[GrannieAnnie]

Hmm was there anything you did differently GrannieAnnie last year to this year?....

If they were the same seeds I sent Grannie for last year its probably because the age of the seeds. They were from 2006 !

They're slow to germinate and need plenty of heat, I scatter a liberal handful of seeds from 2006 in a pot at the start of the year and had about 30% germinate.

That's the ones!       AAhhh I'd forgotten how old they were Lardy, could explain it and I don't have a heated propagator either!