Beginner Gardening: Should I forget about a garden? (Albuquerque/zone7 advice), 1 by Dorkasaurus

Dorkasaurus wrote:
June I've decided not to worry about it. Peppers are always my primary goal but my seedlings planted way back in March never really grew. I still have them but they only have their first set of true leaves and I highly doubt they will do much. Initially I suspected I was over watering, but easing up on water killed a few. So now I have seedlings that are about 90 days old and maybe 2" tall. Of course I knew something was wrong within a week or two of germination but failed to correct it. To put this in perspective here's a pic of my first attempt at starting from seed, and these are what I had after 39 short days from the time the seeds went into the soil. One leaf off of any plant in the picture probably has more surface area that all my current seedlings combined =(

I'm kicking myself now because I had plenty of time to start over and the weather this year was looking good for an early start (compared to the last few years here) but I dropped the ball completely. So now I get boring Jalapenos instead of what I really wanted. (Jalapenos are my favorite all around pepper but my local grocery always has a mountain of them for sale so I usually don't grow them) Thank goodness for local grower's markets.. they ensure I'll get some fresh veggies even if I can't grow them myself this year lol

This message was edited Jun 9, 2010 2:09 AM