The above photo was taken March 1, 2013. The fruits were growing steadily though the color was still green.

These plants have grown so high they reach the ceiling. There was no way for me to install supports for them so I just let them grow. I never thought they would grow this big. I suppose the tallest one was about 2.2 meters high. The plants you see in the above picture were grown in the heated room. How well did the plants grow in the unheated room?

Of the plants in the unheated room, these are the taller ones. I’d guess they are about 1.7 meters high.

The dense plants grew without wilting. For this experiment, I cared for the plants as little as possible so they were naturally dense with many leaves and branches. Looking back on the experiment, good results growing the plants in the dense setting required adequate care. Some of the dense plants seem to have been damaged, as their branches and leaves were entwined and hurting others. Although the hydroponic method provides plants with good quality nutrients, I think each plant in the dense setting had difficulty receiving adequate nutrition. In this setting, if the plants had had more water circulation and more frequent fertilization, the problem of slow development may have been solved. Even so, the problem of entangled branches remains. Therefore, I think you should trim extra branches as you usually do during watering. The seedlings in the following photo are planted at two-finger intervals from each other.

These are the plants with the firm branches and leaves. I moved the base of these plants to the window. I hoped they would grow tall. Since the poles were not long enough, I used strings suspended from the curtain rail to support the growing seedlings.

The plants in different settings have been blooming and developing. Every seedling has been growing well. I’ve just been watering (with liquid fertilizer) lately. It’s very easy and I think this method is fully practical for home use. I hope the future reports will provide you with useful information.