Paranoid?

I'm probably just paranoid but i started germinating my seeds (15) on may 14th, and i put them in soil mix in the ground outside on may 20th and watered every day since, I watered today (June 4th)and my babies still have not come out of the ground. I put them about 1.5 inch deep in the soil.

Im trying to be patient but does it usually take this long for the seeds to come out of the ground?

You put em a little deep, you're supposed to put the seed twice the length of the seed into the soil.

yep a little to deep would be my guess as well..

yeah half an inch is good for planting seeds. white end of the germ seed down too

dig em up an see if they have sprouted

ace1059 said:

dig em up an see if they have sprouted

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I would really rather not do that, but if I have to I will, could I just wait it out?

What happens when the seeds are put too deep?

If you dig them up, try not to touch the root with your fingers.

bzilem said:

I would really rather not do that, but if I have to I will, could I just wait it out?

What happens when the seeds are put too deep?

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Well, no, I don't think you can, because when the cotyledon (seed leaves ) develop (which is really fast), they need light as soon as possible, so, you need to take them out if you want them to make it. And even if they do somehow make it through without digging them up, the plant's gonna be really stressed, which will lead to slow growth, and possibly a hermaphrodite.

ok then my only choice is to dig them up, but what exactly would I do after I dig them up, take some soil off the top so the seed is closer to the surface?

If some1 could give me detailed instructions, I would appreciate it =] .

gently scrape the soil off the top if you run into a germinated seed stop.
do that to all of them and you should be fine

O4aUsErNaMe said:

gently scrape the soil off the top if you run into a germinated seed stop.
do that to all of them and you should be fine

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by doing this do I even need to "dig it up" ?

nope just remove the extra dirt.

k, ill do that 2morrow thx for the help =]

start over.

Schiffty said:

start over.

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why !! do you always give up that easily..?

if they can be saved it would be great(so may as well try)if not then it is back to starting over.