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Herb and Tomato Seeds
Chris the Gardener
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Help,
I'm new to gardening and planted some tomato seeds about 3 weeks ago. How long should it take for them to start to germinate?
Also, the same question for Parsley.
Many thanks :-)
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My toms are usually up in 10-14 days.
Parsley 2ish weeks
Billericay - Essex
Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit.
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.
Usually a few days this time of the year, can be a week. Parsley can be difficult, what I do now is buy a pot for £1.00 from a supermarket and split it up into separate plants, plant out now, you'll get about 15 plants from a pot.
not worth the bother of waiting for the seeds if you only need a few plants.
Many thank to you both.
I'm going to persevere with the seeds but will follow your advice Lyn and split some supermarket Parsley. If it grows well this will be the way forward for me as it is a treat I love to give to my pet rabbits :-)
I would resow both of them, as I would expect signs of life by now. Sow them either in a seed tray or modules, water well, then cover them in plastic and put them on a very sunny warm windowsill. The parsley I don't even cover with soil, but with tomatoes I just put the lightest of sprinkles of soil. Check them every day for signs of life and to ensure they stay moist. Try some kale for your rabbits too, and maybe some beets? They are both easy to grow too.
parsley can be very slow to germinate. Toms are usually faster though. The supermarket herb thing is always a good option though - for basil as well
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Cheers guys,
After no growth at all I now have over 40 tomato seedlings.
The spinach seeds I scattered last week have gone wild so safe to say I'm chuffed to bits :-)