The first batch of tomato seeds this year seems to be a disaster. It's been 22 days since I put them in the seeding mix (the best quality available) and to score is 53 out of 71 (very little chance of anything else popping out their heads). So I started looking for possible causes and I realized that the seeds that had been brought to me from Britain had almost zero germination: 1/12 - 3 different packs of 3 different varieties 6 - 3 - 3 seeds. I checked the packaging and found out that they weren't pocketed in aluminium foil as usual. So I suspect that going through the various detectors at the airport - especially X-ray detectors - could have damaged them. Seeds from other sources germinated at the usual rate in the same conditions. At the moment, my second batch - I used those seeds again for verification - is in their fourth day. So, I'll see what happens.
Has anyone here had a similar experience?
Milan HP
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