2 weeks later (11/29), after various sprouts, cat kills, & culls:

Here are the tubgirls in all their glory.

T.2: You can really see the dense secondary growth making the plant look more & more like a head of cabbage. Hence the name "Midget Cabbage X".

T.4: There's a little burn on the 1st leaf from me setting a light down on the plant. Cosmetic damage only. I've learnd long ago that cosmetic damage does not affect plant performance.

T.5-T.7: AKA The Bird, The Canoe, & The Runt (pic of runt on next post)