Slow Tomato Germination?

AlittleSalt · January 16, 2017

I planted tomato seeds on the 8th. Today is the 16th. Two of the varieties that have not germinated are Big Beef F1 and Supersweet Cherry F1. I've been trying to remember if they germinated slowly last year or not?

I'm wondering if these two are ones that take a little longer to germinate?

(Just an observation of mine - it seems I have more problems with store bought tomato seeds than ones we save ourselves.)

A couple others that haven't germinated yet are ones I wasn't sure if they would come up or not - Accession PI 647466 99GI Chiapas Wild Cherry, but those seeds might come from 1934. The other is Momotaro F2. I saved seeds from the Momotaro F1 and shared them with the MMMM as experimental. So far, the experiment hasn't worked - good luck if you got seeds. I'll plant some more.

There are a couple others, but I know they take longer to germinate.

January 16, 2017	#1
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Slow Tomato Germination? I planted tomato seeds on the 8th. Today is the 16th. Two of the varieties that have not germinated are Big Beef F1 and Supersweet Cherry F1. I've been trying to remember if they germinated slowly last year or not? I'm wondering if these two are ones that take a little longer to germinate? (Just an observation of mine - it seems I have more problems with store bought tomato seeds than ones we save ourselves.) A couple others that haven't germinated yet are ones I wasn't sure if they would come up or not - Accession PI 647466 99GI Chiapas Wild Cherry, but those seeds might come from 1934. The other is Momotaro F2. I saved seeds from the Momotaro F1 and shared them with the MMMM as experimental. So far, the experiment hasn't worked - good luck if you got seeds. I'll plant some more. There are a couple others, but I know they take longer to germinate.