Pea is not sprouting

Hello everyone! I love vegetables and that is why I grow them the whole year. I have a greenhouse in my garden in which I grow typical and some unique varieties of plants. I really like to experiment but it doesn't always work. This time I am a bit confused with rutabaga from Rutabaga "Nadmorska" - 3500 seeds – Garden Seeds Market | Free shipping. How long should it take to sprout? Last time I had the same one and it was amazing - it sprouted in one week!

 

Hi, where are you?
I had to look up Rutabaga, appears to be what I know as swede.
So not a pea?
I'd not be trying to grow it this time of the year where I am.

 

Hi,

Not grown that type, but germination needs a good combination of heat, moisture and possibly light, which at this time of year can be difficult to achieve.

Assume you are using a heated propagator ?

Often find giving the compost a light spraying with tepid water helps, if it looks at all dry or crusty.

Always a chance that the seed itself is not viable, though that always a difficult one to confirm vs the growing method used.

 

I've always understood it to be a large variety of swede that's normally grown for animal feed, but is grown by 'giant veg' growers for entering in the 'heaviest swede' class.





P.S. Mrs Scrungee has reminded me that Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh had a rutabaga in his garden.

 

Over here, we use rutabaga or turnip as the name for these vegetables. The ones I buy are about the size of a 1 kilo can of tomatoes. They have a purply skin and I peel, cube, pressure cook them to save lots of time.

 

Neeps, maybe, if your in Scotland?