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I presume you are growing your eggplants and tomatoes inside or in a heated greenhouse?I don't think you would ever be able to grow them direct from seed outside in Northumberland- or anywhere else in the UK.
I am guessing here but I suspect the problems experienced by genlistlass were caused in part at least by holding the seedlings by the stem. There are few absolute rules in gardening but rule no.1 is Hold seedlings by the seed leaf, never the stem.I never knew THAT..probs where I am going wrong!Wassa module? My dad used to plant seeds into squashed composty thingeys, that swelled when watered....what are they called....then they could go straight into the soil without me mashing the roots????Gen in Northumberland
The bit I did wrong when I first tried transplanting seedlings was trying to put them in at the same depth as they were in the original pot. And then wondering why they flopped around or fell over.I think it was probably someone on here who said to bury them to the base of the seed leaves. It's gone much better since ;DSally