From then on. we ran to the garden every day-anxious like greedy cats. After 10 days, they did indeed sprout. At first, the sprouts were tight tender yellow tips, and soon afterwards, they grew into two small petals, fleshy, like a small open mouth. We yelled happily. Grandma asked us to measure the height of the seedlings once every five days and put a stick into the earth as a marker. It was very interesting. The seedlings grew so fast that several more sticks were added, each being much taller than the previous one.