Hi,I hope you are well.I don't know how you've started you tomatoes,but from past experience,if I have failed on these plants,it is either that I set them too deep (usually one eight of an inch best) .I use a mixture of John Innes No91 mixed with a middle of the road compost.There again,I would like to bet that there is not a gardener on this site who has'nt at one time or another had a packet of sterile seeds.Did you put glass or cling film over your seed tray?Well that is my little gleam of light and I hope it goes someway to helping you..Pan's luck to you.bye

You will need bottom heat to germinate your tomato seeds; they are best sown in seed compost.

Some heat is needed too, like a windowsill propagator. I cover mine with vermiculite, but sometimes have found that they take 3 weeks to come up.

Snap!!....lol

thankyou for your replies and to amblealice love the photo

I put mine in the airing cupboard after sowing. Check them daily and as soon as the first shoot can be seen coming through, move them to a sunny windowsill. Germination takes 3-4 days on average using this method

thanks

Thank you Piplyn....and good luck!