"Tomato Thursday" Doesn't quite roll off the tongue, does it? So, last night I decided to lift the LED lights up just a bit. Some of the plants are really taking off. I switched around two plants. I took the sort of weak one that was on the left side nearest me (the camera, I guess so to speak) and switched it with the one that was just to the left and a little bit back of the access hole. I wondered if that big one was doing so well because it was near the pump. I don't know yet if it will make a difference. I think you can also see how low the water is getting. I had just put water in the day before. I think I remember my grandmother saying that tomatoes are really thirsty plants. That would make sense, if you think about how much water are in the tomato fruits when they are ripe. Instead of topping it off right now, I'm going to wait and see how it lets me know when the water is down. After that, I will just top it off all the time. I just want to find out how it lets you know when to add water. I tried to get a picture of all the roots in there. Wow! I have trimmed the roots just a bit so far. I think the next major undertaking will be to change out the water. Perhaps I will do that when it tells me to top off the water level. The water doesn't really look as green as it appears in the picture. That's just some kind of lighting thing due to the flash and the fact that it's just the camera on my phone which is not spectacular. I took a picture again this morning. That one in the lower left really looks like it's taking over. Also, last night I trimmed a little bit of some of the leaves that were looking a bit poorly. So, the next major projects are going to be changing out the water and pruning for the first time. I'm also a little bit nervous about pollinating these things. You can buy this "Be the Bee" thing from the Aerogarden website, but I think its just an electric toothbrush without the bristles? I've seen in some other places that you can use an electric toothbrush to pollinate these things.
And, I haven't forgotten about having a resource section. It just has been very overwhelming thinking about making one because there's so much information to go through and I want to make sure I give you guys good info. Perhaps I can do that later tonight, and I'll update the website and do a bonus blog post. Take care and eat some tomatoes today!
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