Part XV
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.
Your frost and zone
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2 of 109 crops in the folio
Vegetable · Seed
Solanum melongena
A long indoor run and truly warm nights. A cold week after set-out is a lost month.
Start indoors 8–10 weeks before last frost. Transplant 2–4 weeks after last frost.
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Herb · Seed
Capsicum annuum
Pepper wants a long indoor run and truly warm nights. Same bench as eggplant.
Start indoors 8–10 weeks before last frost. Transplant 2–4 weeks after last frost.
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