I just got interested in hydroponics, read a lot looked on Youtube and got into to it that way. If my garden was a blank canvas I would be right into aquaponics. A friend of mine is into it and his crops are amazing, plus he gets to eat the fish! He also grows mushrooms on his spent grain from brewing.
Here's a video on hydroponics and a thread from Aussie Craft Brewer on mushrooms. I have 98 pots set up on mine and the pump could easily do another 98 but you don't need to get an expensive set up I started with a basic gravity feed and just built up from that.
I wouldn't worry too much about either F1 or heirloom. The heirloom is all i grow and they pollinate, I have insect exclusion mesh around my polytunnel so as long as there is a bit of movement they are dine. Just ordered today some Banana Leg tomato seeds for next year.
Have you got an infestation of vampires?
These hydro tomatoes are just what I’m looking for. I’m looking at auto pots at present. The allotments were subject to a hosepipe ban this year, still are if you can believe it!
Lol, 200 just about lasts us and my daughter for a year, some are lost of course, but it’s a great crop usually
Biggest trouble with conifer it burns to fast, do you have any hardwood? We burn Red Gum over here, burns slower than a wet weekend
I would imagine you get black fly over there, I have been put off garlic and leeks because of them. So hard to get rid of I am going to have to bite the bullet and give them another go.
Small amounts of dry conifer used with the kindling to get things started then dry ash
Fortunately, I haven’t had any black fly as yet. I use Albigensian wight garlic, I chose that a few years ago because it was supposed to be resistant to bugs. I have to say, it’s a great variety to grow, eat and store.
