Grow Write Guild #10: This Plant is Driving Me Nuts

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We all have one plant (or a few) that we do not understand. For me it was radish. In my first few years as a rooftop gardener, every radish crop I tried to grow came out wooden, under-sized, and pathetic. Radishes are easy to grow (given the right conditions) and I eventually figured out what it was that I was doing wrong. These days I can look back on that time and laugh, but in the moment my so-called “failure” in this area was a bit demoralizing.

Grow Write Guild Prompt #10: Write about a plant that you do not understand. You tried. It died. What does it want?

    Further Notes & Questions:

  • Is this a plant you are currently struggling with, or one that you’ve had problems with in the past?
  • If this is a past plant, was there resolution? Were you ever able to get it to work?
  • Do you know why you have (or have had) problems with this particular plant? Or is it still a mystery?
  • Consider writing this as a mystery using all of the cheesy mystery genre hallmarks.

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Gayla Trail
Gayla is a writer, photographer, and former graphic designer with a background in the Fine Arts, cultural criticism, and ecology. She is the author, photographer, and designer of best-selling books on gardening, cooking, and preserving.

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8 thoughts on “Grow Write Guild #10: This Plant is Driving Me Nuts

  1. Hi Gayla,
    it took me a while!
    But I got there!
    A bit like trying to grow Basil!
    Really enjoying the prompts
    love Nicola
    Sunny(for a change! UK XX

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