Propagation: Show Us Your Jugs..., 1 by kqcrna

kqcrna wrote:
Pippi: Never bring wintersown plants into a heated house. I mean NEVER.

Sow hardy annuals and perennials in winter, don't sow tender annuals until close to spring.

So that means your first sprouts should be perennials and HAs. In my zone that's around March. I just let 'em stay in their jugs until I plant out in the garden. These HAs and perennials can be planted into the garden as soon as they're big enough to handle and the soil is thawed. Subsequent frosts and freezes won't hurt them- that's why their called hardy.

Here's a jug of marigolds way past due to be planted out. Their bad Mom neglected them for a long time, but they obviously didn't notice.

Karen