Re: When to Start Indoor Seeds


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From: AG <agal@emory.edu>
To: seeds-list@eskimo.com <seeds-list@eskimo.com>
Date: 07 January 1999 19:42
Subject: When to Start Indoor Seeds


My experience of growing annuals is that 4 to 8 weeks before the last frost
date is reasonable if you do not have anywhere to give the seedlings
protection. In this part of England the end of May is accepted to be the
last likely date for fost which gives early April as the start date for
sowing. A major consideration this far north is the amount of daylight you
have available if you plant too early, obviously seeds and plants need both
quality and quantity of light to germinate and develop.

I used to start some perennials off in January in a propagator on a bedroom
window sill before I had a greenhouse.This was to persuade them to flower
the first year, but this always gave the problem of too many small plants
needing protection by May. I now tend to buy the few annuals I use as plug
plants, the only exception being sweet peas which I start in mid March in
the Greenhouse.


John Andrews
York UK -5C min
weather unseasonably mild with rain showers
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