Pacific Northwest Gardening: Planning for our vegetable gardens, 0 by essentialplanet

essentialplanet wrote:
Hi Summerkid,

I am in Zone8b, and I start my tomato seeds somewhere between early to mid March. (Have started as early as March 3, and as late as March 15)

I have posted how I start my tomato seedlings on my blog at: http://www.boelstoddard.com/starting-tomato-seedlings/

Peppers I start mid March, and the key with peppers is to not transplant them out in the garden too early.

When there is risk of temperatures falling below 50 at night, it is not a good idea to set peppers out. It will stunt them for life. I set mine out about June 15, usually, over a month after I set my tomato plants out. Peppers actually thrive here, if you make sure to not get them into the garden too soon!