Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

what hot-house temperatures are you getting at the moment ?

and what will you end up doing with the hops ?
do you dry them ?

Havent started heating at the moment So it its 10 outside its 10 inside [night time]
the wicking bed is still sitting at 20 deg as on a hot day hot house gets to 40 deg
Hops yes I dried them in the dehydrator and vac packed them ended up with 12 bags
Some will go into beer and others will go to flavour gin

What winter veggies are you growing Milne?

Onion cabbage onion beetroot onion schlotts onion basal did I mention onion
Onion I cut up dehydrate then grind to onion salt

Yeah same, there doesn't seem to be a big variety of veggies to grow down here in winter.
I've got celery, cos lettuce, onion, iceberg lettuce, broccoli and beetroot in the WB's.
Broccoli, cabbage, peas, beans, chard, silver beet, perpetual spinach, butternut pumpkin and left over tomatoes, zucc's & cuc's in the GB's.

Great selection there
I only grow stuff we eat
Also herbs ect passionfruit, lemon, olives in the dirt

As promised an update

Looks VERY nice!

do you think that cabbage is due to nutrients and water availability as much as soil temperature.
The ones in the pots probably get less opportunity as they don't appear to be in wicking pots.
good example of the benefits.

Possibly all of the above
the ones on the dirt garden outside are smaller still

Hot house doing its thing

are you propagating the strawberries F&F or are those brought ones (in the wicking bed photo).
I had you figured for a productive propagator...

Will be interesting to see that tomato grow over the next month or so as it must be pretty cold out your way now.

Strawberry's are just Bunning's bargain bin 50 c a plant

Wow Milne, your setup is fantastic.

I have been dreaming of a way to do Dutch Buckets which I assume is what these are. You already said I'm certain, but if you don't mind, can you tell me where you got them and what experiences you've had with them? They look quite footprint efficient. What size and type of feed lines do they use? Is air injection needed?
Thanks in advance,
Brian

He brian these pots are called autopots [http://autopot.com.au/] there are lots of variables being used
Its 2 pots in a reservoir with a float valve between the difference is the design of the float
It lets the water dry almost out before filling again I run a 1/2 in main line and just dripper lines are connected to the pots
They were invented by Jim Far [Chinese Australian]
There have been knock offs English and I am shore somebody has invented it in [America ]
google that link and see if you can find members gardens also there out let display
A bit expensive yes but you can buy a few and when money is available add more
At there garden world display they are feeding water 50 meters under the car park to the canteen
Where there is a great display
I will look for more links and add before edit time closes
Found it
Brian just go along the top of that link and look in gallery
Also beauty is you can have a flat tray with 1 smart valve it will feed 20 pots