Beginning of June, and after las year´s failure using excessively fertile potting mix, another attempt with these two this year using a mixture of sieved soil and leaf compost, from under a pile of cut brush. Both germinated fairly readily, the pigeon pea quicker and with a much higher rate. Here's what it looked like after 18 days.
The tagasaste germinated much more erratically, but started off looking healthy. The differences really happened after planting out in July. The pigeon pea, mostly planted around the outer drip-lines of fruit trees, grew and thrived, reaching head-height by teh end of summer. The tagasaste, well, it just didn´t grow much. By the end of September the tallest had gained a height of, cue drum-roll, 25cm. Maybe it simply does not like this calcareous soil.
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