How long

4:20

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i live in the northeast us
ive put germinated seed outside in the ground and its been roughly 4 days
should they have sstarted growing buy now
 

PlasmaRadio

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Err... I would give it time, but you have to keep a keen eye on little seedlings outside because creatures like to eat them plus they are very sensitive to ground frost. If things don't pan out I would suggest you grow them as large as you can indoors first.
 

4:20

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yeah ive been hoping there wont be any more frost and it sucks because at the time in my sitituation i cant grow inside
 

Celestial

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Germination favours warm temperatures and will be delayed or halted if it gets too cold. You could maybe try and help them along by cutting a 2l soft drink bottle in half and placing it over seed like a dome to increase temperature and humidity within. Maybe make a couple of small holes in top to allow some air. Once you see sprout emerge, you can then cut top off dome to form a tube around seedling which will allow air and light free access but will provide a barrier to ground level pests like slugs/snails etc aand leave that in place until seedling is established. I have had to resort to doing this in my flower garden as I am really reluctant to use pesticides and it has worked pretty well.
 
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