Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

I can't go past Pineapple Sage, along with your everyday kitchen herbs like sweet basil, rosemary, thyme, common mint and so on. There are some like the curry plant which are really fragrant, but not something I'd want stinking my house out all the time, lol.

If I had to pick one, purely because it's less common and really does smell pineappley and nice, I'd go the pineapple sage. It, like most Salvia's are really easy to grow and propagate, and it has nice red flowers too. I like surprising people with it, crushing a leaf and sticking it under their noses, they can't get enough of it either, lol.

Mint can be a bit of a nightmare, it likes to take over the whole world

Rosemary is my Fav. but I haven't tried it in AP, theres another thing to do on the week end.

Do you want cuttings BF mine as to be cut back this week before I go.

Some might say marijuana....

that doesn't happen in AP does it.

Although if it did it would certainly happen around Byron bay

Ha ha. I'm not that kinda bloke mate but yes, I left myself wide open for that one, kinda surprised you were the only one that jumped on m, BF. Forum is slowing down these days hehe

Basil is one of the best for me, and I cook wit it a lot, and use it in my salads too.

I've seen on YouTube, somewhere, a guy had mint growing in AP and he had the mint controlled some how do it wouldn't take over.

I'd guess sorcery. Only way I could think of controlling it.

I may be weird, but I love the smell of tomatoes & basil. Lemon thyme/peppermint thyme are quite nice too.

Not weird, tomatoes and basil are a match made in heaven!

There is nothing like dipping crusty bread into the leftovers of a tomato and basil salad dressed in balsamic and fresh olive oil, om nom nom!

I had mint in a pot in a pot in the growbed so I could take it out and trim the roots - worked ok, though if you don't regularly trim the runners they will get into the main GB and take over. I now have it in its own basket in the fish tank water so it can't take over any other growbed along with some laksa and lemon grass.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allium_ursinum

cheers

If you want to see how bad mint can get take a look at my indoor system. The mint flowered and died off, but now I have 30-50 little new shoots sprouting up through the hydroton. The bottom half of the grow bed is just the roots ti the mint. Afraid to pull out of it helping with the filtration.