We start seeds indoors before the last frost date and plant them out before, at, or after the last frost date. That’s the date that all counting is made from. To find your last frost date, go to these links if you live in Canada or in the USA. Last frost dateįor the spring indoor seed starting schedule, we need to know our last frost date. Note: The free printable indoor seed starting schedule is at the end of this blog article. Plus you can print yourself a schedule to follow with your exact dates and also adjust as needed. In this article, we want to take a look at when and why we start seeds following this schedule. But I have made some adjustments to our particular situation, more about that below. The schedule is very simple, and it is still all we use. That attracted me to his work in the first place.

Mel Bartholomew, the author, is known for simplifying things. The schedule comes from the All New Square Foot Gardening book. After using this spring indoor seed-starting schedule for annual vegetable seeds for several years now, do we still recommend it, or is it time for a new plan?

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