Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Ive read that Tea plants can be grown hydroponically , but couldnt find much info . I know they grow quite big ( 3m or so ) but can be pruned to stop at any size

So , is anyone growing Tea in their system ?

No but I wish I could find out more about them!

Well, tea is a Carmelia, Carmelia Sinensis as I recall..." an evergreen plant and grows in tropical to sub-tropical climates. In addition to tropical climates (at least 50 inches of rainfall a year), it also prefers acidic soils." (Wiki)

So, it likes lots of water, warmth and slightly acid soil...could be a goer.

So who will the first to produce the first ever AP certified Tea?

That would be a good way of beeing sure of the tea you drink, because with the passed years use of chemicals i suppose that the land where they grow must be pretty bad and the tea must have traces of it in.
And tea goes well with AP mint too. Who is the next to produce the first AP sugar from AP sugar cane?

Didn't I see sugarcane in Veggie Boy's pics recently???

Yep

In case you are reading, these are from the cuttings you gave me Derek :-)

Sooo, all we need now for a good cup of tea is an aquaponic cow???

I had forgotten that you put milk in your tea!!
That Aquaponic cow is going to come one day i'm sure.
fish/grass/cow/cow poo/worms/fish
the cycle is cycled!!!
tea is ready...

SEA COW(Dugong) lol... We have lots of these in my area. I think you'd need a pretty big tank to keep it for an AP system. Not too sure if they can be milked though. Be interesting to find out, I wonder what it would taste like.

I was reading a bit about tea plants last night , the "slightly acidic" bit got me - HOW "Slightly" ..

All tea comes from the same plant , just different processes to making the leaves into tea after picking
I was wanting to make my own white tea - thats the one with the best health benefits , but less of that grassy aftertase of green tea

big plants need deep beds , so Im out for the time being

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cows -

isnt there some company in america using ap to grow chives , to use as an organic pestecide on their food crop for their cows ?
Wonder if the beef tastes different !

Boris, would have the links for that american business?
And couldn't you just do one in a big tree pot, or a cheap 300L rain water tank with a syphon drain at the bottom of it?

AZ, i know that dugong milk is very rich and nutritive, the babies grow at fast speed, and the meat is said to be very good, it is a king's meal in some places. But they are internationaly protected and disapering at fast speed. I reckon you'll be showing only pics of them in 50 years time.
I've seen some in a zoo in france, another specie that lives in fresh and sea water, and they kept tilapia with them in a tank around 250KL.

From memory; - as the English liked to drink a lot of tea and used to import it from China, a very long time ago, someone then went on a buying trip to China to buy tea. What a good idea as they could then grow and produce their own tea. They returned with a ship load. Yes, I said a ship load. Well guess what, they had been sold a type that was not suitable for drinking, the flowers however were quite beautiful and have long since been cultivated for ornamental purposes.