
How to Know When To Start Seeds
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Just moved in looking forward to planting a garden but we have maple trees all around the yard we get filtered sun thru out the day i would like to know what plants i can get that will thrive in my garden with filtered sun.
If you will be planting in the soil near those maple trees be aware that there will be a lot of root competition for moisture and digging may be difficult. You will need to look for plants that can handle not only shade but dry soil - a tough situation for many plants. I have a dry shade bed that I have been working on for years and have found that epimediums, forget-me-nots, yellow woodland foxgloves, coneflowers, columbine, white wood asters, heuchera, tiarella, and ferns do well there. We also have planted things that might be aggressive in sunny, moist conditions such as gooseneck loosestrife, goldenrod, lamium, ajuga, and sedums that manage to survive the tough conditions but not take over. Keep any new plantings well watered until the plants become established and add as much compost as you can to your planting areas. Good luck!
I'm a little confused. It looked like you were basing this off the Memorial Day date and working back. I'm in zone 7a and have always planted with the rule of thumb of planting on or around Mother's Day. That is almost a month after the last frost date on the Farmer's Almanac. Do I go with the frost date or the Mother's Day date as the starting point to count back from?
If you always plant around Mother's Day then by all means plan it so your seedlings will be ready for that date.
Hi Robin,
I live in Malta, where we never really have any frost. We have wet, cool winters and very hot, dry summers. Sometimes in hails in Winter, but it's very rare. No snow. Zone 11a. In this case, when should be my week 15, which is in February in your area? Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with us!
I have some little peppers seeds that someone gave me but they are about 8 years old and I try to germinate them but none came out ,do you have a way to help those seeds to grow?i would appreciate your help.thanh you,claude
Try putting the seeds in the freezer for about 7 days and then try again to germinate them
Hi Nadia, We only handle the U.S. and Canada. Malta might be comparable to USDA planting zones 11a (Hawaii). However, we do have a Garden Planner which works globally if you’d like to try it (free trial) here: https://gardenplanner.almanac.com/
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