Celery not germinating

[monkeyboy]

Monkeyboy - have a look at the link in https://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gr...ml#post1537029
Are you certain your prop is at 70F?
Your propagator may be too hot for them - and seeds don't need lights until they've germinated.

I've got other veg growing in there that have already germinated and are growing, so the lights are for them as well. It's a heated propagator with probe that measures soil temp and I've kept it at 21*C or 70*F.

Celery seeds like to be very near the surface, so they get a bit of light and they don't like to dry out, so spray regularly with water to keep the compost damp (but not sodden!)

I'll look at resowing some new seeds slightly differently and see what happens

I grew the same ones last year from Moreveg.
Maybe a heated indoor propogator with extra lights is just too much. They could need to get started off by the steady lengthening of daylight hours and at a trigger point they take off. You are destroying this natural lengthening of daylight.

My advice is in April fill an 8" pot with compost (half height one is good), scatter the seeds on top and put outside and leave them to it. Just keep the surface moist. That is what my Celebrity Celary will be getting in a few weeks.

I'll give that a go too and see what happens.

[bario1]

Oh, and mine has been in the prop for yonks as well.... nothing.

Noticed these have finally germinated today!!

[monkeyboy]

Well my celery have finally germinated after two weeks.