So far, it has been a bad year for brassicas – only very few have survived germination and slug/snail damage and transplanted out down the plot. I won’t use slug pellets, and have been out for occasional slug hunts, putting down beer traps. I wonder if placing the seed tray on sandpaper would deter molluscs….
Germination has also been patchy for the squashes, but there are plants which have been transplanted down to the plot. Also, OH direct sowed some squashy things too.
Germination was non-existent for celery (not even one little seedling) and celeriac (never grown one at all from seed).
Even with chillis, there has been selective germination, some varieties not germinating at all (some of these didn’t germinate last year either). Will have to try different varieties next year….
