simon@masscomp.ccur.com (Simon Rosenthal) (09/20/90)
Many will remember that a one of the experiments in a (recent ?) space shuttle flight involved exposing some tomato seeds to space conditions for the duration of the flight. The seeds were subsequently distributed to schools all across the country, with the aim of discovering whether spaceflight had had any effect on their growth capabilities. Here's a report from the 5th grade at the Bridge School, Lexington, Mass. My son was presented with a pot containing a healthy looking plant at the end of school last summer ; it's been sitting on our deck since then, watered, fertilized once or twice. Several flowers, but none of them set, and NO TOMATOES ! I'd be interested to know if anyone (or their kids) out there had any better luck. - Simon _______________________________________________________________________________ Simon Rosenthal: ___________ Concurrent Computer Corporation / _________/_ Westford, MA 01886 /_/________/ / Internet: simon@westford.ccur.com