[bedifferent]

Last year i had a very bad time getting the baove to grow when sown directly into the plot. This year i have sown them in pots in our sun room (room temp). They have all germinated but i am alarmed at the fact that the seedlings are about 5 inches long for both cauli and swede. If i remember correctly when bying these plants in pots they don't generally seems so ......leggy for want of a better expression. Have i done something wrong???

[DD.]

Too warm!

& Swede are way too early!

I start mine in a greenhouse with only enough heat to keep the frost off.

Swede I won't contemplate until at least April/May.

[richyrich7]

DD.'s right bedifferent, I'd chuck them away and start again to be honest.

[Aunt Sally]

It's winter.  Most seeds should still be asleep 

[GrannieAnnie]

All my seeds are still asleep!!!  on a chair in the dining room!

[bedifferent]

Is there no way of saving them??

[DD.]

At 5" tall in a heated room?

Sadly I think not. and personally I wouldn't go to the effort of trying.

It's much easier to re-sow, this time somewhere much cooler and much much later as far as the swede are concerned

[randombod]

to be honest i had similar problems last yr with leggy things i endevoured with them but to be honest throw them and start again its not worth the hassle. my sprouts bolted over 5ft last yr and that was just in the ground left alone and they tasted blooming 'orrible