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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By crop

1 of 109 crops in the folio

Vegetable · Seed

Green bean

Phaseolus vulgaris

Sow outdoors
Apr 22 – May 6

Do not transplant. Succession every two weeks until midsummer. A cold May rots a packet.

Sow outdoors 1–3 weeks after last frost. Soil about 60°F before anything goes in the ground.

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