Seed starting

For those wondering when to start their seeds indoors, and when to plant the seedlings outside. This is a fairly useful chart for San Joaquin County.

http://ucanr.org/sites/gardenweb/files/29042.pdf

I'm trying to start EVERYTHING from seed this year. All previous years I've purchased plants from Home Depot and Lowe's with a couple of seeds here and there. I may end up hungry this season, or I might discover new delicious varieties of veggies I can't buy from the big box stores.

I was very sad to find that most places only carry one type of zucchini plant (black beauty) when there are so many out there. So I tried to seed my own. I didn't get a picture of it but the only one that sprouted sent roots into the air, and leaves into the ground, then died. I must have planted him on his head :-) The other one I planted didn't sprout at all.... I have many more seeds and am going to try again soon.

I got a little to excited about spring and started sprouting seeds way to early. They outgrew my nifty seed starting tray so I had to transplant them into window boxes. I'm still working on moving them all into window boxes but here are a few of them.

Roma Tomatoes

Romaine Lettuce 

We use a lot of cilantro around the house. I've been successfully growing a little bit in a window box all winter! I need to plant more seeds though, I would like to fill up the whole box.

Cilantro