Query:
Hello all how are we?
Hope everyone is keeping safe and taking appropriate precautions during this unusual period. . .
Just a straight up question.
Which vegetables would you suggest to have the least watery tastes that are easily integrated into an aquaponics system and are varied (IE: Not all leafy greens) ?
I'm looking to get setup again in around a year, don't have a setup at current.
Having recently completed by Bachelor of Marine Science degree I understand how many factors are at play in aquaponics...
I'm just looking for a general overview of veggies you'd suggest for future that have a good aquaponics track record and are varied in nature IE: Not living off leafy vegetables alone.
I welcome any suggestions, even if they do require lengthy logistics.
Cheers, Lou.
Background to query, should it interest:
I had a very large aquaponics setup during my teen years for 5 years located in the Southern Highlands, NSW, Australia.
I grew vegetables in a purge/grow out 4000L IBC setup alongside a 60,000L pool which my folks kindly let me convert into a huge Silver Perch (Bidyanus bidyanus) and Yabby (Cherax destructor) pondage. Also 3 large private pondages on friends property > 4,000,000 L each used to grow out many Yabbies.
(Yep, I was very circumstantially fortunate...
). Following Murphy's law upon drawing near the end of my Marine science degree and aiming to commercialise my operation in the Southern Highlands the house and affiliated aquaculture and aquaponics setups were lost to an unfortunate divorce. Well whad-can-ya-do 
? I still have access to the farm dam pondages and intend to start extensive farming grow out practice over the coming months under the appropriate NSW licensing. I will need to reestablish a purge AP system within the coming 2 yrs to remove off-flavours prior to sale/consumption of Perch and Yabbies, hence tasty vegetables are a welcomed by-product.I grew a variety of veggies with varied success, Tiger worms (Eisenia fetida) added to the growbeds increased successes markedly. We used to find come harvest that Pak Choi, lettuces, leafy greens were delicious (understandable given their water content).
However, tomato plants despite growing enormous (High Nitrogen, Water content) used to throw "watery" fruit.
It was very hard for me to admit this, I (completely biased by my efforts) denied they were watery at first, for home grown tomatoes they were admittedly sub-par.
Cheers, Lou.
