[Salmo]

Suttons Swift chitted 34 out of 35 now all growing well.

Seed growers will have tested every batch of seed to ensure that they meet legal standards for selling seed.

The problem is usually with the grower. My experience is that sweetcorn needs to be warm to germinate and the compost is best just moist. When they are chitted on damp kitchen paper they have taken up enough moisture to keep them going for a while without soaking the compost.

[MoreWhisky]

My northern extra sweet have all germinated. I did chit them tho.

[JayG]

The problem is usually with the grower. My experience is that sweetcorn needs to be warm to germinate and the compost is best just moist. When they are chitted on damp kitchen paper they have taken up enough moisture to keep them going for a while without soaking the compost.

Well this particular grower ( ) used exactly the same sowing technique as for several previous years which always had an all-but 100% success rate.

I think the chitting success rate of the "fresh" seed speaks for itself (and for the 1-year old F1 seeds it's about what I would have expected.)