The scraps that you used won't hurt by adding them to the soil. I'd be careful with sugar though. It's best to have a pre-made organic compost if you wanna go that route. Make yourself a compost pile and toss out organic scraps and pile soil on top...let it break down for a while, then keep layering scaps + topsoil, then turn it over and cultivate it ever so often...I had the same problem here. also my first time grow
what I did was get soil from my garden & added apple skin, eggshell, sugar, & other natural food scraps, looked for earthworms & added those. then found small rocks and triggs to mix in with the compost & planted my seeds there after the root started growing. its been a while & they are doing great. so im guessing it works.
