Week 3 going into Week 4

I went away for the weekend so this has taken a little longer to photograph. However, its been worth the wait as while I was away, the first beans appeared on the first bean plant. It looks like more beans will be appearing on the other plants very shortly.

Here are some photos:

1st bean plant with its beans

2nd bean plant with the embryo beans.

The first plant has only produced two beans so far but I suspect that more will be following but the second plant has a LOT of potential beans on it.

The tomato plant bottle produced  a great clump of plants which sort of just sat until the end of last week when one seemed to take off. I'll be watching this one with interest.

Tomato plant starting to show some promise

The rocket plants got to a point of growth and have just seemed to be sitting.

When I took a look at them this afternoon, some of the plants seemed to be showing a bit of activity.

The most disappointing has been my lettuce seeds planted in the ice cream tub. Nothing has come up so far so I might have to add some more wicks to the tub.

I have changed the liquid fertiliser from my mix to a commercial mix as of today and it will be interesting to see if it makes a difference. If there isn't then I will go back to my mix.

Its essential to feed the plants once a week and to check water levels in the bottles.

I am seriously thinking of using bottles to plant basil, given the amount of basil pesto we use in this house. Pesto is ridiculously easy to make- if one has the basil.