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Doxes or containers to organize your seeds could eliminate much overwhelm and confusion here.
Generally, studying the estimated germination time and the estimated growth period until harvest for each plant variety is a good place to start. Cool weather loving plants (cabbage family, lettuces, greens, many perennial flowers) should be started now, and warmer weather lovers (cucumbers, tomatoes, squash, zinnias, etc.) should be started in March, by midmonth, if you want to start these seeds indoors.
Each year after I get my seed sowing dates organized on a little chart I’ve made, using the astronomical Stella Natura calendar as a guideline, I pull my seeds for each month together and group them according to their germinatjon requirements. The seeds which need stratification, or pre-chilling, I seal in a plastic bag, then put in the fridge.
An option, with a spare refrigerator, would be to house the pots of soil sown with seeds and closed in plastic bags there.
Scarification is another pre-treatment need of some seeds and must be done a day ahead in most cases, by nicking or lightly sanding the seed coat. Some seeds might need pre-soaking overnight to enhance germination. If any of your seeds are old and you wish to check viability, just place a few of a variety between damp paper or kitchen towels for a week in a warm spot, to see if they
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