[solway cropper]

They just seem to be one of those things that is very particular about conditions. I sowed a half tray last year and ended up with three plants but they are now looking very healthy in the herb garden. I've sowed another lot this year...and I'm still waiting for them to show four weeks later.

[PembsPanther]

Mine have started to poke through the soil as of this morning so germination has taken 9 days from sowing. This was done simply in 2 pots with plastic bags over them on the kitchen window sill.
Now lets see what they end up like.............

[hubballi]

2 or more weeks on in the house at an even temp and no germination again 

[allotmentann]

I had very poor germination rates with garlic chives last year, and those that did germinate, died off not long after. It was an old packet of seed though. I planted new seed this year and all of the paper pots have at least one germinated seed in. They took between one to two weeks to germinate, but that was indoors, in a warm room, although it was an unheated propogator. I am in the process of transplanting them into bigger pots and will be interested to see whether I have any success growing them to full size plants. I will just keep trying until I get it right! I think another time though, I will try growing directly into a 4-6inch pot (on the window sill and covered with a bag until germination). Then I won't have to move them until they are so big that  they won't mind! And if (I should be so lucky!) too many germinate for the pot I can always thin them. I am going to try this with several herb varieties where I am having similar problems with them being too small and delicate to pot on, but really they need it.

[hubballi]

Still nothing showing. I give up as I am doing all the right things.

[JayG]

Still nothing showing. I give up as I am doing all the right things.

Not quite! Saw potted garlic chives for sale in Homebase yesterday.   

[sunshineband]

Still nothing showing. I give up as I am doing all the right things.

Not quite! Saw potted garlic chives for sale in Homebase yesterday.   

  

[hubballi]

Still nothing showing. I give up as I am doing all the right things.

Not quite! Saw potted garlic chives for sale in Homebase yesterday.   

I don't get you 

[JayG]

Still nothing showing. I give up as I am doing all the right things.

Not quite! Saw potted garlic chives for sale in Homebase yesterday.   

I don't get you 

Sometimes it's easier and better to buy ready-grown young plants of crops you have found difficult to raise from seed.

[hubballi]

I don't like giving up when I am doing all the right things. It bugs me. It shouldn't happen. I have bought ready sown spring onions in the past and they just end up dying later down the line.

[Ice]

I don't like giving up when I am doing all the right things. It bugs me. It shouldn't happen. I have bought ready sown spring onions in the past and they just end up dying later down the line.

You can't be doing all the right things because everything you attempt to grow dies.  Now either you are cursed, under a witches spell or you have to accept that it must be something you are doing.  Everyone has failures, but nothing you grow thrives and the only common denominator is you.  That might sound harsh, but I can't remember you reporting a single success in all the time you have been a member of the forum, only failures.

I really would love you to grow things and have them make you happy, but so far it's not working.

[hubballi]

John Innes seed and cutting compost. Garlic chive seeds in correct depth. Windowsill at constant temp, no harsh sun. What am I doing wrong ?

I have loads of success with other things but I only report the things wrong here as , well it's a help forum 

[JayG]

I have loads of success with other things but I only report the things wrong here as , well it's a help forum 

  Glad to hear that - you do seem to have more than your fair share of disasters though (perhaps you should make the occasional post in the "Daily Harvest" thread to redress the balance!) 

[Aunt Sally]

The experienced gardener that we organised to visit you reported that you over water and over feed your plants, Hubballi. 

[hubballi]

Not with this I haven't.