Backyard Aquaponics
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Can anyone suggest some perennial greens that would grow well in an ap system? Looking to keep one of my grow beds planted all year long.

Havent tried it in AP, but warrigal greens should grow well if you can source it over there.
perrenial spinach should do fine too.

Grab a copy of Eric Toensmeier's Perennial Vegetables. Perennial rocket is a great all year leafy green. Good King Henry. There are plenty to choose from.

I know Rob Bob grows Warrigal, and from memory goes really well!

I grow warrigals in dirt and it always goes great, they seem to have very water filled leaves so i imagine it would grow rediculously well in AP.

warrigals are too prolific. it has a prostrate growth habit so takes up valuable growing space in an ap system. you cannot eat it raw as needs blanching to remove oxalates

peppers do well for several years for me. Also, chives are going strong after 1 year.

Peppers as in chilli or capsicum? Or as in both?

I am particularly interested in perennials (all not just greens), as one of my systems will be in a cafe, and I want some long lasting plants for display.

I've grown bell peppers, chili peppers, ghost peppers, jalapenos, and a few others. The hotter one's seem to last longer, but I do have a few bells over 18 moths old. they seem to slow down after 12 months. I cut them back hard, and they bloomed again on new growth. My ghost pepper(in soil) is getting close to 6' in height and going on 26 months now. I didn't want my ghost with the "milder" peppers in the greenhouse, as they will cross pollinate, and I want pure seeds for my hot sauce.

Thanks!

Okinawa spinach is a good one, especially if your area gets hot for a good portion of the year. I've tried to find more seeds online since I neglected mine and let it die last year, but they are pretty expensive.

Thanks Sam, will check this out!

Sam, did it grow this time of year?

I've put a few Miners Lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) plants in my AP system and they seem to be really happy so far. I'm pretty sure it's classified as a perennial, although I don't think it grows for as long as some other perennial greens. You can use it as a salad green or cook it like you do spinach or silverbeet. It's quite high in vitamins and minerals too (it was used by miners in the gold rush in the US to ward off scurvy and brought to Australia where it's naturalised in a lot of old gold rush towns).

You can get seeds from quite a few online stores if you are interested.

Surprisingly yes. When I got my origin cutting from someone else it was around this time of the year last year. It really took off in late fall/winter though. To me it kind of tastes like carrots