I'd like to start this week by posting a correction regarding some of my previous comments...

Last week, I expressed puzzlement regarding our eggplant fruits, and why they weren't growing any larger.  Now I know better.  The Bambino Baby Eggplant is only expected to grow to a diameter of approximately 1.5".  Our little guys are fully mature, and nothing is wrong.

Actually, I'm very much looking forward to cooking the little Bambinos.  I'm thinking that I can skewer them whole, and grill an entire bunch of them on a kabob.  In theory, if they cook with the skin on, they should retain all their moisture.

Here's a photo of the first (and largest) of the Bambinos.  It's the same one featured in previous posts:

We're planning some new experiments in the near future.  I've started to purchase the items to construct an aeroponic unit from scratch.  Thus far, we've acquired a bunch of the Microjet sprayers (the little water sprayers inside an aeroponic unit), some 3" and 6" net pots, and some bulkhead connectors (used for passing a pipe through the wall or floor of a container).  We'd like to build a single-site aeroponic unit, specifically for larger plants, such as the eggplant.  Although our eggplant has been a success, it's really been a bad neighbor to the other plants in the TurboGarden.  I haven't found any other units to our liking, so we'll be building our own.

We've looked into a few types of materials.  At the moment, we're leaning toward making some custom plexi-glass "lids" for some planters.  One of the goals for this projects is to create an aeroponic unit with less expense than a commercially built unit.

This week's overview photo: