Monday update

This past weekend was the official 2 week mark of my first Aerogarden!  The nutrient light came on right on time, and I added nutrients and pruned.  Here it is after its haircut:

It looks like it could use another pruning, but I'm afraid to cut off too much.  They look like they are a little weighted down though.

I'm amazed at the growth rate of the roots.  It's hard to tell, but they are actually touching the bottom of the bowl.

I have to confess I lost track of time on the AeroGarden 7, but it seems to be doing well.  Of my two tomatoes that sprouted, one made it.  The other had a really twisted stem and had not rooted very well, so I yanked it.  Here's the surviving tomato, about an inch above the paper:

You can see the basil almost ready to poke its head out too!  The purple looks pretty similar to the green, but is harder to photograph because of its color.  I can see a tiny little oregano leaf too!

In the newly empty pod, I planted a couple of the Mighty Mini cherry tomatoes I got from AeroGarden.  When I first got the Mighty Minis, I was surprised to see five seeds in the one cone I looked at.  According to the instructions, you are supposed to prune the plants down to one plant per cone.  I couldn't bring myself to cut down 4 healthy plants, especially when the whole kit costs $18!  So I dug two seeds out and put them in the newly empty cone.  Anyway, you can see  the beginning of the radicle in this picture, just a little white line right now:

OK, it's really hard to see.  But that's probably right around the 24 hour mark.

That's it for today.  Hopefully by next time I will have taken all the domes off my newest plants!