AstraeaLunaAvani
Assistant Cook
This is only my 2nd summer growing my own vegetables and herbs, and I am still unsure if growing from seeds is better. I only did it because it's cheaper, and I wanted to grow a lot of things (around 20 or so), so that would be very expensive to buy all those as already established plants. But I'd say 75% of the seeds I plant don't grow, or they grow so badly that it becomes not worth it. I keep them well watered and in as much sun as possible, but I've always had them in pots, on a deck. Last year I used peat containers and hated them because you're supposed to plant them in with the dirt and they never disintigrate so they just look bad. This year I tried plastic ones that don't break apart and it was a disaster, I couldn't get the plants out without squeezing the bottom hoping it would push them out but most of the time I had to pull up from the plant itself.
Am I having bad luck because I haven't done this very much or because it's just hard to grow from seeds in general? I really can't afford to buy all the things I want as already established plants.
Am I having bad luck because I haven't done this very much or because it's just hard to grow from seeds in general? I really can't afford to buy all the things I want as already established plants.