Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

It's only about 1/4 to 1/3 of one bed, not too much... Well, and no, really you can;t have too much, I love it, use it a bit like a vegetable.

This is my little bonsai conifer. It's growing on a foam float surrounded by a lovely little patch of moss. Both the conifer and the moss came up randomly, I'm surprised the conifer survived and I have no idea where it came from, there aren't many nearby.



Notice the the mottled look around the side of the tank, this is where the silver perch chew the algae. The interesting thing is that they seem to only eat it in the area between the high and low tide of the flood and drain area. Below that level there's lots of algae growing on the side, but they don't chew seem to eat it as much.

Weather was a bugger yesterday, strong winds flattened all the veggies at the exposed end of my system..



Peas starting to take off, they were a bit slow starting, but hoping they will now overtake everything else. I'll keep track of these, see how long they take to hit the top of the mesh..




I have to work on the pics, it's a bit hard to make things out, it's just a green mass.

Man, that is a really productive system ! They're just like a good wine - the older they get, the better they are

Noticed this evening that there's one bean plant in my system that has HUGE leaves, 2-3 times the size of other plants. I planted two varieties and they are coming up in all the beds but this one particular plant has much bigger leaves than any of the others... Also the first to flower and larger growth than all the other bean plants.. If it produces just as well I'll be keeping some seeds of this one..

Aaah, that would be the magic beans young man. Can't wait to see what sort of pods they form.
Just realised if you don't turn up for work one day I shall have to get a search party for that jungle of yours

sword beans, or magic beans. the pods are huge, but you can eat them up to about 10cm long? the beans when ripe are about 3cm long and red

Magic beans? Are they anything like magic mushrooms?

You'll have to change your name from Joel to Jack

Just like those 'Magic' 'Tomatoes"

--Into the Woods

hey joel is that a blue IBC in the background of this pic?

Maybe?

What would you want with a blue ibc Freo, the mind boggles

My silvers peck at the algae the same as yours Joel but all over the tank walls and floor

Damn rats and mice....

They have demolished all of my broccoli and even the snow pea plants. They are also starting to chew back the cauliflower plants as well... Man, I've not seen them quite as destructive before, I've had them eat the broccoli flower heads and cauli heads, but never chewing back the leaves and shoots, nor the stems of snowpea plants...

Very annoying...

Chewed off snow pea plants


Assorted broccoli and cauliflower, I basically don't have a plant left that will produce anything...