STARTING VEGGIES INDOORS: Start your seeds now!

摘要

Spring is just around the corner and even though I caution folks about planting and seeding too early in the season, truthfully... it's safe to go ahead and start a few things indoors. Taking care to read your seed catalogs, choose the varieties thatare recommended for your area and be sure to read how long it takes to produce each crop. Some items may not take as long as others. For instance, lettuces can be directly sown into containers and grow quickly in cooler temperatures, yet tomatoes benefitfrom seeding into one container at a warm temperature, and then transplanted into a larger container to grow a better root system before being put into the ground. Squash, cucumbers and melons are faster crops, and like to be sown later, closer to planting time. Sow multiple seed directly into 3- or 4-inch pots, and then, once developed, directly plant them into the garden.