Monday, January 31, 2011

Unbelievable Growth

                               Just could not resist showing off the growth of the last few days.
Apollo Tomatoes with basil and the Lebanese Cucumbers

French & Butter Beans

Cabbage in a 10inch pot





the cabbage is loving this system. I will be showing you the Autopot hanging basket in a couple of days so I can show you the results that  can be achieved with flowers as well. Might add another Window box just with Sweet Peas's and see how they respond to the Autopot system.

Saturday, January 29, 2011

True Armchair Gardening

7 days on from my expanded garden photo and all I have to do now is site and watch them grow,
The Tomatoes, Beans, Cucumbers & Zucchini are only 7days from planting
and believe me you can actually see them growing.
                                 This is truly armchair gardening.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

A wonderful experience

This is the home of The Autopot System
Recently I was fortunate to be invited to the Headquarters of the Autopot system and spent time with the developer Jim Fah and the team that make up this great company. Jim is a walking encyclopedia regarding Hydroponics and Aquaponics with many degrees on the subjects to his name. The experience of spending time with Jim was beyond words.
Autopot is based within the Garden World complex in Braeside Melbourne Victoria and trades as Garden Smart Hydroponics this is an incredible setup with a huge array of planting examples and fish growing tanks and supplies.

The is the only book you will ever need.




I was also fortunate to acquire a pre-print copy of Jim Fah's HYDROPONICS MADE EASY publication, this is the 3rd Edition and I cant stop reading it, I have learnt so much.
I believe once printed it will be included with all future system purchases.
This is a book written by some one who actually knows what they are talking about and has first had knowledge on the subjects covered and specifically deals with the Autopot System and it benefits which you will learn are numerous.

               "This is truly armchair gardening"

Monday, January 24, 2011

Summer Salad

Asian Mix in widow box

This Mix has a delightful array of flavors




This great salad mix is planted in an Autopot widow box which consists of 4 x 4inch pots with a Smart valve in the middle. You will see I have 2 plantings the first we are currently using and has been picked 3 times this week giving use fresh salad for 2 and you can hardly see where we have picked.
This is a delightful mix with a variety of flavours, add fresh chopped cucumber and capsicum topped with Balsamic dressing makes a great side salad.

One of these Autopot window boxes will happily keep a family going with fresh salad all year round.Match that up with another widow box with 4 of your favourite herbs and you are now living healthy.


"Click on any photo to enlarge"

More examples

2 varieties of Zucchini
Butter Beans


I have found Zucchini love the Autopot System
but you need to be very aware of powdery mildew with this humid and wet summer.
















Butter beans only 7 days from planting from the punnet even JACK would be pleased with these.

7 Days since the new planting

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To give you some idea of the growth rate that is obtained with this system take a look at these shots which are exactly seven days from planting.






Apollo Tomatoes companion planted with sweet basil.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

"HYDRO GARDENING" with Autopot is anybody can Gardening

Hi,
love to grow a few veggies or maybe flowers for the home but find you don't have the time, or its to hard or maybe you believe you don't have that green thumb thing that people talk about.
Let me share with you what is the Simplest Growing System in the World its called Autopot and I don't care if you have never grown a thing in your life before you will be amazed at the results you will get with this system, be it veggies or flowers and it only takes a few minutes to set up. No more digging and pulling weeds this is the greatest garden method ever and it will even fit on your back porch or balcony no matter how small. Check out this link.www.autopot.com.au if you are as excited about it as me then contact me and I will help you get started ross.rsc@optusnet.com.au. Here are a couple of photos of my little patch.
Maybe you belong to a group or club and your members would like to know more, If you are in Queensland I am happy to spend some time and share a power point presentation I have put together and answer all there questions. You may just like to join my GROWERS GROUP let me know.

I have since expanded to this:




Eat fresh your body will love you.