Time for plants!

The water has been recirculating for severals days without incident and the Raspberry Pi has been happily tweeting every hour in its new home for a while.  Time to add some plants.

I bought some smaller solo cups and cut slits in the bottom, the same way I did for the fish tank pilot study I did this winter. It allows a bit of water to seep into the cup and get soaked up my the perlite. Kind of hard to see, sorry.

I then cut the cups down to a size that would let them only peek up over the gutter. Then I filled them about half way with what I refer to as cocoa puffs. They are obviously not cocoa puffs, but larger and should provide more structure than the perlite will for the deeper roots. Basically just like perlite though, super porous material that the roots can grab onto and can soak up lots of water.

I then filled these nearly to the top with perlite, added seeds, then another 1/4 inch of perlite on top of the seeds. I used some green tape to label each gutter spot with what seeds I planted. 

I planted chives, chamomile, watermelon (probably not going to work but I though it would be fun to try), rosemary, lemongrass, peppermint, two hot pepper plants, anise, two cherry tomato plants, lavender, bell peppers, and tarragon. 

I can't believe I forgot mint, cilantro and basil. Oh well, I will plant these if any of my first set of sets don't take off. 

Also given that my tomatoes will need support at some point, it should be fairly easy to attach some vertical supports to the wooden frame of the greenhouse. 

All set and ready to grow!