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One way you can get a jump on the gardening season is to start some of your own plants. F. D. Schales, horticulturist at Virginia Tech, says it is difficult to grow good quality plants in the window of your house. Coldframes, hotbeds or plastic greenhouses are designed for this purpose and will give much better results. If interested in one of these, write the Department of Morti culture, Virginia Tech, Blacks burg 24061, or contact your extension agricultural agent. Schales adds, "A mistake many make in growing plants is to plant the seed too early. When plants are ready to set in the garden, the weather is still too cold. Tomatoes, egg plant, pepper and the cool season crops such as cabbage and broccoli can be grown to the right size for transplanting in five to seven weeks from planting date." It's best to have young plants somewhat small to set rather than oversized or stunted. Crops such as muskmelons, cucumbers, watermelons and squash should be transplanted two to three weeks after seeding. Seed these vine crops one or two seeds per band or peat pot and set in the garden without disturbing the root system. They may be grown in vermiculite or peat moss. Most of the other vegetables can be started in a seed flat and transplanted to peat pots, bands or whatever you grow
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