Tended the potted critters today. The sprouted store onion is GROWING like TOPSY! I have a sprouted grocery store irish potato that I hope to get into dirt after the upcoming blizzard. The sprouted sweet potatoes also seem very happy.
I stumbled across this web site that I thought other newbies like me would like to have:
http://www.almanac.com/content/frost-chart-united-states/zipcode/76041
It is the FIRST AND LAST FROST DATES for your area. Just enter your zipcode!
Based on this date that this site gives, counting how far back before my last spring frost date should I start my seedlings?
Isn’t it really cold there right now? I see it’s 19 in the TX panhandle..next to OK.
It’s supposed to get here tomorrow..this evening it was in the 70’s.
That chart gives the 50% risk of last frost. If you search around, you can get the 90% risk date, which is a couple of weeks later for us in SE Texas. It changes from Feb 27 to Mar 17, which is more accurate, but still leave a slight chance of frost. Try your county agent for a date or NOAA, which I would trust more than any other internet site.
I start my peppers and eggplant about 8 weeks before last frost date. I start my tomatoes about 6 weeks before last frost date. The peppers grow so very slow and the tomatoes grow very fast. I direct seed most everything else.
Thanks for posting the link. It depends on the plant how far back you count. For tomatoes I use a 4 to 6 week time period.