Goofus and Gallant

These are two lemon basil plants that were potted up at the same time.

June 10th.

I put one on the back deck and left one on the front steps, to see how much the sun made a difference. Earlier in May I had tried to put two seedlings on the back deck and they just sat there for two weeks not growing at all. This back deck lemon basil fared a little better, I believe because it started out much bigger.

June 24th, two weeks later. Back deck basil on the right.

But it was still clearly lagging. And yesterday I brought it back to the front and checked them out side-by-side.

July 5th, back deck basil on the right.

The one good thing about the back deck is that the soil holds onto to moisture much longer, so the plants don't need to be watered every single day. But it's clearly not an area where plants thrive, except maybe arugula, which is a shame because it's right outside the kitchen window.