OK, so seedlings are coming up everywhere. Moreso in the shady areas which were seeded with a "Rebel shade grass" mixture of fescue. I haven't done anything about the no walking on grass issue besides trying to walk as softly and with as little shear force as possible. I am still moving sprinklers, but I try to walk as little as possible on the grass. I will let you know how it goes and should be posting pics to keep you updated.

Hmm, that's frustrating. I wonder about overwatering. Do you back off the water after germination? You don't want it to fully dry out, but you don't want it soggy either. For the beets, try soaking for an hour then planting directly. The main seedling stem breaking sounds like damping off. Controlling the moisture should help and watering with weak chamomile tea can help prevent that fungal disease.

I placed mine in potting soil and kept them outside. Got lots of sprouts, then over night something ate them so it looks like the next try I will buy some copper screen to place over them and give them a better change. I have always grown them in pots outside as my first experience with them was by accident as when I saw the seeds I thought they were just little papery and nothing else so I tossed them into the flower bed and ended up with a few more bulbs that bloomed in a few years without any care what so ever. So I guess mother nature does a better job than I do, but the fun is getting things to grow and sharing. Thank all of you for all your post helps make gardening so much more fun Paul

Wait until the berries (fruits) on your fuchsia plant are well ripened. Remove from plant. Lay on a piece of kitchen towel and cut open (lengthwise). Scrape off as much as you can of the jelly-like substance. Fill small pots with soil less compost (peat based), Stand the pots in water until you can see that the top of the soil is wet. I personally do not water anymore until the seeds have germinated, only a light misting of water with a hand spray if the soil looks really dry. Place seeds on top of soil, cover with a minute amount of same soil less compost or wet vermiculite. Place in a well lit postion, away from direct sunlight, if you have a propagator at 60f. Another way is to use a small seed tray, same procedure as above, but cover tray with plastic, when seedlings appear only remove plastic for a couple of hours at a time to acclimatise seedlings. Germination is erratic, from a few days to several weeks. Hybrids or cultivars very seldom come true from seed, many variations of parent plant, some completely different. I have had little or no success with dried seed.