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

Flower · Crown

Sweet violet

Viola odorata

Start indoors
Jan 21 – Feb 4
Plant crowns
Mar 18 – Apr 8
Transplant outdoors
Apr 1–22

Seed is slow and dark-germinating. Divisions in early spring are the honest path.

Start indoors 10–12 weeks before last frost. Transplant 2 weeks before frost through 1 weeks after.

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