The Bounty (on the right) has 8 lettuce pods, including two grown from my own seed. The big leafy one on the left is at day 20, and the rest are at day 16. Impressive little plants for only being two weeks old!
I'm so excited to start harvesting them!
Here's my tiny little basil in the back. It's growing, but slowly.
Check out those roots! These plants are doing amazing, but they're not even close to the plants in the Aerogarden time lapse videos. Still, I'm sure this is much faster than I've grown lettuce in soil.
I took one of the pods out of the Bounty because I didn't think it was growing, and was about to throw it out when I saw a little bit of fuzziness around the seed, which was the first signs that the seed was germinating. So, I stuck it in the back of the 3SL. It's growing alright, but it's been very slow about it. It's Deer Tongue lettuce, a variety I've never grown before, so maybe it's just slow in general. I guess we'll see.
Also, in the front there in the 3SL, is an experimental plant. It's a Tiny Tim tomato, an heirloom dwarf tomato that only gets 12-18 inches tall. I also decided to experiment by planting it in a regular sponge rather than the expensive grow sponges that Aerogarden sells. It seems to be working!
I have a piece of foil around the one side of the Bounty. It's dual purpose; first, it reflects some of the light back to the plants, and second, it keeps Chad from being blinded to death when he's sitting at his desk (which is next to this stand).
I planted some Tiny Tim tomato seeds down in my basement at the same time that I planted them in the Aerogarden. I plan on keeping them down under my grow lights. It'll be interesting to see the difference in growth between the soil toms and the Aerogarden toms.
I also just started my onions today, too! It's so nice to work with plants and soil when it's single digits outside. C'mon spring!
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