well im in fl....and they arent full leaves....there just those pairs that come out 2 each time....my one has 2 big leaves at the bottom and then a second set with 3 blades each.......its a month into grow and its only a couple inches tall with 2-3 leaves......this is good....ive grown befor and they were much bigger but that was indoors....and its just soil that mother earth had set up....its a hundred percent natural