All of the heirlooms germinated OK.
(CA; FL, some each of old purchased seeds and my own; BC, ML, BZ, MS, UO, WB)
These of my own 2018 seeds germinated OK:
46A2.3 F5, 28D3.3 F5; RTxGDZ; 55A7 x pBTD.
However, my initial seeding of 3 seeds each of CG x FL and ZPT x KB both failed, as did my basil which was several years old, and my dill I saved from last year. New sweet banana pepper germinated, as did cilantro which is a couple years old now.
So: around April 15 I re-sowed 12 seeds each of CG x FL and ZPT x KB. Heat pad.
As of April 20, no germination visible.
Newly purchased seeds of basil (12 seeds) and dill (6 seeds) were sowed at the same time, and had all germinated by April 20. Will keep watching the tomatoes.
However, my initial seeding of 3 seeds each of CG x FL and ZPT x KB both failed, as did my basil which was several years old, and my dill I saved from last year. New sweet banana pepper germinated, as did cilantro which is a couple years old now.
So: around April 15 I re-sowed 12 seeds each of CG x FL and ZPT x KB. Heat pad.
As of April 20, no germination visible.
Newly purchased seeds of basil (12 seeds) and dill (6 seeds) were sowed at the same time, and had all germinated by April 20. Will keep watching the tomatoes.