herb planting. two weeks later

I felt I should give a little update on how my herbs are coming along. So far they're looking great! All but one have started growing. Some are looking huge and you wouldn't have guessed that I'd only planted them two weeks ago.

Let's see how the ones that had already sprouted last Friday are doing. Catgrass is definitely looking biggest with its tall shoots. But it's starting to bend down a bit. I think I may need to move it to a new home soon. Chamomile is looking taller and seems to be growing another set of leaves.

Spinach is also quite tall. It's started sprouting a second set of leaves now. Basil is getting so much bigger than before cause it's leaves are getting rounder.

Catnip is also sprouting a second set of leaves and it's looking mini but strong. Dill is so skinny I can't believe it's holding itself and the leaves up especially with being so tall.

The rest didn't even sprout their little heads till this week. Mini bell peppers are looking really strong and healthy. I'm surprised that it's growing as fast as it has in the last week. I think that its leaves are my favorite out of all my plants. Lemon balm is still tiny but pretty decent for being less than a week old.

Parsley took much longer to grow than I thought it would have. But it's looking pretty good so far. Mint is really small as it barely poked it's head out. I thought that maybe it wouldn't even take this year (which would have been disappointing since the mints are what I'm looking forward to the most).

Peppermint has the smallest sprout ever. I didn't even see it coming up until yesterday. I've heard that mints are much more difficult to grow compared to other herbs because they're so finicky. Lavender is the only one that has yet sprout. I've read that it can take up to 21 days to start growing so I haven't lost hope yet!

I need to take the weekend to read up on when I should thin my herbs (aka kill all but one of my little sprouts per herb). Also I need to find out when I should transplant them to their forever homes. I have a feeling catgrass will be coming to that stage soon. If that's the case I will need to find planters for each of them (or maybe a long herb windowsill planter for a couple of them) and I will need to buy some soil. I'm really excited for them to start getting bigger and fill my desk with their amazing scents and color.