We grew a ton of it in our flood n drain beds inside a greenhouse in Lutz, FL area. We actually ended up transplanting it all out side as it grew so well it was taking over the entire system. Unfortunately when we put it in the ground it all died over a period of about a year. I never could grow anything in the ground anyway so this was just par for the course. All said, if you have the room it does great in aquaponics.