I have some arugula and kale that I WSed (in containers) and some that I just scattered onto the dirt, meaning it hung out all winter, but without its own personal WS recycled greenhouse. For both the arugula and the kale, the WS stuff was a bit bigger early on, but then its bed fellows seemed to mostly catch up. But the WS plants bolted WAY ahead of the others. I had three foot tall seed stalks on the WS kale, but the direct seeded kale didn't even start to flower.

Is this something others have experienced as well?