First week of February.

I watered on January 26. Here is the shot of what appears to still be healthy plants other than the obvious stretching for light. 

I can also announce that we started harvesting our first green onion leaves around this day. No taste difference was detected between any of the four water harvesting methods. All did in fact taste like green onions though. 

BAD NEWS

Yesterday, February 6, I can finally report my first bad news. It is happening slowly, but I am about to receive some deaths. I am certain that he problem is not from the water harvesting methods though. I believe that the problem stems from a combination of overwatering and lack of sun. I noticed the start of serious rot on the stem of an onion in the well water pot. When I pulled it out to see if it was salvageable I noticed the same problem, although not as severe, on some specimens in the three other pots as well. The following pictures display the problems. Ironically, the microwaved water specimen currently has the least amount of rot. This could have to do with it being the specimen closer to the indirect sun, but I think it just has to be luck of the draw. Note the writing on each pot in these photos. 

 The specimen pulled out is from well water. Microwaved water is on the left. 

I will continue with the experiment while trying to nurse them through this tough time. We have seen the sun fewer than 7 days in the last month and a half so I could be fighting a losing battle.