...I had one plant that had been rootbound early on (finally corrected that!), and though it was always showing signs of growth, it was way behind the others. I kept it, though, because it had insanely tight internode spacing, and was kinda growing like a true bonsai all on its own.

Sadly, on my first real fan malfunction, I cooked it. Mehupe. Cooked another promising seedling alongside 'er that was coming up fast. Sigh.

My big girls recovered fine... though I realize that I really gotta get caught up on my own logging here soon...

If you can give the little one space (and time), and hey--check to see if it's rootbound--it might grow up to be a nice healthy plant, or perhaps a self-initiated bonsai mum for others to grow from!

Or it might make a nice cup o' tea, if it don't shape up!