As you can tell I have 2 different plants on separate ends of an EarthBox. The one is just a little behind due to a freak accident. I sprouted both directly in the EarthBox and ( I swear I am not making this up) the moment I saw one of the plants sprouting I looked down and one of the red wiggle worms in my EarthBox plowed right over it and broke the tiny little stem. So I had to sow another one. That is why one is slightly bigger. It is a few days older.