this is 2 sprouted cherry tomato plants from the same seed packet. the green sprout on the right is about a month older than the tall sprout with leaves on the left, but they’re from the same packet! i couldn’t figure out what was happening with the sprout on the right, so i decided to crack open the peat pellet to see if there was a rock stuck under the roots or something.

THE PLANT IS UPSIDE DOWN??? LEAVES INSTEAD OF ROOTS??? WHAAAAAAAT?????

there’s one root next to the leaves, but why did the leaves not grow up with the top of the plant?

oh, that’s why. it looks like the leaves got stuck in the seed coat somehow. maybe the seed was cracked when i planted it, but there was no way this was going to turn into anything besides a stem. i threw this one away.

this one looks alright though! i’ll check back in on it in about a month and maybe it’ll be ready to go outside by then.