I usually "cheat" and just pick up a tiny plant at a nursery. Pepper plants are good because they're easy to grow and don't take up much space...perfect for a balcony or small patio.

I hope your avocados recover....

Fresh tomatoes...mail me some

I remember they made us grow beans on cotton wool back in 4th grade. It was ultimate torture because none of mine would ever sprout. So I grew them on soil, uprooted them and washed them clean on the day of the deadline, put them on cotton wool and took them to school. The teacher was absolutely fooled.

That is really wonderful! And seeing as all the tomatoes on the market right now are tainted, you will soon be able to eat tomatoes without fear! Good work!

coming from another garden noob, that's pretty amazing

i tried growing some cress recently lol...i was told it was the easiest thig to grow but boy was i wrong..
you have to teach me your ways!

This post was last modified: 07-11-2008 12:32 PM by jales.

The cactus is the easiest plant to grow, its built to survive drought, and protected from animals!

Congrats on the tomatoes Jeremi, I'm sure they'll taste so good when they're ripe My mum and I planted a paprika seed when I was a kid, and we managed to get a little red paprika (bell pepper) from it. It is to this day the tastiest paprika I've ever eaten, the flavour was so sweet and concentrated cos of all the sunlight it had absorbed, yum!
I planted an orange seed as well, which grew into a nice little tree about 50-60 cm before it died from the cat constantly peeing on it lol. The leaves smelt great though, very citrusy

Yeah I had a pepper plant once, it was thriving, alas don't know what happened to it though.