If you have 12 little pots and seeds coming up beautifully in 9 of them how long do you give the other 3? Just wondering what other gardeners do. Bearing in mind that space in propogator or on windowsill may be limited.
Depends what they are, I sow some seeds that I know won’t germinate until autumn or even next Spring. Some seeds need an outside winter before they’ll germinate.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
If 9 out of 12 germinate that’s a pretty good success rate I just wondered how long other people gave their seedlings before giving up. Like to give them every chance but obviously space is limited.
Mine get till I pot them on, like you limited space, so if 9 are up and that is enough then tip out the rest. I usually do it somewhere that if one suddenly appears it could be salvaged.
I thought the OP was talking about other pots not germinated, not seeds in the same pots, so yes I agree, if nine seeds out of twelve in the same pot have germinated I’d through away the rest.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
Sorry I wasn’t more clear I just think it’s strange, I have about 180 sweet peas all sown at the same time in the same way about 10 different varieties and it’s amazing how some are really tall then in the next tube exactly the same variety is only just poking through. About 40 tubes are showing nothing at all, different types. I may give them another week then empty them into a big pot and see if anything happens.
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They will germinate the next day.
Happened to me last week with some tomato seedlings. Now I don’t know which varieties they are.🙄
If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.
Some seeds need an outside winter before they’ll germinate.