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.

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Your frost and zone

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Fruit · Dormant stock

Peach

Prunus persica

Plant dormant stock
Mar 18 – Apr 8

Plant dormant. A late frost takes the bloom — site it high, not in a hollow.

Plant dormant stock 1–4 weeks before last frost. Soil about 40°F before anything goes in the ground.

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