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So what do you all have growing in your systems?

Cool experiments? Standard vegetables? Exotic fruits?

I'll start...


Here are a few pics of whats in my system so far. Hope you enjoy them!

Banana trees, sugar cane, roma tomatoes, beef steak tomatoes, a few other types of tomatoes, brussel sprouts, lettuce, cabbage, pumpkin. I think that is all right now, I still have a lot more grow beds to add.

Cherry tom, Roma tom, cabbage, broccolli, too much silver beet!, dwarf beans, cucumber, basil, celery, capsicum, leeks, spring onion, slugs! Grrrrr

heirloom tom (mortgage lifter), cos lettuce, spinach, heirloom leek, 2 varieties of chilli, capcicum, pepino, beetroot, squash and dwarf nectarine

hmmm, I need to get stuff in there now that I have seen it typed down..

Chilli x4 types, rocket, peas, zucchini, eggplant, lettucex6 punnets, tomato silverbeet, rainbow chard, Asian greens, capsicum, cucumber, watermelon, celery, mint, water cress, marigold, okra

My system is still between seasons but since it is xmas I'll do my best to keep with the festive spirit.
Now just imagine the tune!

9 silver perch
8 climbing beans
7 lettuce seedlings
6 assorted herbs
5 brassicas
4 tomato plants
3 radicchio
2 nesting doves and
1 black chili

forgot the passionfruiting

most interesting would have to be 2 apple trees and a male and female kiwifruit, though have spelt wheat, barley, 3 types of chilli and god knows what else too many to remember

Build a system william... and plant it...

Hahahaha perfect answer!

I've probable got 80-100 different varieties right now so can't really list them all but some of the stranger things are Thai plum, miracle fruit, figs, giant snow banana, galanga, turmeric, wasabi, purple broccoli, red based onions, dragon fruit, Tobacco, malabar spinach, papaya (fruiting right now), sugar cane, stevia chocolate cherry tomatoes, cukes, etc, etc, etc.

That's impressive, Ryan!

Where are the toms I sent you seeds for, Cmon man

Just build the system and plant what ever you want. Some things like different water levels. Oh yeah I forgot I have bell peppers also. The bell peppers like the water level low, if I put the water level near the top of the rocks they all wilt and die.

Lettuce, spring onion, sweet corn, tomatoes, rhubarb, cabbage, parsley, oregano, thyme, chilli, chives, cucumber, zucchini, strawberry, eggplant, bok choy, beetroot, baby spinich and a Chia plant.

Mine's very new. At the moment I have a rainbow chard plant, one broad bean, two tomato side shoots I'm trying to root, a calendula plant, some tiny rocket and mustard seedlings. 6 little Koi carp.