So, at midnight last night, I happened to be doing a walkthrough of the living room and saw the red light blinking. Which means that adding plant food and cleaning coincided perfectly with Tomato Thursday. Obviously, I wasn't doing it at midnight! It did take me longer to get to this today than I thought. But that's ok. I also just noticed in the picture that I really need to wipe down the outside of the Aerogarden. That's a task for after lunch and I can't have lunch until I get this blog done! So here's some pictures from today's task. Not pictured: when I picked the seed pod tray up off the base, there was this dark thing in the roots! I thought to myself, "Did some of the roots rot?" Nope, it was just the little black filter thing. It had gotten pulled out along with the tomato plants and roots. I had to really clean that out as the roots had grown into the filter. And did you know the little "fill to here" thingy comes off? I didn't know until today. I took it off, there's this little thing inside, not sure what it is. A float to let the Aerogarden know the water level? I think so. That little spigot for the pump comes off too, but I forgot to take a picture of that. The middle picture is where I added a little water and the plant food after cleaning the inside and parts. And the far right picture? An impromptu fountain erupts when plugging the base back in. I filled it the rest of the way with water before putting the tomatoes back in. Lots of roots now, of course. I trimmed those a bit (not pictured) and trimmed the plants a bit as they were (of course) growing into the lights again. Then back on the base and I tied the plants up to help them stay up. Back on the base and the tinfoil replaced. There are quite a few little tomatoes on there but they are having a hard time ripening, so I feel like I am going to have to break down and make the tinfoil enclosure that I've been going on about for a while now. It's difficult getting to the base now with all the growth, but it's necessary to clean the reservoir on a regular basis to make sure things don't get nasty and your tomato plants don't get sick. That's all for this week, Happy Tomatoing!
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