A Child Of Atom

I gave Kid Flash an AeroGrow system for Christmas, which was quite successful. Here are the resulting "crops." The system is hydroponic and only has water with special mineral tablets added as a growing medium. The area under the lettuce is a reservoir, and when you open the little door where you add water you can see the roots systems of the plants branching out and filling the water. The growth cycle is really fast, these plants are about 3 weeks old and this photo was taken just before the first "harvest." The resulting plants were tasty, though they were a little limp. They don't seem as crisp as plants grown in dirt for whatever reason. It's still fun though, to have a little garden growing in the corner and fresh lettuce whenever you like. The system has several types of plants available, and the growing cycle for the lettuce will probably be up soon, and we'll see what KF wants to plant next. My review so far... about 3.5 on a scale of 5. A cool idea that has a few drawbacks. We'll see how the next type of plant goes.