Starting veggies from seeds in winter

Are there any vegetables that you can propagate from seed when the temps get down to almost freezing....or should I rely on transplants? (NC Zone 7)

There are many cold hardy vegetables. This site lists the kinds of vegetables you might try. I also buy seed that specifys cold hardy or early. Note too that some of the varieties I try prefer cold so bolt as soon as it gets warm. http://www.coopext.colostate.edu/TRA/PLANTS/index.html#http://www.colostate.edu/Dept/CoopExt/TRA/PLANTS/vegpltim.html

I just sewed onions and chives on my heat mat. Once they get big enough,I sperate them out into cells then put them in unheated greenhouse to grow at a cooler tmeps so they won't take so much hardening off before I set them out in the garden in Feb. I may use lo polytunnels over them until late March...just in case.


Edited to say: according to my BWI schedule,it says I can still sew spinach,turnips,and radishes....also can plant out onion sets

This message was edited Nov 6, 2008 10:16 AM

I just started Winter Sowing. The forum here is great. I learned so much and summarized what I learned on my blog www.kirbyplant.blogspot.com Come visit.

here's the first round of early season cole crops I started the first of the month. Now that I've gotten good germination,I've turned off the heat mat so I can begin the hardening off process. I'm running out of room in here so I'm going to take the pillows and cushion off the window seat and hub's is going to rig up a light to move them over to. Once I move these off,I'll have room for starting my tomatoes,peppers,eggplants and herbs.

Cole crop pictured here are:
Early Jeresy cabbage,red stem choy sum,Violleta Hybrid pok choy,Long Island Improved brussel sprouts,purple and green cauliflowers.