Re: Winter Vegetable Seeding

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From: Doreen Howard
Subject: [GWL] Winter Vegetable Seeding

>Does anyone plant vegetable seeds in late autumn before the ground freezes
>so that the seeds germinate in early spring?

I commonly plant spinach, not in late autumn but in ... oh, late September, 
so it just comes up, then mulch with straw and whatever. Most survives (zone 
5) and starts growing early in spring. Sometimes I do that with winter 
lettuce varieties. Sometimes I go out in February and scatter lettuce seeds. 
But I think an important consideration is that I garden in wood framed 
raised beds, which warm and dry earlier. I would guess it gives scattered 
seeds a three or four week edge on ground planted seeds. Oh, beets too.

D 

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