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It’s the first time I’ve tried it and my second set of seeds were sown last week on 5th March (a fruit day with the moon in Aries) and I got 100% germination on 8 strains within 5 days in a incubator kept at 25C. 8 seeds of each sown, all through by day 5 and a lot through on day 4.
The seeds were my own mostly: Alicante F3, Shirley F4, Ailsa Craig F2, Super Marmande F2, a Russian black variety, a big beefsteak variety, Riesentraube and Ferline purchased last autumn from a small operation who were at the RHS autumn show.
Now I’ve got all the seedlings for the season mostly sown, I’ll have a go doing a formal sowing experiment on different days over a 10 day period to see if there’s any difference.
The ones I sowed in February have grown on nicely but are slightly leggy – whether that’s just through sowing in February or sowing on a rising moon, I dunno. They are ready to be potted on to 15cm pots this week and final resting grounds of 30cm pots in mid April. As they are all cold tolerant, the aim is to try and get them outside as quick as is practicable.