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This week at Davis: 6 January 2012
Hydroponics in Antarctica is a wonderful place to be on a cold morning. With room temperature somewhere around 25ºC and the smell of tomatoes in the air.
The outgoing 2011 winter crew left us with some tomato seedlings about an inch high in November. They have flourished into fruit-producing plants over 3 foot high in just over a month. Our cucumbers are coming along well, as are our varieties of lettuce, rocket and silverbeet.
With the daily roster of Hydro Helpers checking on 'the babies' we are hoping to harvest a record amount of produce this year, and maybe even take out the Antarctic Biggest Vegetable award 2012.
Stay tuned!
Tomatoes going strong
(Photo: Darryl Seidel)
One of the babies
(Photo: Darryl Seidel)
Lettuce, rocket and silverbeet bay
(Photo: Darryl Seidel)
