Best Lettuce

I have come to the conclusion that the best lettuce grown in the aquaponic
 system , in Hawaii , is Butter head lettuce.

 I like the small miniature heads . They grow
quickly and they don't take over a lot of the space on the float.
One head makes a big salad for one person.

The mini Butter lettuce comes in 3 colors  green, red and a
kind of mix of red and green.

Butter lettuce  seems to not be too picky
about the weather. It grows  even when it is really hot outside
.
The secret is the  lettuce likes the  cool water in the system, so even when the weather and
sun are hot the plants have cool water circulating around their roots.

Aquaponic System needs Iron

Plants are growing again as we recover from the snail invasion.

Lots of green beans have been planted  in batches 2 weeks apart. They are jumping .

Summer squash is growing but has a lot of yellow on the leaves.

Taro is also growing but looking pale.

Butter lettuce is growing fast now and looks good.

Thai Basil is producing lots of tasty leaves.

Kale is just starting to grow.

Swiss Chard is speeding up too.

The yellow showing up in the squash and 

taro is a message. The plants are telling us that there is an iron deficiency in the system. So we will dilute some chelated iron 

and slowly add it to the system. The yellow leaves should disappear within a week and things will grow even faster.

System is Back

Everything is  restarted and kicking up a new plant storm !

Cleaning everything out then flushing the fish tanks into the plant troughs
with added water  made the lettuce jump !

 Green beans are poking their heads out
and starting to vine.

The taro is jumping.

Watercress loves the new
cleaned up system.

Basil is taking off like gangbusters.

Marigolds  here and there are getting ready to keep the bugs out.

Aquaponics is great !