Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

Wazzup people

Here is a link you WILL find useful:

http://greenupgrader.com/11708/4-simple ... -a-barrel/

It explains how grow potato in barrel and yeilds alot more for the space it uses in comparison to a field.
I dont think the sweet potato(different plants btw) will work so well because its more tuber vein.
I think yams, cassavas and things like peanuts should should also work well along with other ground crops
Nice addition your aquaponics system and should yeild some works too
Tek It ez Mon

Have done that with a couple of blue barrel halves. They have grown like crazy but dont know what yeild I will get yet.

I do it with used tires

Jeez I hope you're talking about growing potatoes still !

I used something similar to this method. Unfortunately kind of lost track of it and didn't keep topping the barrel up so yield won't be as good as it could have been. I grew them in washing machine drums that I got from scrounging from the verge collection. (the trick is to gid the machine and dismantle it and put all the junk back on the verge before your street is done!) these drums are really good as made of stainless steel so wont rust (if u get a good quality machine) and full of drainage holes.
I added good sandy soil out of chook yard and covered with hay. Topped up with soil a few times as plants grew.

Haven't emptied drum to harvest properly but stuck my hand in this morning and got these without trying:



Mike

Very nice there
Love sweet potatos though, irishs not so much

HERE IS SOME NEW INFORMATION, I'll add some more tomorrow

Its called biointensive agriculture
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p ... re=bf-menu

Check out this youtube channel also:
http://www.youtube.com/user/growingyourgreens

also this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH4SoBk_ ... re=related

if you don't like cleaning your spuds mound them up with some straw or the like
nice clean spuds ready to eat strait away