Backyard Aquaponics
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I need a list of edible plants that grow in full shade.

The summers here can get very hot, I have set aside an area so I can make a 1000 square feet courtyard, and this courtyard will have at least 50 large leaf deciduous trees planted in and around it, I am going to have an Aquaponic system in this courtyard so the constant flow of water can help cool down the shaded courtyard even more.
I am doing all of this so I can have a nice cool place to sleep on those hot summer nights.
I am also going to make other larger courtyards that have plenty of sunlight to grow my food so don’t worry.

I would be a lot easer for me to just put a water fountain in the shaded courtyard but why do it one way when you can do it a different way and also get food out of it.

So far the only plant I have on my list is Japanese wasabi, it thrives in 80% shade.

As a rule the wider the leaf, the more shade that the plant will tolerate.

I would recommend silverbeet, rainbow chard, perhaps rhubarb. Nasturtium, chives and celery have also done well in areas where light levels are low. I really think it depends whether there is dappled light. Kan kong, gotu kola and watercress may do well. In response to low light the plants may stretch and become leggy and weak. You can probably rule out flowering and fruiting plants as they do require good amounts to sunlight to do well, eg 6 hours roughly.

My pineapple mint does better indoors then it does outside in the full sun.

Mushroom plant is a "shade loving tropical" - Rungia Klossii.

Bok Choi does great in shady areas. If you like the smaller varieties of bok choi, they need the shade. If they get direct sunlight, they start to wilt and will bolt really soon. Faye mentioned that rainbow chard does well in the shade. I have swiss chard in direct sunlight and its doing great. Is rainbow chard that different from swiss chard?