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Sun, Feb 17, 13 at 13:22
| Am I jumping the gun? I have milk jugs full of lettuces, arugula, cilantro, spinach and peas that are a couple inches tall with fully-formed leaves. I see that people are planting seeds for these things now, and wonder if I should be planting my little plants. I've never done this before... thanks! |
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- Posted by soonergrandmom Z6 Grove (My Page) on Sun, Feb 17, 13 at 15:55
| I would leave it in it's wintersown containers and keep it out of the sun, and give it a couple more weeks for the nights to warm up a little. I'm Zone 6, but it is still too cold here. |
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| ...and I would plant them out! Those are all cool season crops. If you have enough, you could try planting a few out. Once you start planting, it is important to keep them watered until they settle in. That was the hardest part when I started planting, keeping up with the watering. We should be getting rain this week, so, that is good news. When I wintersowed, I planted as soon as they had leaves, real leaves :) You will be amazed by their roots. |
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| Oh, and if you can, you might put some sort of protection, netting, chicken wire, something over them until after the rain. I found that the birds and squirrels were always very interested in new seedlings. |
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- Posted by redbirdroad 7 (My Page) on Mon, Feb 18, 13 at 10:00
| Thank you! ...I definitely have enough to try putting some out now, and save some for later. I wasn't too sure about the seeds I was using, so I may have-- uh-- overplanted just a little. Seems they survived just fine from last year! |
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