About 2 months ago I blogged about my experience growing aeroponically on a Tower Garden. At that time my tower was 4 weeks old. In case you missed that post, you can look at the picture below, that is what it looked like.
At that time I was very happy with the results but now, I am thrilled!!
This is a picture I snapped tonight. At this point some of the plants have been changed out already since we have eaten them.
If you look at the left side of my tower you will see one large plant that takes most of that side. It is 1 eggplant plant!! We have eaten off of it several times and there are more small eggplant coming in and lots of flowers!
This is one of my beloved kale. You can not see it in this picture, but in others you can see the side view. You will notice a long "naked" stem on the bottom and then the foliage on top. The stem on the bottom is "naked" because that is where we have eaten the kale from in the past. You eat the leaves from the bottom up leaving the centers which will continue to supply you with more .
Ah, this green little guy is Swiss chard. Only 6 weeks ago it was a seed. That may not seem like a great big deal but Swiss chard and kale take a longer time to get going and then one day you turn around and they are huge!!
Mesclun greens..... I have tried twice before to grow these in soil without success. But here they are 6 weeks old and flourishing in my tower!
Closer view of the Mesclun, so pretty ( to me anyway)
HA! THIS PICTURE! This is Jason just a little over 2 weeks ago with our cilantro harvest. He cut everything off, down to the bare stems, but left the roots and about 1 inch of stem in the tower.
Today, 2 weeks and change later, lots more cilantro!
This is my experiment, I took the rock wool and put in a pea (seed) and then popped it in the tower. Today is day 5. Love it!
More Kale, can you tell I love Kale, I have several in my tower
TaDa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! O.k. go back to the top picture from 4 weeks ago and look at the tiny tomato plant on the right. Now come look at it (on the right) today! Yes, all of that trellised plant, the one that is almost as tall as my sliding glass door, is the same tomato plant!!!! Notice it's size compared to my 9 year old. I made her stand there as a reference. I just don't think you can grasp the size of it unless you have something to compare it to.
The plant is covered in tomatoes and flowers. Come on little guys- ripen!!! This happens to be a tiny purple variety- yup purple tomatoes! Did I mention it's November, I have NEVER had tomatoes in November.
So, that was my post on "tower love" 3 months into my experience. My only regret, not, doing this sooner!
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