"Brerfox" wrote in message
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G'day from Brissie,
I have a relatively new (12 months old) vegie patch and am having moderate
success with a few vegies.
However, I find that hardly any seeds germinate in the bed -- nothing
much comes through. I can germinate the seeds successfully in seedling
containers in my fern house, then transplant them, and they grow OK.
Over the period I've tried direct seed sowing of beetroot, lettuces,
silverbeet, tomatoes, broccoli, all to no avail.
Could it be ants? We have millyuns and millyuns of little tiny ones all
over the place.
Help?

I am in Esperance in WA and have a thriving vege patch.
I grow all mine from seed.
for beetroot, lettuce, carrots, onions etc I buy the seed tapes.
they work a treat but i have trouble sometimes with cabbage,
cauli and broccoli seeds when planting them straight into
the ground. I think it is slaters that eat the seeds.
happy gardening
cheers
Nancy