An infestation of some sort of mite or gnat started a couple of weeks ago, which I tracked on Folia in my journals. Long story short, my 2-Tri-Towers are decommissioned, and only two plants survived, a jalapeño and a cucumber, which have been transplanted into my newly refurbished portable tower and poised to be mounted out on my deck in full view of the sun. As for the decommissioned towers, I removed them, and reorganized the remaining space and re-opened the window to the street (since I am not so worried about yield anymore). In general, I think it was a little too crowded for my aims, or in the least not lain out properly. Due to my preoccupations the past months, I have been tearing out plants almost daily, and have nothing to replace them with since I never started a second round of seeds.
I do have a few relatively healthy plants left that I hope will produce something: basil, cantaloupe, squash, some other beans. So at this point I am seeing myself falling quite short of any hope for self-sufficiency this time around.
p.s. Sorry I have no pictures this time, my camera is refusing to upload.
