24 days after planting (7/6/09):

35 days after planting (7/17/09):

From Dave Fujino, Ph.D., Executive Director at the UC Davis California Center for Urban Horticulture:

 “As you can see on the Day 35 picture, the plugs are growing quite well.  There appears to be less growth for those in the shade, but the shaded plugs are growing and look healthy.  The 2 plots have been weeded and I was told been treated with Surflan.  I am having one of the sites treated with EM (effective microorganisms) to see if there is a qualitative effect on growth and appearance.  Remember that these plugs got off to a slow start, since they were sitting in a plug tray for more than a month. “