The Twelve Roots · Season 1

The Lettuce Pray Challenge

Welcome to the Lettuce Pray Challenge. The only lettuce ever judged by archangels.
What this is

Each season, the Grove family plants twelve seeds in a single hydroponic unit and turns it into a competition. Each grower drafts two pods — one of each variety — named after a biblical apostle. Each week, a panel of three archangels scores every pod on five metrics. After seven weeks, someone wins. Someone else has to live with the fact that their pod was called "the Judas problem" in a weekly recap.

This is Season 1. The seeds went in on March 17th. The domes came off on March 24th. The scoring began on March 31st. Four weeks remain. The leaderboard is closer than anyone expected, and the harvest bonus hasn't been played yet.

Something is always growing here.

Coming Summer 2026 Season 2 — The Sunflower Showdown. Twelve sunflowers. Five growers. One raised bed. A completely different kind of patience.
Season 1 · All sections Season calendar
Wk 1 Seeds In 03/17–03/23
Wk 2 Domes Off 03/24–03/30
Wk 3 Scoring 03/31–04/06
Wk 4 Scoring 04/07–04/13
Wk 5 Harvest? 04/14–04/20
Wk 6 Scoring 04/21–04/27
Wk 7 Final 04/28–05/04
Current standings · through Week 3
1
The Control GroupReed
98
2
The Quiet OnesHazel
97
3
The Ledger MenWoody
93
4
The Full PlatesWillow
83
5
The Field NotesMaple
73
The growers
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Reed The Control Group
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Hazel The Quiet Ones
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Woody The Ledger Men
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Willow The Full Plates
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Maple The Field Notes