Where are they?

[Daisy]

I've grown tomatoes from seed for well over 15 years, and rarely had any problems. But this year I'm now on my third sowings of Moneymaker, and they're just not germinating! I lost all of my seedling in the hot weather at Easter - totally my own stupidity - and resowed. All the other varieties have germinated, but not Moneymaker. I think I must have a duff packet of seeds! I'll try one more time and keep my fingers crossed - again.

[Plantaholic]

Good luck with this sowing Daisy, only ever grown tomatoes with purchased plants.

[Gemini]

I hope these are successful Daisy!
OH's from seed tomato plants are growing more slowly than she would like, but they are growing.

[Nanto2girls]

Hope you get them to grow Daisy.
Hubby used to grow his own from seed,but now he buys the plants.

[Clover]

Oh dear Daisy have you done something to upset Moneymaker? Are you using the same packet? If so you must have got a bad batch but you did say the first lot were okay until you grilled them

[Mimi]

Shhh, Daisy take yourself to your local market or garden centre and buy some tomato plants . Your secret will be safe with us and it will save you a lot of frustration.
Just a thought is it the compost you are growing the seed in and not the actual seed it’s self that is the problem?
One year I brought some multi purpose potting compost from a local farm thinking it would be better than the usual ones on sale, it was terrible, it had actual pieces of small sticks in it. All my plants struggled to flourish that year !

[Gemini]

Mimi, my OH suspects that her tomato and cucumber plants aren't doing as well as they should because she used last year's compost (unused, but bought last year) so you may have something there

[Glammanana]

Mimi you could be so right about the compost,last year John bought a supposably natural compost ???from a farmers market and had no joy at all with most of what was sown in it.
I would go with plants and cross your fingers when asked the question about how did you grow them ha-ha.

[Daisy]

In all honesty, I don't think I can blame the compost, because the other varieties are growing. Not as quickly as I like but there have been huge fluctuations in the temperatures even though I try to keep the greenhouse temp steady. The soil thermometer is swinging between 15 and 28C! It may be even lower at night but I'm not checking at 3 am, even if I do have to buy plants. I think I'll try another packet of seed from a different producer and see how they go - there will still be time to buy plants if I have to, but when I have bought plants in the past they've been very stressed - a bit pale and 'drawn' - so I'd rather grow them myself if I can. IF!!

But the melons and courgette plants are coming on well. I need to get some French beans in, too.