
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Distribute the watercress evently in the tray
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Take the tray to the Deep Raft Aquaponics or your fish tank
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Note the ideal water level in picture two
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Make sure all watercress is in contact with the water
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Pictures after two weeks
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Growth will vary from system to system
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Cut-and-come-again crop
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