Stuff is growing!

Wow, that was fast. It only took three days for the first crop to get going.

I got some mesclun, mustard, and Japanese mustard seeds from Arlington County (for free -- a pretty nice perk that I didn't know my taxpayer dollars were funding). I put the system together on a Monday night and sprinkled on some seeds. Not much to see on Tuesday. I was out of the office Wednesday. But on Thursday -- hey! Sprouts! If you look closely, you can see a little halo of rootlets surrounding each sprout.

I only planted on one-third of the box so far because I'm planning to plant three successive lettuce crops. I'll plant the second in a week and a third the following week. That way, I'll harvest the first and let it grow back, and once that's run out I'll harvest the second, then the third. Hopefully, once the third crop is harvested, the first will be ready to harvest again. We'll see.