Welcome back! I haven't been taking pictures lately. The lack of photo-ops was a combination of changing where the tomato plants stay and working long and late every day. So after the heat spell, I brought in all the tomato plants because I was afraid they would bake and die. Now they are attempting to grow under the Aerogarden lightbulb. Some of the plants are doing the same, some are doing better. Let's take a look and see the progress they've made.
Here is the Super Sweet 100 Cherry Tomato Plant #1 - Day 18. It's 20 inches tall. It was still standing up fine by itself until yesterday. Then it flopped over. I was so surprised that I thought it had gone limp because I hadn't watered it. Even though I knew that wasn't the case! I guess this means I'll need to give it some support once it goes back outside.
Here is Super Sweet 100 Cherry Tomato Plant #2 - Day 18. It's still only 10 inches long. I don't think this plant has changed at all. So I changed the arrangement of the plants and put this little guy directly under the Aerogarden lightbulb. I think this will really stimulate growth. The weather is not as hot as usual either. The tomato plants could probably go back outside again.
This little tomato plant had the biggest improvement since the last photo shoot. My Early Girl tomato plant spent some time directly under the Aerogarden and was able to grow lots of new leaves. You can still see the old scorched dried leaves at the very base of the plant, but look at all that new green growth! On Day 18, the Early Girl is 13 inches tall.
Here's the Husky Red Cherry Tomato Plant on Day 18. It's 9 inches tall. This little guy doesn't grow very fast at all, but the leaves are so green and pretty.
