best spot for tomato seedling germination?

[Leeds_lad]

Another question. I read that putting the seedlings near a desk fan for about 15 minutes a day on a light speed, promotes strong thick stem growth. Is there method in this crazyness?

[Two_Sheds]

putting the seedlings near a desk fan for about 15 minutes ...promotes strong thick stem growth.

Please?

It's true that plants grown with a breeze of some kind produce stronger stems than those left alone.

15 mins on high speed is a bit too vigorous a breeze though... you can just stroke your hands across the seedlings to produce the desired effect.

[Florence Fennel]

I too stroke my hand across the seedlings. It makes them think there's a bit of a breeze and they thicken up. There's also something very therapeutic about being in touch with the seedlings .....

[Leeds_lad]

Please?

It's true that plants grown with a breeze of some kind produce stronger stems than those left alone.

15 mins on high speed is a bit too vigorous a breeze though... you can just stroke your hands across the seedlings to produce the desired effect.

ah i didn't mean high speed, low speed with some kind of wind breaker between them and the fan, would this be better for them?

[Two_Sheds]

Why use a fan at all? Just use the palm of your hand - low tech works

[buzzingtalk]

Direct light, yes - not necessarily sunlight. Mine are getting 10 hours a day, although at the moment not many lux as it's so cloudy and dull. They still lean slightly towards the light!

Not much light in my house then! We have no front garden and the front is overlooked by other houses, so blinds always shut. Back of house is mostly shaded by other houses/buildings, with no garden (in summer the sun sits above the pots long enough for them to grow well though), the only rooms that get any light at all this time of year is my room and flatmates room - and even then its not that much. How I wish for a semi detatched house with actual grass and real sun

[Leeds_lad]

Why use a fan at all? Just use the palm of your hand - low tech works

well how long each day would you have to do this?

[Two_Sheds]

How I wish for a semi detatched house with actual grass and real sun

I didn't get one until I was 40 - I'd lived in horrible rented flats until then - so frustrating

well how long each day would you have to do this?

I do it whenever I remember, maybe once a day, maybe once a week. It's really not that important

[Flummery]

Talk to them - warmth and breeze if you're gabby enough!

[Chef_uk]

Still no movement on mine after 6 days so i've put them in the airing cupboard to try and push them on. More so now i know seeds need warmth to germinate, not light

[Potstubsdustbins]

At last first of both tumbler and sungold through today. It is always a relief when things germinate.

Colin