Aquaponics goes troppo

A few months back we took out the massive Green Zebra tomato plant (keeping in mind we have about 10 plants now yielding in the veggie patch) to make room for some new plantings.  Then it looked like this, as the new seedlings were taking root.

And now it looks like this.

We've got spinach, spring onion, sage, beans, lettuce, tomatoes and capsicum.  There seems to be two or three reasons for the flourish; the fish are growing (and pooping) up a storm now that the weather is warmer creating more available nutrients for the plants (the cold weather cools the water and causes the fish to go into a hibernation of sorts), taking out the massive tomato plant has freed up water flow and Shaun has added some chelated iron, which seemed to be lacking.  So the growth rate of the plants has gone through the roof and even a capsicum that we planted in the first bed with the Green Zebra tomato now has a new lease on life

It looked almost dead a few months ago and is now putting on these spectacular purple capsicum.  We harvested a few for our Christmas salad, but more have grown with some new little ones on the way.

I didn't get a photo of the fish, but they are getting close to plate size now with just a month or two to go.  Some are larger than others, so we can eat the bigger ones first and let the others grow.  Also these Jade Perch don't eat their fingerlings, unlike Barramundi, so we can keep adding the tiny fingerlings now and we will have a constant supply.