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.

Your frost and zone

USDA zoneLast spring frostFirst fall frost

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Flower · Seed

Heartsease

Viola tricolor

Start indoors: Feb 4–18
Sow outdoors: Mar 18 – Apr 8
Transplant outdoors: Mar 25 – Apr 8
Sow for fall: Aug 20 – Sep 3

Heartsease with the lettuce, not with the zinnias. A fall sowing winters in mild counties.

Start indoors 8–10 weeks before last frost. Transplant 1–3 weeks before last frost.

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