Backyard Aquaponics
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I'd say you ,ay just have to wait for a little longer.. I found that in the first 1-6 months of a system being set up, tomatoes didn't grow fantastically in any of my systems, they grew, but nothing great... Nowadays though, I have huge tomatoes, one cherry tomato at the moment has had more fruit on it than leaves for the past 3 months, hasn't stopped producing hundreds of fruit...

C'mon, didn't anyone "GET" the europium joke............?

tommie capsicum & chillie feel like very mederanian veggies..........europium element............no? oh well

Europium is a real element, even funnier...................no?..............

LOL

keep trying Steve

Sorta sorry Steve
you're humour has developed rapidly in the new year
keep up the good work

its cause i'm rested and relaxed from a week of doing NOTHING. even my normal nothing is very hectic

Sorta feel bad for the boss, he doesn't know which way to turn with the work load, and here i am, chill'in. So wrong to be taking a break in summer...............

worst thing is, our tickets to WA for feb have been booked, and i think i forgot to tell him.......................................

Don't have to be an Einsteinium to get your jokes Steve... Sitting here eating my Polonium sandwiches...

Another thought, how is the light where your plants are? I have 4 different kinds of tomato plants growing. The regular cherry plants don't seem to mind shade, but the grape tomato plants want lots of light. The larger toms had no fruit in the shaded area but did very well where the sun hit the leaves.

The jokes are becoming Boron! Back to Bismuth at hand...

thats better

I don't know what lead to this mercurial attempt at humour but it's neon impossible to iron out the true meaning

and rupe takes the yellow cake

U-rating-um? I'm antimoney, otherwise I'd sell any,um, jokes (rather than tell you my pun).

(Better shut up, or I'll get my arse nicked)

Thanks for the advice and the laughs...

I think I might take a water sample to the aquarium shop just to see how it turns out.

As for the lighting, its out on the porch in direct sunlight.

Any advice on which plants work well when an AP system is still 'fresh'?

the leafy greens work best in the start up systems. This includes the different types of lettuce, chards, silverbeet and as always the good old herbs.

My snow peas are doing the best in my new system. I'm growing them to be able to eat the young leaves and shoots. Wasabi is doing pretty well, too. Bok choy is next best for me right now.