Your plant nemesis

[bridgetmkennitt]

We all have at least one. It's that plant that you try to grow and grow, but for some reason or another, it just dies or doesn't bloom or doesn't grow any vegetables.

What plant do you consider your nemesis?

Comments

[theora]

Yes! I also fail at radishes. Mostly they don't bulb up, but I am also acquainted with the "very small bitter rocks with worm holes in them" you describe. I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. But I've given up and now grow salad turnips (Hakurei is the variety I like), which do work reliably and taste nicer too. They do take about a week or two longer than radishes, however. 35 days.

[3rdragon]

Turnips are easier than radishes, you say? Interesting. I do like Hakurei, and had mostly written off turnips as "won't be any better than radishes."

[theora]

I thought the same thing - they're pretty much radishes, right? But no, they've been totally reliable for me (the Hakurei, anyway, I haven't tried any of the longer season storagey ones). And my daughter loves them. They're one of the things she specifically requested to grow in her little patch this year.