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January is tne \ ■ month I begin leeks, artichokes, parsley, celery, alpine strawberries, any pansies, violas and primulas I didn't start in December, plus a few greens for the hoophouse and cold frame. If you want to try your hand at growing asparagus from seed, which is really quite easy, now is the time.
Giving pansies, violas, primulas, slow growing perennials and most native plants a period of cold—stratification will help them to break dormancy and sprout.
Stratification is a process of mimicking nature to remove seeds’ germination inhibitors. All seeds are equipped with a genetic signed system and biological impediments to prevent germination until conditions are favorable. Some seeds need to experience a cold winter and spring thaw, some need a hot summer then cool fall to sprout: stratification is simply a horticultural term indicating the necessity of sowing seeds in a moist growing medium and controlling the temperature.
The simplest, low-tech way to cold-stratify is to build a seed frame which is placed outdoors.
Ken Druse’s “Making More Plants” is one of my favorite propagation books. It has information on seed frames, which are somewhat like cold frames, though they have straight, not sloping sides, and the hinged top is covered with window screen instead of glass or plas
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