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Winter Sowing
Anyone gonna do it this year? Its not starting your seed and growing indoors. Its starting your seed outside, but in mini greenhouses. Yes, in the dead of winter. Yes, with snow on the ground.
You prep the containers, sow the seeds and set them outside. They freeze and thaw and freeze and thaw and the seeds sprout when they're ready. :)
They don't read the seed packets or know what zone they are in or read a calendar or thermometer.. they just know when and what to do. :)
Yes it works. With or with out the snow.
Its for people who don't have a green house but want to get going on sowing those seeds when its still really cold outside, or people who can't spend lots of money buying all the plants they want.
I've never had success sowing seed outdoors. Either our spring rains and tornados wash them away or the birds get 'em! This has been the only method of growing from seed that has worked for me.
more info at these links:
Discussion and photos for newbies
I'm going to use my saved nursery pots and cups like this instead of all the milk jugs and soda bottles:
Winter Sowing in large clear tubs
I think it will look nicer and be easier to move them once they sprout and need watering and sunning.
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Permalink Reply by Mary Howell on -
I have never did this but plan to try this year. I kept all containers from the plant we purchased last spring. I may need your advise when setting them up.
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Permalink Reply by Melvalena NTexas on -
I'll be glad to help ya! Be sure to read and study those links, there's not a whole lot to know but you do have to do certain things or it will be a waste of time.
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Permalink Reply by Melvalena NTexas on
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oops.. mistake in reply :(
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Permalink Reply by Terry Courtney on
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Are you talking about sewing veggie seeds or flower seeds, or both? I've never had a whole lot of luck sewing veggie seeds in those starter peet pots or those plastic things with all the squares. The seeds seem to always sprout just fine, but then when it's time to go into the ground they always die on me. I've always had more luck sewing seeds directly into the ground. I'd like to share the craziest thing... from last year's veggie crop...2010/11. My veggie garden in 2010 was pretty much a failure, I don't know if the problem is the soil, the squirrels digging up the seeds, deer, my watering routine, or what, but I planted leafy green lettuce seeds...in 2010 and never got any lettuce. Then winter came and there was snow, rain, ice, etc and then the thaw, and in the spring the lettuce seeds came up! I had GINORMOUS lettuce! Is that crazy or what?
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Permalink Reply by Melvalena NTexas on
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Courtney,
I'm talking both. Though personally I only do flowers. Veggie gardening in N Texas just doesn't work. Or I should say it takes TOO much work, to work.
I have no idea what you might be doing wrong for all your transplants to fail when you put them in the ground.
I do know lettuce prefers cool weather. Its a fall to winter crop where I live.
The Seeds know what to do and when to do it. Its us humans who have to learn what's going on! :)
Check out the links, do some reading about winter sowing and you might figure out what you're doing wrong?
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Permalink Reply by Mary Howell on
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I certainly will, We obtained enough double paned glass windows to build a greenhouse but won't get it done till spring. I have tons of seeds to try this year and am very interested in the winter sow idea, especially since you don't have to harden off the plants.
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Permalink Reply by Melvalena NTexas on
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Mary, you do have to harden them off somewhat but its not as difficult as doing it the other way!
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