[Anton]

Advice please. I sowed my Crimson Crush seeds (all 10 of them) in one pot on 2 March and placed them on the kitchen windowsill. No sign of any seedlings yet.
The day before I sowed some Beefsteak type Crimsons Crush-type seeds (can't remember the correctname for the moment) and placed them on the same windowsill. And they all came up a week later.
Is it worth waiting any longer for the Crimson Crush seeds to sprout?


Anton

[mumofstig]

Might be worth trying some bottom heat before giving up on them completely.

[missmoneypenny]

Bin them, but only saying that because I grew them last year and found them tasteless- tbh could be because I bought grafted plants and I gather they aren’t generally over endowed in the taste department.

[Anton]

Thanks for the replies. How would I apply bottom heat?
I actually like the taste of these tomatoes.

[Growster...]

I think germination times have gone out of the window this year...

I sowed three packets of 'Shirley' toms, and they've taken a month to germinate, which is unheard of these days, so I guess you might want to wait a while longer!

Some cheapo freebie 'Roma' from last year just romped away though!

Keep this thread going though, as the 'Shirley' were in pretty old compost which actually ponged a bit, and I got a refund , (or three new packets from our fave GC, who got the Unwins rep to refund them, so all was not lost), and to compensate, I bought a brand-new bag of peat-free compost with John Innes, with which another customer had claimed 100% germination, so we'll see what happens!

Phew...

[steven c]

bottom heat from an electric propagator or an airing cupboard [until they sprout] we use electric propagators in cold greenhouse this seems to work well they have a thermostat that switches off if greenhouse temp goes up i think worth the investment and they do not use loads of power to run   good luck.

[Anton]

Thanks for all this advice. While I am waiting for this sleepy lot of tomatoes to stir themselves, I have had another thought. I have another two packets of seeds (10 seeds in each. I wonder if I could try chitting one packet (like I do with my beans and beetroots). Put them on a damp paper towel in a plastic box and close the lid. Any thoughts on this please? (I still don't understand why the beefsteak variety are thriving and I put them in exactly the same pot and soil and placed them in exactly the same place on the kitchen windowsill!)

Anton

[Snowboar]

Beefsteak probably grow faster because there bigger and have to grow at a faster rate to crop

[Anton]

Thanks for the tip