I definitely think you are ok. I just posted to someone else in zone 6/7. My WS containers are just starting to take off. And I'm in 7b. My smaller daffodils and all the others in the area, are just finishing and the larger ones are at their prime, or just starting to wane. So if your daffs are just coming up, then you are maybe 3 wks behind me. Which I would think in zone 5/6 you might be a month behind me, so I would not worry til around April 15. I bet you will see some action then. I would think the sweet peas and calendula will be the earliest to sprout.

Thank you for posting this. I checked mine today and no sprouts either. I got pretty nervous since we've been having warm weather, and I anticipated some germination going on.

Deanna

Deanna,
Make sure the soil in your containers hasn't dried out. We haven't had much rain here lately so I watered mine 2 weeks ago and even though the weathers been unseasonably cold I saw sprouts this past weekend. There will be condensation on the tops of the containers if they are moist enough, if not you may want to water them thoroughly.

Another thought...when you sow your seeds do you cover them with soil? After years of w/sing I no longer cover seeds with soil after sowing, I just slightly tamp them into the soil for good seed to soil contact and let the freezing and thawing of the soil do the rest.

Oh see, Karen b, now I didn't think of that. If it said on the packet to cover with 1/8" or 1/4" of fine soil I just sprinkled some over top of them. Do you think that hurt? Although, from all the rain we've had I've noticed a lot of them have been uncovered. *Fingers Crossed*

louisianagal - I hope you're right! I didn't know it took so long!!! I'm impatient! Lol*

Just the early birds have sprouted at my place. My ruds and echs haven't sprouted either. It's too early.

I know the feeling, Ive got almost nothing going on except two of drippys(I think) conehead cabbages tryig really hard to put up seed leaves.

:)

patience is a virtue, but REALLY hard to maintain. It was 74 yesterday and it was all I could do not to stand over them and huff and puff. kept busy with my cement work.

Don't get discouraged!! My goodness, I am quite sure that I will not have any sprouts until the middle of NEXT month! I'm not going to worry about that until about the last week of April... if I have no sprouts by then, anyway.

Yesterday, in the northern Illinois area, we had a fluke warm up. Your seeds are very aware of this. If you did see a lot of green, next week you'd all be worried about the cold.

Stop your darn worrying and have a bit of faith. Mother Nature is not going to fail you. She's pretty smart, she knows what to do and most importantly when to do it!

Here is a link that might be useful: Check out the database for zone 5

quilt_mommy,

I had the same feeling about a week or 2 ago. Just be patient. They will germinate at the temp they're expecting. Oh, I also noticed that my flats were dry. I gave them all a good shower.

Good luck! :)

My calendula just started sprouting, I live near akron.
Not all of them have started but a few of the containers. Since I planted them all at the same time and they are sitting right next to each other I think they just need a little more time. I Don't have sprouts yet that are on your lists, although I have sown them too. So it is probably the night time temps. that need to get consistent.

I also was just looking over them the last few days. it was so warm here! I guess the seeds are smarter than me and they did not sprout cause they know we will be cold again soon.

it did give me some time to sow some containers with my 2 boys. they each did 2 containers. I thought it was great they wanted to participate. Now I worry theirs will not sprout :)

Karen

I live very close to you in Euclid & just started to see sprouts for my cold weather veggies. I think you can relax. I really do. Even though it's been in the 60's the last few days, the nights are still chilly. We had frost on our cars yesterday morning, so its very early here yet. Relax. It's all going to work out and soon you will be doing the happy dance too. (Don't be too worried about those in those warmer zones. Try not to be jealous either....)

Thank you all for your replies, I'm feeling better! I'm SO looking forward to having a big garden this year, and pray that I won't be disappointed! :)