Episode: Three
Date: 13th September 2008
Story Title: Backyard Aquaponics
Presenter: Neville Passmore

On of Neville’s dreams has always been to grow hydroponic vegetables organically and the best and easiest way to do this is by Aquaponics. This is the cultivation of edible fish as well as hydroponic fruit and vegetables.

Featured Product- Backyard Aquaponics

• Vegetable garden starts in a fish pond.
• Water from fish growing pond fed through a series of grow beds containing fast growing leafy vegetables, herbs and fruits.
• Fish need their water to be cleaned of excess nutrients and plants need these nutrients- natural recirculating system.
• Fish manure delivered to root systems.
• Plants add oxygen back in water and strip water of nutrients- perfect environment for growing fish.
• Grow beds filled with expanded clay which acts as a biofilter and beneficial bacteria.
• This colonises the surface of the expanded clay and converts the ammonia fish wastes into nitrates the plants can use.
• The plants consume the nutrients, cleaning the water for the fish.
• Clean water is then returned to the fish freshly oxygenated.
• Raided grow beds means no heavy digging and bending.
• No pests can get to your plants.
• No sand to wash off your vegetables.
• No weed problems.
• Once a system is up and running there are no ongoing running costs apart from fish feed and power.
• Uses 90% less water than traditional soil growing methods.
• Only water losses are through evaporation and transpiration.
• A family sized system can grow 100kg of fish as well as all your fruit and vegetables.
• Consumes less power than a couple of light globes.
• Takes 5 minutes a day to maintain – just feed the fish.
• Plant and harvest your vegetable and top up the water every week or two.
• Requires no fertilizers or chemical nutrients.
• Faster maturing plants and no nutrients are lost.
• Systems are clean and neat.
• Comes as complete units- just add fish and plants.
• In as little as four weeks vegetables are ready!

Mention the Garden Gurus to receive a free worm farm valued at $90.00 with every complete system installation.

Contact

Backyard Aquaponics
Lot 77
Cnr Jandakot Rd & Berrigan Dve
Jandakot WA
Ph 08 9414 9334
www.backyardaquaponics.com