Re: When to Start Indoor Seeds

At 02:38 PM 1/7/99, you wrote:
>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
>
Many of us have seen your query but have no idea how to answer it.  Few
subscribers live in Georgia, and they're the people who can help you most.
I think you have it pretty well figured out on your own.  Do your seeds
need light to germinate?  It depends on what they are.  Go to
http://www.anet-chi.com/~manytimes and look at that site for germination
information.  Margaret L (who often receives no answers to garden
questions).
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