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Using Fert-Dirt gives less problems than if you just filled your bowl with regular dirt in the ground.
*Hint* Don't over water, somewhere in these two guides below it explains everything you need to know.
Growing plants isn't hard you just need to be able to visit it everyday for 7 days and buy certain potions to fix the problems.

http://www.uoguide.com/Plants_%26_Seeds
http://www.uoguide.com/Gardening

Good Luck, Next time ill make a start up kit in a bag with the dirt, potions bowl seed ect