Backyard Aquaponics
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Hi
i have been thinking about doing a add on system to one of my systems using the blue barrels cut upright 3/4 high and trying to grow a variety of small tree like plants.( eg banana , red paw paw , custard apple )

Dose anybody have any ideas or experience growing these kinds of plants or know of any others that would grow good in an aquaponic system ?

I think dbird in narrogin is growing bananas and Rick from the same area had paw paw or avacardo.

Ivansng has some dwarf fruit trees.

Got a sickly dwarf blood orange in the big system but nothing much is growing in it at the moment. Will transfer it to the ibc system as it has 500mm deep beds when it has some nutrients in it

Mantis all blood oranges are sickly thats why they cost so much in the supermarket, theyre a freak variety.

Andrew

Ahh ok, didnt know that , thanks.

i have a dwarf lemon doing ok in my system... however im still cycling

i should be making a start on the set up in the next month or two, will post some pictures aswell.

TCLynx had a banana growing - pretty sure she yanked it out though - don't remember the details. Maybe roots issue

yea i have thought about the roots issue and have a few ideas still in the planning stage.

TC still has bananas in her beds, I got to visit and saw them last week!

Roots are a bit of a problem but not a major issue.If you use three quarters of the drum it will be better .I would sudjest cavendish as the plants are smaller and the bunches are usually bigger .I will be away up north as from Wednesday so i will be unable to help.Check my thread ,Don goes bananas down south.