failures

I'm giving up on some plants. They're just so stunted from the poor soil I used when seedlings, when I couldn't buy the ProMix. Some I have repotted in better soil, or am hoping they might recover when planted into the ground soon. Others I've already thrown on the compost heap, think they'll never get over the lack of nutrients in their youth. Like the fenugreek, so pale

and all arrested in growth. My basils have okay color, but haven't grown any. The peppers have remained this size 

compared to the bought ones

Of all the alyssums, only the white one has grown any at all- every single pink and purple is stunted. Even those I planted out in the front perennial bed weeks ago, haven't grown at all.

One of my dill pots is decent

the other pathetic

Chervil also stunted. Cut a bit of it to toss into a soup but it wasn't much more than a garnish.

All the second set of marigolds have been this size, with oddly upfolded leaves, for weeks and weeks

while the few I planted earlier (decent soil) are ready to go in the garden

At least my tomatoes seem partly recovered, so I hope they might do better once in the ground

A few have little tomatoes on them already

That's not the end of it, sigh. Benne, amaranth 'calaloo', thyme, summer savory, tithonias, zebrina flower (hollyhock mallow), asters are all arrested in growth. It makes me feel ashamed, to look at all these tiny halted plants compared to same kinds I saw at the nursery just a few weeks ago.