When to Start Indoor Seeds

Excuse me, but I would like to have some response to
my posting.  It's been up all day and everyone is way
too busy arguing about nothing.  Now, if this post is
not making the circuit that's another story.

But, I want help in growing my seeds, that's propgagation......

Again,

When to appropriately start flower indoor seeds for planting in the spring.
I don't have a lot of room on my sun porch, but would like to grow a variety
of perennials and annuals. 

Most information I get is to "sow inside 4-8 weeks before the last frost".  
Okay, here in Georgia, the last frost date is April 15th, so that would 
indicate the period between February 15 to March 15.  But it has been my
experience
that some of the seedlings wilt and die, whereas others thrive. If I start
them again, 
I may not have enough catch up time to have sturdy, well rooted plants. 

Shouldn't I stagger the indoor seeding of various perennials and annuals.
First, mid-January to get a running start, at least for the hard to
germinate perennials? 
If they thrive, that's great and then in March I can transfer these plants
into cold frames.
If not, I can restart them in February, when I begin another round of more
hardy
perennials and some annuals.  Then March for the standard bedding annuals.

I would like to hear from others who have had experience with growing
various types of
flowers from seed.

Anthony Gal
agal@emory.edu
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