Results and discussion
Effects of harvesting interval and plant density on vegetative plant growth.
The first flowers appeared thirty-three days after plants were transplanted into the aeroponic system. Flowering continued for the duration of the four month trial period for 50% of the plants. This could be explained by the extension of the growing season as plants were continually initiating new stems. In another greenhouse aeroponic study, the plants lasted even up to seven months before complete senescence though the cultivar was a medium-late maturing ‘Nagore’ (Ritter et al. 2001).