Backyard Aquaponics
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wow I cant wait till we start getting veg from our system

drew

Finally pulled out the tomato vine that has been growing in my yabbie powered blue barrel system for over a year....

Approx 3.3mtr+....

our first batch of zucchini plants have been pulled out... spidermite etc got them so out they came... but from the one bed byap system with the one remaining lant came this beauty today.

You need to becarefull Monya, you might get done for child abuse

just got back from the hospital... he put his back out

Yeah, guess you couldn't lift it........

My accidently found Armenian Cucumber 2.33 Kilos and around 40cm long.

Wow, what a monster... I love the Armenian cucumber, we had some seeds planted here but they didn't come up, I've grown them at home though and they are fantastic, grew a couple of big ones like that and was very surprised that they still tasted ok, they weren't bitter or tough..

Did you eat it? Was it ok?

No I haven't tried it yet. I have had a couple get nearly a big and they were fine so I think this one will be OK as well

I had trouble getting them to germinate directly in the grow beds (seeds just rotted), so I raised them in trays then transplanted them when they had a 3 or 4 proper leaves. No problems doing this way

Yeah, might have to try that next year. Don;t want to go another season without Armenians, they are too good...

My effort isn't big but for the most unusual section, the pics below are of Tigger Melons, so called because they look like Tigger from Winnie the Pooh when they are ripe, (CD the first one wasn't right inside) They are same colour as a rock melon inside and taste a bit like a rock melon and something else that I haven't worked out yet, they only grow about as big as an apple, only had a total of 3 but that seems to be the norm with vine fruit and veg this year in Narrogin, all my pumpkins and cucumbers had male flowers and the rockies only just fared better

Yeah, I was hoping that was the case

Never heard or seen of them before, interesting...

Plenty of info on the net, they all say rare but seems to be everyone selling seeds, they are very different in taste

Just refresh my memory has anyone had/got a 2kg trout out this year?
or 1.5 kg?
I know someone... but no photos means it didn't happen right