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to HATE it when i'm given plants to grow BECAUSE ALL I CAN GROW IS WEEDS!

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ja9 · 20/06/2009 20:47

I've been given plants from birthday parties, sunday school, nursery, family gatherings AND I CAN'T GROW THE DARN THINGS. My poor poor dc are so disappointed with each failure...

On Friday I collected my dc from nursery to be greeted with a pack of seeds from each of them - some sort of freebie promotion from morrisions. AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH

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choccynutter · 20/06/2009 21:05

...sorry not laughing at you it jst sound like me ...sort i can grow mine but then the cats chew all leaves of ....and that keep away cat gel dosen't work belive me a spent a bomb on the stuff for them just to walk over it . just plant them remember to water them you should be ok get some plant food if needs be good luck xx

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 20/06/2009 21:34

What kind of seeds? Some plants are damn near impossible to fuck up.

Until a herd of cattle arrive in your garden, of course.

Lotster · 20/06/2009 22:30

You can make a tidy earner selling weed though.

midlandsmumof4 · 20/06/2009 23:42

at Lotster. Weeds are plants though-they just don't grow in the proper place .

Nahui · 21/06/2009 00:23

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OldLadyKnowsNothing · 21/06/2009 00:30

Sunflowers are dead easy. They were planting them on Chris Evan's radio show the other week, so maybe it's not too late?

Plant them pointing up, btw.

Grendle · 21/06/2009 12:12

YANBU. I feel exactly the same! I know it's my fault I never remember to water them so they die, but there you go. I remember to give the kids food and drink .

ja9 · 21/06/2009 21:58

OLKN - i kill sunflowers. honestly. have done it several times over....

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OldLadyKnowsNothing · 21/06/2009 22:08

Oh.

How are you with spider plants?

looks round at room festooned with the damn things

sweetnitanitro · 21/06/2009 22:14

You say 'weed', I say 'native wild flower'

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