Reply To: Poor seed germination, onion, beetroot, spinach…

[Ron]

I too have had problems with Kings Boltardy, batch no.67290. I sowed 10 x 6 cell trays on 4th March in the our allotments poly tunnel for re-sale. Similarly, on 6th March I sowed some Boltardy seed from last year in my greenhouse at home. Both sowings have had similar conditions (but different composts) though the tunnel due to it’s more exposed site could have experienced some lower temperatures. The trays of older seed have germinated well, unfortunately those of batch 67290 have all but zero germination. Kings have been quite helpful when I contacted them and they replaced the pack immediately which was OK but sadly does not compensate for the month lost with the sowing.