Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Good advice, thanks Swanberg!

Should I do something similar with the tomatoes?

Haven't found this to be the case in AP Karen... in fact aquaponics seems to defy much of the conventional rules regarding spacings, companion planting (or at least adjacent plantings) and pest infestations that apply to soil gardening...

what about the black spot on my peas Rupe, can this be fixed, or pull them, I may leave them as they are sucking plenty of nutrients atm, only had black spot in soil garden when planting where peas have been before, not case here as new GB's

Black spot in peas is usually fungal related Nocky...

Can occur from extended periods of rain and/or humidity.... so planting too densely could be a problem... or in this case too closely to other plants...

Can also be seed bourne... bad seed stock... the reason that pea seeds are often coated with that greyish anti-fungal powder...

And can survive in "soil" for several years... hence the recommendation that you not plant in the same spot as previous years...

What to do about them....humm ... maybe try and increase air flow around/through the crop...

Here's a link ... http://www.agric.wa.gov.au/PC_92119.html?s=1001

Yeh when I was farming we couldn't grow lupins in the same paddock because of black spot so pea's the same, at 2 - 14 deg I doubt humidity and air and the others probably not, I would lean to bad seed or the use by date of Aug 2007 but they are raging so will leave them to suck out the nutrients

We've graduated - now we're getting started I'm moving this over to Members Systems!