[JulesJ]

I only sowed 2 seeds as that's all I had, and one has come up in the heated propagator - it's about 0.5 cm tall, the leaves are still furled up and the head is bent over. What do I do now? Leave it in its cell-canister with lid on but off the heated propagator base? Prick out into separate pot and put on southfacing windowsill with foil-covered card behind? The ambient temperature in the house is around 17 deg, and I don't want to shock it, given my abysmal record with propagator growing so far.

[mumofstig]

IMO I'd leave it alone for 24hrs or so to see if the other one comes up...fingers crossed after that take the lid off for a few days.Then take off the heated base.  Then when it's got a bit greener and stronger prick it into it's own tiny pot to grow on....hopefully by then you will have two HA HA
Move them onto a bright windowsill....south with full sun might be a bit too strong/hot at this stage.....don't want to cook them and yes the foil behind does help.
Good luck and we all have failures...... so don't get disheartened

[JulesJ]

Thank you - that's perfect

I've just pricked out some snapdragons - they're so small and thin I'll be surprised if any of them survive, but I did my best. I was all fingers and thumbs with them - terribly shaky hands!

[JulesJ]

Sadly the solitary aubergine seems to have died before I could even consider taking the lid off. This is not looking good for my growing record this year. Wondering if I'll get anything at all to plant out.

[Stripey_cat]

You really need to take the lid off as soon as you see movement.  If you're worried about the cold, dry the lid and put it back on at night.

[JulesJ]

Thanks - I'll do that. I think the issue could be dry soil, that I didn't wet it enough before sowing. I checked all the other canisters last night and they were bone-dry even though there was plenty of condensation on the lids, so I've given them all a drink. A lesson learned. A couple of the antirrhinums seem to be surviving in a pot without a lid but on the heated base.