Most beginner gardeners kill their seedlings before they ever hit the ground.
Here's how to not do that. Free tools for Zones 2 to 5, in plain language, from a Zone 3 prairie garden in Saskatchewan.
- Jan 29Lisianthus
- Feb 26Onions, leeks, peppers
- Mar 12Petunias, snapdragons
- Mar 26Tomatoes
- Apr 9Dahlias, brassicas
- Apr 23Zinnias, cosmos
- Apr 30Squash, cukes
- May 21Last frost
A slice of the free calendar. The full page has 48 plants.
Three tools for the three ways seedlings die
Why do my seedlings look like that?
Tall and floppy, yellow, wilting, rotting at the stem. Tap what you see and get the fix.
Open the seedling fix toolAm I already too late to start?
Pick your zone and your plant. Get the start date, and the heat, moisture and light it needs to come up.
Open the seed timing toolI put them outside and they died.
That's hardening off, and skipping it kills plants. Get a day-by-day schedule to your last frost.
Open the harden off toolHarvest timing and a cut-flower guide are coming in spring. Calendar subscribers get them first.
Get the Zone 3 seed-starting calendar
Every start date for 48 plants on one printable page, worked back from a May 21 last frost. Zone 2, 4 or 5? A shift chart on the page adjusts every date.
Raw footage, real results, Zone 3. New videos every Tuesday and Friday.
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