🥗 The Essential Accessory for a Complete Garden
While vertical towers are kings for leafy greens and herbs, "Large Plants" need space to spread their roots.
This extension grafts onto your MyFarm Greenhouse Aquaponic Kit to give your tomatoes, squashes, cauliflowers, and eggplants the root volume they need to produce generous fruits.
The principle is simple: The nutrient-rich water from your fish tank circulates through these buckets, massively feeding your hungriest plants.
📏 Which Version to Choose for Your Greenhouse?
Warning: The choice depends on the available space in your greenhouse. These two extensions cannot be combined: you must choose one or the other.
🔹 Option 1: The "3 Large Plants" Extension
The "3 Large Plants" extension is the universal solution to increase your capacity without cluttering the greenhouse. It generally installs directly on the basin frame, exploiting the often unused space above the water.
- Advantage: Optimizes every square meter without blocking aisles.
- Capacity: Perfect for one cherry tomato plant, one eggplant, and one zucchini alongside the towers.
💎 Option 2: The "12 Large Plants" Extension
The "12 Large Plants" extension is for gardeners aiming for summer vegetable self-sufficiency. More ambitious, it requires floor space along the greenhouse walls.
- Prerequisites: Requires a greenhouse at least 220 cm wide and 290 cm long to ensure easy movement.
- Capacity: Allows for abundant harvests to feed a kitchen daily.
🧑🌾 What Can You Grow in These Extensions?
Anything too heavy or with roots too large for vertical towers:
- 🍅 Essentials: Tomatoes (all varieties), Eggplants, Peppers, Chilies.
- 🥒 Runners: Zucchinis, Cucumbers, Pickles, Melons.
- 🥦 Voluminous: Cauliflowers, Broccoli, Cabbages.
- Note: Root vegetables (carrots, potatoes) remain unsuitable for aquaponics.
📦 Included Equipment & What You Need
Included in the box:
- Grow buckets (3 or 12 depending on version).
- Fixing supports and legs.
- Complete piping (Inlet and outlet fittings for connection to the kit).
What You Must Add (Not Included):
- Clay Pebbles: Essential for holding roots.3-Plant Extension: Plan for 30 Liters (approx. 1 bag).12-Plant Extension: Plan for 120 Liters (approx. 3 bags).
- Trellising: These plants climb! Plan for horticultural twine to tie them to your greenhouse structure.
💡 Pro Tip: "The Organized Jungle"
With the 12-plant extension, your greenhouse will quickly turn into a productive jungle! To succeed:
- Trellis Vertically: Use strings attached to the greenhouse roof to guide stems upward.
- Prune Suckers: In aquaponics, growth is explosive. Prune so the plant focuses energy on fruits, not leaves.
- Place Tallest at the Back: Put tomatoes or cucumbers on the NORTH side of the greenhouse so they don't shade smaller plants.
