Week One: Tower Garden Update

   First of all let me shout out: my seedlings survived the first week!!!!! (all but the one that was damaged in shipment and I planted it anyway just to give it a chance). They looked a little sad the first day, when it got up to 98 degrees. However, within a few days the shock of their shipping seemed to wear off and their adjustment to Tower Living seems to suit them just fine.  So far Tower Gardening is so easy even I can do this.
     My chore list for my Tower Garden this week included: well, no watering, no weeding, no spraying for insects, ... the only chore I had was listening every day or so to make sure the pump was cycling on and off every 15 minutes. As an over achiever, I also watched my plants grow new leaves and touched the rock wool occasionally to make sure it was getting moisture.
   At the end of week one, I did have some official chores to do. Because it's been so hot, I topped off the reservoir with water from my garden hose to 3 inches from the top of the opening under the labeled plate. When you top off the water, you add nutrients part A and part B at the rate of 20ml/gallons of water added. I approximated about 2.5 gallons of water was added so I put in an additional 50ml of each part to the reservoir.
     It's recommended to check your PH once a week, especially when you add water and nutrients. So I dipped  5ml of water out of the reservoir and did a quick PH test. The PH was holding at 6.0! Perfect!
    This is the easiest gardening I have ever under taken. And it looks pretty awesome on my deck, too!!!

   Learn more about the Tower Garden at http://kbrixey.towergarden.com/