Part XV

Seed starting

Give a last frost date and a USDA zone. The folio returns when to start indoors, transplant, or sow outdoors — vegetables, herbs, flowers, and fruit.

Typical last frost for 6b is the date we filled in. A ridge runs colder than a hollow — treat the week as a window, not a promise. Soil temperature still rules a bean.

Seed flat and packets on cream paper

Your frost and zone

East Tennessee hill country. Dates persist on this device until you sign in. Sign in to sync

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1 of 109 crops in the folio

Fruit · Seed

Bitter melon

Momordica charantia

Start indoors
Mar 18–25
Transplant outdoors
Apr 29 – May 13
Sow outdoors
Apr 29 – May 13

Treat it as a cucumber that wants more heat. Nick the seed. Trellis.

Start indoors 4 weeks before last frost. Transplant 2–4 weeks after last frost.

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