What
is aquaponic
plant? Aquaponic
plants is
plant that suitable and can grow well in aquaponics system. You
may chose many variety of plants as your aquaponics
plants according
to your preference.
Many
plants can grow well in aquaponics system, in some case it is even
better than plants grown in soil. There is tomato tree can have
more than 25 kg of tomatoes from one tree only. Certainly the
result may diverse for each crops depend to technique applied.
Following
are plants that grow well in aquaponics system:
| Basil | Egg plant | Peas |
| Broccoli | Garlic | Sage |
| Cabbage | Lemongrass | Silver Beet |
| Celery | Lettuce | Snow peas |
| Chilies | Melon | Spinach |
| Coriander | Onion | Tomato |
| Cucumber | Parsley | Watercress |
Vegetables
Cabbage,
broccoli and lettuce are well known and has been used in many
dishes. They have much in common and grow wonderfully in
aquaponics system.
Fruit plants
Other
variety of plants can grow well in aquaponics system is fruit plant
like eggplant, tomato, melon and cucumber. Eggplant and melon
are excellent as aquaponic plant and may grow with same treatment.
Tomato
demanding more nutrition from stocked fish since it is important to
get a supply of nutrients during its infancy. Cucumber need six
to eight weeks to grow and start to bear fruit. Their most
productive period is from six to twelve weeks, and may continue
produce fruits many months ahead.
Root crops
Root
crops like potatoes and carrots also called as subterranean crops.
They have part we can eat grow under the soil instead of on top of
soil. Potatoes and carrots that grow in aquaponics system
have no soil on them. They looks cleaner than other that grow
on soil. One thing for sure, root crops need deeper growing
media.
