We will be starting our first seedlings in just over a month’s time. I am preparing by getting all our supplies in order- seed starting pots, warming mats, non soil potting medium, and whatever else we may need. I also finished my tentative seed starting calendar:
Tomato: start inside on 3/19 6 wks before last frost – move outside 5/7-5/14 if warm, or to greenhouse
Sweetie Cherry Tomato
San Marzano Paste Tomato
Medford Tomato
Yellow Brandywine Tomato
Amish Paste Tomato
various tomato seeds from Bishop Homegrown
Pepper: start inside on 3/5 8 wks before last frost – move outside 5/7-5/14 if warm or to greenhouse
Early Jalapeno Pepper
Maya Red Habenero Pepper
Bell Pepper
Eggplant: start inside on 2/26 9 wks before last frost – move outside 5/7-5/14 if warm or to greenhouse
Black Beauty Eggplant
Potato: start outside 4/30 -5/7
Rose Finn Apple Fingerling Potato
Russian Banana Fingerling Potato
Yukon Gold Potato
All Red Potato
Red Gold Potato
All Blue Potato
Greens: start outside – also experiment with very early spring plantings in the greenhouse
High Mowing DMR Lettuce Mix 4/9, check soil for workability, 3 wks before last frost
Astro Arugula /9, check soil for workability, 3 wks before last frost
Samish F1 Hybrid Spinach 3/26 check soil for workability, plant every two weeks
Fordhook Giant Chard 4/9, check soil for workability, 3 wks before last frost
Dwarf Jewel Nasturtium 5/7
Peas: start outside on 3/17 – check soil for workability, set up pea trellis (appx 3ft high), 6 wks before last frost
Sugar Snap Pea
Beans: start outside
Gold Rush Wax Bean- (bush bean) start outside on 5/14 if warm, use inoculant, 2 wks after last frost
Kentucky Wonder Pole Bean – require tall trellis, start outside on 5/14 if warm, use inoculant, 2 wks after last frost
Light Red Kidney Bean (drying bean)
Fiskeby Soybean – require some support/trellis start outside on 5/14 if warm, use inoculant, 2 wks after last frost
Corn: start outside 5/7 to 5/14, 1-2 weeks after last frost
Luscious F1 Hybrid Corn
Beets, Carrots and Radish: start outside
Early Wonder Tall Top Beet 4/9, check soil for workability, 3 wks before last frost
Guardsmark Chioggia Beet 4/9, check soil for workability, 3 wks before last frost
Cherry Belle Radish 4/9, check soil for workability, 3 wks before last frost
Napoli F1 Hybrid Carrot 4/30, check soil for workability, wk of last frost
Scarlet Nantes Carrot 4/30, check soil for workability, wk of last frost
Brassicas: inside
De Cicco Broccoli 3/26 4 wks before last frost
Lacinato Dinosaur Kale 2/26 9 wks before last frost
Red Express Cabbage 3/26 4 wks before last frost
Winter Squash: start outside 5/7 – 5/14 protect from bunnies
New England Pie Pumpkin
Howden Pumpkin
Long Island Cheese Pumpkin
Sweet REBA Acorn Squash
Waltham Butternut
Baby Blue Hubbard Squash
Summer Squash: start outside on 5/14 if the soil is well warmed. 2 wks after last frost
Yellow Crookneck Squash
Dark Green Zucchini
Cucumbers: start outside on 5/14 if the soil is well warmed. 2 wks after last frost
Little Leaf Cucumber
Marketmore 76 Cucumber
Onions and Chives: start outside on 4/30
Cortland F1 Hybrid Onion
Red Baron Onion
Chives
Herbs: start outside
Genovese Basil 5/7
Dill Bouquet 4/30
Santo Cilantro 5/7
Common Sage 5/7
Parsley 4/23
Sunflowers – 5/7 outside
Hops – cascade – follow planting instructions with rhizomes
Asparagus crowns – follow planting instructions
Tobacco start inside on 3/19 6 wks before last frost – move outside 5/7-5/14 if warm, or to greenhouse
