Day 113 - Pure Aero did not work so good!

I essentially almost killed all the plants when I went back to aero for a week. I switched them back to the hydro/aero set up and they look decent. still no sweet potatoes...

Day 47 Back to pure Aeroponics!

Back to pure Aeroponics. Check out these excellent roots. There seems to be an issue with the fog. I don't quite know what it is. It seems not to be as "fluffy" or full of "stuff" when it blows through the pipe from a fan as compared to when the fog and water are in the same "closed" container.

Day 30 Roots

Day 27

Added small cut black plastic garbage bag to help block the light from the root systems

Why Sweet Potatoes?

Well why not?
"...Nutrition
Sweet potato is high in carbohydrates and vitamin A and can produce more edible energy per hectare per day than wheat, rice or cassava. It has an abundance of uses ranging from consumption of fresh roots or leaves to processing into animal feed, starch, flour, candy, and alcohol..."
(taken from International Potato Center at http://www.cipotato.org/sweetpotato/)

Plus lets not forget that Sweet Potatoes are delicious!

Day 24 - Surviving

I've been gone for about 5 days and came back to some better roots and some new leaves, yay! some of the roots are now touching the water which kinda goes against my aeroponic pride. This Hydroponic/Aeroponic combo is working well for getting the roots to come out. I will go back to the pure Aeroponic setup once all the plants are better rooted.

Day 17

This closed system technique is the way to go for cloning cuttings. The root systems are growing fast now. I am going to be away for 6 days and really wonder what I am going to come back to!