Let's call it a dead heat. Rocket and lettuce. Seeds sown Sunday, both were up by the time I got home from work late Wednesday afternoon. Unfortunately I wasn't there to see the winner emerge, but it must have been a photo finish!
Lettuce is quick when the weather suits it, but at other times of year it slows down, taking up to a week to sprout.
Interestingly, only half the lettuce seeds are up. I bought a packet of mixed 'mesclun' lettuce seed, and in the right-side punnets I planted all light-coloured lettuce seeds, and in the left punnets I planted all dark-coloured lettuce seeds. The lights won the lettuce race but I'll never know who won the vegie race. That was a very quick dead heat.
The same thing happened with my romaine lettuce duo, one type sprouted faster than the other. I don't remember which sprouted first, the dark or the white seeds.
ReplyDeleteGreat stuff - love the seed races so much more than the horsey type!
ReplyDeleteCheers
Lanie