Story: The Perfect Potted Plant – Autumn growing with Nev
Episode: 11
Presenter: Neville Passmore
Air date: 27th May 2023

Neville explains why you would grow food at home in hydroponics and the best reasons to why you might want to.

• It uses about a tenth of what is needed in a regular soil system and it successfully recycles all notorious so there’s no waste
• Main media used are either expanded clay or perlite both are important for roots to breath
• The bato pot system using expanded clay is perfect for the growing eggplant and tomatoes.
• Beans including the Madagascar bean are the unusual spaghetti squash an heirloom variety that when roasted can be scrapped to produce vegetable spaghetti
• Deep bed system using perlite work beautifully to grow turmeric and ginger as well as asparagus and even garlic.