Hi Gary. How goes the progress on the potato experiment?
Phil.
Hi Gary. How goes the progress on the potato experiment?
Phil.
Hi Phil,
Nothing happening in the 'tater' department at the moment.
Gary
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Arthur Schopenhauer
www.microponics.net.au - for candid dialogue on integrated backyard food production.
www.urbanaquaponics.com.au - the home of the Online Urban Aquaponics Manual.
How did this second time around fare? I dont see any more information on it. Wish you had pictures to show what you have done also. Is there any certain way to do this effectively now?
Hi WildNickels,
These are old posts. I haven't grown any aquaponics potatoes for quite a while.
These days, I grow them in raised bed gardens.
Gary
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Arthur Schopenhauer
www.microponics.net.au - for candid dialogue on integrated backyard food production.
www.urbanaquaponics.com.au - the home of the Online Urban Aquaponics Manual.
I was hoping to give potatoes a go in my setup but it looks like i'd be wasting my time. Anyone else have any info on aquaponinc potatoes..?
Hi Nelson,
If you were planning to grow potatoes in your little balcony system, you would almost certainly be wasting your time.
You could, however, set up a pot (like a half a blue barrel) filled with coco-peat and feed it with nutrient-rich water from your system. I've done this successfully several times.
Gary
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Arthur Schopenhauer
www.microponics.net.au - for candid dialogue on integrated backyard food production.
www.urbanaquaponics.com.au - the home of the Online Urban Aquaponics Manual.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq4ct...layer_embedded
just started this plant about 3 or 4 weeks ago, seems its doing alright
Hi Swampcreek,
I love the way you scoop your hand under that tater plant and lift it out of the media. I'd like to try a grow bed full of potatoes like that.....but it may be a bit wet (long term) for potatoes.
Gary
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." - Arthur Schopenhauer
www.microponics.net.au - for candid dialogue on integrated backyard food production.
www.urbanaquaponics.com.au - the home of the Online Urban Aquaponics Manual.
I figure i might move it over to a deeper GB, maybe a barrel cut in half (not long ways) and reduce the water to it. Figure it should work great. Or just move the plant over to the wicking bed. I had two of them, the fish got hold to the other one and ate the leaves. Never knew catfish liked plants.
Back in 2009 I tried Potatoes in Aquaponics... and Dirt. I actually harvested them too early - before the leaves dried off.
My AP System was only about 8 months new at the time. I'll let the comparison pic tell the story...
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