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The first thing that came to mind when opening the shipping box was that only three of the seven bio-dome pods actually had seeds in them. It turns out that due to the relatively small size of the AeroGarden, it doesn’t have the space required to support seven growing tomato plants.
Fair enough, after all the reason I bought the AeroGarden was because of its small size.
Surprisingly even with only three plants it didn’t take very long for the plants to outgrow the space required and you will definitely need to spend at least a few minutes each week trimming your plants other wise they will grow to a point where the lights in the hood will start to kill the plant.
Besides the unexpected maintenance I can’t say I experienced any difficulty with the Cherry Tomato kit from start to blossoming, which took me about three weeks. Once the blossoms turned into actual tomatoes I had a little trouble remembering to trim the plant which caused some leaves to die.
However the resulting harvest was definitely worth the investment of time as I rediscovered my love for tomato sandwiches and fresh tomatoes taste far better then ones that have been sitting in my refrigerator for two weeks..
