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In reply to the discussion: Early Planting of Spinach [View all]

MissB

(16,119 posts)
8. I look forward to hearing about it! I had great success last year, particularly with squash
Wed Jan 25, 2023, 01:38 PM
Jan 2023

It did feel odd sowing the seeds in January, but I also had super strong and healthy plants growing outside way before I would've previously even thought to sow seeds directly. Best part is that I could just pop them out of the containers and put them in place without having to transition them to outside conditions.

I am still doing peppers, tomatoes and eggplant indoors - mostly because I have a fairly short growing season here. I pick mostly early varieties and give them a good head start inside. I wish I could do them outside, but they wouldn't pop up in time to harvest tomatoes.

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Early Planting of Spinach [View all] NJCher Jan 2023 OP
Looking forward to your report! niyad Jan 2023 #1
You don't have any snow there, Cher? Diamond_Dog Jan 2023 #2
So far no snow NJCher Jan 2023 #3
Where in NJ? IbogaProject Jan 2023 #4
Essex NJCher Jan 2023 #6
Burlington county originally IbogaProject Jan 2023 #9
I understood that NJCher Jan 2023 #10
I started to do winter sowing last year MissB Jan 2023 #5
I used to do winter sowing NJCher Jan 2023 #7
I look forward to hearing about it! I had great success last year, particularly with squash MissB Jan 2023 #8
the thing that surprised me about winter sowing NJCher Jan 2023 #11
I too use heat mats inside MissB Jan 2023 #12
I'm going to check that out NJCher Jan 2023 #13
checked out the Facebook Winter Sowing group NJCher Jan 2023 #14
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