When to start flower seeds indoor?
Mid-March is the best time to start many vegetables and annual flowers indoors for transplanting outside once the threat of frost has passed. October is a great time to get ahead and make early sowings of hardy annual flowers and bedding plants, along with vegetable crops like onions, garlic, broad beans and peas.From March to June you can sow half-hardy annual seeds. These are the plants that can’t tolerate frost so we’ll start them off on our kitchen windowsills, then move them outside under cover before we plant them out after the last frosts, usually in late May.February is a great month to start veg seeds indoors ahead of the warmer weather.
When to start planting flower seeds for spring?
For many flower varieties, you won’t want to start seeds until 6-8 weeks prior to your frost-free date, which for my hardiness zone the last frost is usually around April 30. As a general rule, seeds are started indoors about 6 weeks prior to your last frost date. During a cold spring, it’s better to delay sowing to ensure the soil temperature is warm enough than to be hasty and get disappointing results.The weather, moon cycles, cover crops, and length of growing season all impact when we plant certain varieties of crops. For example, snap peas, beets, spinach, and broccoli love cool weather, so they prefer to be sown in March and early April, depending on your USDA Zone of Hardiness.A good rule of thumb is to sow annual flower seeds as early after the last spring frost as possible. For early-spring perennial blooms, plant these types of flower seeds in late summer to early fall so that they can germinate over winter.Early March through mid-April is ideal to start seeds of annual flowers and hot-climate vegetables that reach maturity quickly and need about 6 to 8 weeks of growth prior to planting outside.
What month do you sow flower seeds?
In February and early March I often see folk are sowing their annual flower seeds. September is a great time to plant those fall flowers. There are many varieties that can be planted this fall to start blooming early spring.