We Have Germination !

I love it when this happens and it's more or less happened over night, and only two of the Crimson Range not showing above the compost, I'm hopeful that they will show in a couple of days. 

Sown on the 25th March Germination rate as of 1st April 2024 - 3/4 Crimson Cocktail, 4/4 Crimson Cherry, 4/4 Crimson Crush, 4/4 Crimson Bush and 3/4 Crimson Plum 

These are placed on my walking frame in front of the radiator under the rear living room window. 

No Red Pear Red Pear showing, 3/4 Arielle (Cherry), 4/4 Merrygold F1, 4/4 Crokini F1 and  No Burlesque F1 showing yet, but they were forgotten and went in the following day.

Melons seeds sown 26th March 2024 Germination Rates as at 1st April 2024 - 3/4 Amarillo Oro which were the ones I grew last year and were saved seeds, 1/4 Mangomel, 0/4 Magia Negra, 2/4 Budgie and 0/4 Little Darling.

 

Tomatoes 14 Day Germination Rates

On the 5th May I sowed my Tomatoes for this year.  I recorded the germination rates per variety at 5 days. 

They were taken these out of the kitchen and placed in the unheated greenhouse to get some sun and continue germination and the 7 day germination rates can be found here. 

The results at 10 Days can be found here and the results below are for 14 Days. 

There have been two varieties that have achieved 100% Germination between 10 & 15 Days and only one Variety that has achieved zero Germination. 

Disappointing that the New Crimson Plum from Suttons has only achieved 50% Germination, and even worse that the White Cherry from D.T.Brown didn't germinate at all  

Sown 4 seeds of the following varieties

4 x Black Krim  100%

4 x Cherry Honeycomb 100% Less than 5 Days - Well done Mr Fothergill's !

4 x Crimson Cherry F1 100%

3 x Crimson Crush 75%

2 x Crimson Plum F1 50% - A disappointing result from Suttons at 14 Days 

3 x Gigantomo 75%

4 x Hundreds and Thousands 100%

4 x Principe Borghese 100%
4 x Rapunzel 100% 
4 x Reisetomate 100% @ Less than 5 Days Well done Suttons !

4 x Rotkappchen 100%

Sown 3 seeds of the following varieties

3 x Bloody Butcher 100%

3 x Gold Nugget Gelbei 100%

3 x Losetto 100% - Last seed germinated between 10 & 14 Days

3 x Micro Tom 100% - Last seed germinated between 10 & 14 Days 

2 x Mountain Magic 67%

3 x Raspberry Oxheart 100%

0 x White Cherry -  Complete failure to germinate - D.T.Brown 

3 x Yellow Mimi 100%

2 x Venus Balcony 67%

3 x Veranda Red 100%

The tomatoes will be looked at again at 21 days to see if there are any late developers 

Tomatoes 10 Day Germination Rates

On the 5th May I sowed my Tomatoes for this year.  I recorded the germination rates per variety at 5 days. They tomatoes were taken these out of the kitchen and placed in the unheated greenhouse to get some sun and continue germination and the 7 day germination rates can be found here. The results below are the results at 10 Days and if better than 7 are shown in Blue. I will review germination rates again at 14 days. 

Sown 4 seeds of the following varieties

4 x Black Krim  100%

4 x Cherry Honeycomb 100% Less than 5 Days - Well done Mr Fothergill's !

4 x Crimson Cherry F1 100%

3 x Crimson Crush 75%

2 x Crimson Plum F1 50%

3 x Gigantomo 75%

4 x Hundreds and Thousands 100%

4 x Principe Borghese 100%
4 x Rapunzel 100% 
4 x Reisetomate 100% @ Less than 5 Days Well done Suttons !

4 x Rotkappchen 100%

Sown 3 seeds of the following varieties

3 x Bloody Butcher 100%

3 x Gold Nugget Gelbei 100%

2 x Losetto 67%

2 x Micro Tom 67%

2 x Mountain Magic 67%

3 x Raspberry Oxheart 100%

0 x White Cherry

3 x Yellow Mimi 100%

2 x Venus Balcony 67%

3 x Veranda Red 100%

The tomatoes will be looked at again at 14 & 21 days and the germination rates updated. 

Tomatoes 7 Day Germination Rates

On the 5th May I sowed my Tomatoes for this year.  I recorded the germination rates per variety at 5 days. They tomatoes were taken these out of the kitchen and placed in the unheated greenhouse to get some sun and continue germination and here are the results at 7 Days, I will review germination rates again at 10 & 14 days. 

Sown 4 seeds of the following varieties

4 x Black Krim  100%

4 x Cherry Honeycomb 100% @ 5 Days - Well done Mr Fothergill's !

3 x Crimson Cherry F1 75%

3 x Crimson Crush 75%

2 x Crimson Plum F1 50%

2 x Gigantomo 50%

4 x Hundreds and Thousands 100%

4 x Principe Borghese 100%
4 x Rapunzel 100% 
4 x Reisetomate 100% @ 5 Days Well done Suttons !

2 x Rotkappchen 50%

Sown 3 seeds of the following varieties

3 x Bloody Butcher 100%

3 x Gold Nugget Gelbei 100%

2 x Losetto 67%

1 x Micro Tom 33%

2 x Mountain Magic 67%

3 x Raspberry Oxheart 100%

0 x White Cherry

2 x Yellow Mimi 67%

0 x Venus Balcony

3 x Veranda Red 100%

The tomatoes will be looked at again at 10 & 14 days and the germination rates updated. 

Tomato Germination Rates

On the 5th May I sowed my Tomatoes for this year, just 5 days later here are the germination rates per variety. I have now taken these out of the kitchen and placed in the unheated greenhouse to get some sun. 

Sown 4 seeds of the following varieties

2 x Black Krim  50%

4 x Cherry Honeycomb 100% - Well done Mr Fothergill's !

2 x Crimson Cherry F1 50%

1 x Crimson Crush 25%

0 x Crimson Plum F1 

0 x Gigantomo 

3 x Hundreds and Thousands 75%

3 x Principe Borghese 75%
4 x Rapunzel 100% 
4 x Reisetomate 100% Well done Suttons !

0 x Rotkappchen 

Sown 3 seeds of the following varieties

0 x Bloody Butcher 

0 x Gold Nugget Gelbei 

1 x Losetto 33%

0 x Micro Tom 

1 x Mountain Magic 33%

1 x Raspberry Oxheart 33%

0 x White Cherry

0 x Yellow Mimi 

0 x Venus Balcony

0 x Veranda Red 

The tomatoes will be looked at again at 7, 14 and 21 days and the germination rates recorded.