Well looky there! The tomatoes are popping up all over, it seems. These are some pics from earlier this week. The largest picture shows tomato #3. But wait! There's more! But first, a little housekeeping. Just this morning, the red light for the plant food was blinking, so I took the opportunity to clean out the bowl part of the Aerogarden, look at the roots, put in the plant food, and switch out the quilt on the table. Things didn't look quite as slimy this time. I didn't let it go for 30 days like last time, though. Oh! This is a picture of the bowl after I cleaned it, by the way. I was SMARTER this time, as I cleaned out the bowl, put a LITTLE fresh water in, put in the plant food and swished the water a bit, then carried the bowl to the tomato table with only a LITTLE water in. Much easier. SMARTER. They seem to be holding up fairly well. I know what I'm going to do next time to improve the situation. Everybody says that I should take the plants and transplant them outside. I'd rather just see what I can do with them in the Aerogarden for now. I still have to get a dedicated plastic bin for this purpose, I had to clean out my fabric scrap bin for this. Not a problem, just inconvenient. Remember at the beginning when I said there was more? Well, right next to tomato #3, this morning I discovered tomato #4! I guess I was pretty good at pollinating. No wise cracks! Sorry it's a bit blurry, I couldn't get the camera on my phone to focus just right. I switched out the quilt for this nice doily that I made some years ago. Do you like it? The quilt got a bit wet when I moved the tomatoes off the bin so I took it off the table to dry for a bit. Perhaps I'll switch it back for next week's blog. The quilt probably needs a wash as well. All in all, today's adventure was very tame. Here's one last look at the two most recent tomatoes. Perhaps by next week tomato #1 will ripen and I can relate my experience with a taste test.
The plants are beginning to grow up into the lights, but with all the blossoms near the top, I am loathe to start pruning again just yet. I'll probably save that for a bit still. Happy Tomatoing!
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