Growing/harvest periods

[Earthan Group]

I suggest you find what grows best for you in your area in both dirt & AP...and then use both to get your maximum yield.

This is excellent advice Shane, thank you for posting.

[GaryD]

I agree Shane......excellent advice.

I'm always faintly amused when I see people trying to grow trees and similar large plants in media grow beds when they can actually be grown much more cost-effectively by other means.

Microponics (integrated backyard food production) advocates the use of several (hydroponic and soil-based) growing systems.....for the very reason that you've discovered......that non every plant will grow well in the same system.

Gary

[pki]

I planted tomatoes, from same flat, same day, same greenhouse, same sun, watered, good dirt with AP, not as much certainly.
AP tomatoes were ripe 2 wks before dirt. Eventually, dirt caught up, passed AP, not enough FP water, to sustain tomatoes, plus other plants, were falling over in bamboo troughs.
Fruit was comparable, size , taste.
Wish I had compared root balls afterward, it's nice to have empirical, instead of antidotal, data. Pete