If you mean ours, they were showing in about a week, I think. BUT,
you shouldn't take that as a comparison for your own. Ours are on a
heated propagating bench and are regularly misted from an automatic
sprinkler system. My husband always says, when people compliment him
on his success rate at propagating things, that with his years of
experience and the equipment he has, it would be pretty poor if he
*didn't* get it right most of the time! He reckons that most
gardeners, using a greenhouse and without heated propagating benches
might not see propagation for two weeks or longer. You really are
doing fine and you're doing the right thing in starting some more toms.
Are you by any chance going to ask for a greenhouse for your
birthday? ;-))

I've done well enough to get permission for a shed ! Although I think
I'll have space for a small coldframe..
I've decided not to start more toms. I currently have 16 basil and 16
toms planted. Approx half the basil have gone a little leggy - the early
sprouters are worse. I have about 8 'good' basil now. Only one of the
toms has sprouted to a decent degree - a couple of the others are now
starting to peep through (literally *just* visible as they make their
way through the compost and start to uncurl). I'm now convinced that the
one tom that has gone mad is actually a basil seed...
I have cut the tray in 2 - the toms are covered and in a warm place.
Once they start sprouting properly I will whip them onto a windowsill.
The 16 basil are now on the windowsill and seem to be doing OK. I've
left the leggy ones to grow, but chances are they wont make it to the
next phase.
This evening I have planted some chille seeds into a propagator - they
are now with the toms and will, like the toms, be put straight on the
windowsill when the germinate.