Taking stock of the seeds I planted 9 days ago, already there are varying degrees of progress.

I had a bit of a rookie scare with white mold (which I now know was in fact a fungus) on the lettuce seedlings but thanks to the folks over at the GardenWeb forums my concerns were allayed.

Here is a summary of the current seedling status:

Lettuce

Height: 7 cm
Variability: Significant deviation in angle, colour and height.
Characteristics: Floppy, unenthusiastic, probably jealous of the broccoli.

Broccoli

Height: 7 cm
Variability: Quite consistent.
Characteristics: Upright, sturdy, a good example to the lettuce.

Tomatoes (Harbinger & Cherry)

Height: 5 cm
Variability: Lots. Short, tall, floppy, open, closed. You name it.
Characteristics: Bit of a slow grower but with larger leaves than the others.

Chilies

Height: 0 cm
Variability: None.
Characteristics: Invisible. Maybe check back in a while.

The last chilies I grew had quite a long germination phase so I won’t write them off just yet. There are some others I bought from Lidl a few weeks ago that are a little further along, so for the moment – here’s some I made earlier (note hint of aforementioned white fungus):