_Broccoli

_{Late Feb}

_{5 to 11 days}

_{50 to 60 degrees F}

_{6 to 7}

_{Tolerates light frost after hardening.}

_{Brussels sprouts}

_{Late Feb}

_{5 to 11 days}

_{50 to 60 degrees F}

_{6 to 7}

_{Tolerates light frost after hardening.}

_Cabbage

_{Late Feb}

_{5 to 11 days}

_{50 to 60 degrees F}

_{6 to 7}

_{Tolerates light frost after hardening.}

_Cauliflower

_{Late Feb}

_{5 to 11 days}

_{50 to 60 degrees F}

_{6 to 7}

_{Tolerates light frost after hardening.}

_Cucumber

_{Late April}

_{6 days}

_{60 to 62 degrees F}

_{3 to 4}

_{Sow in pots. Keep warm at all times.}

_Eggplant

_{Late March}

_{7 to 15 days}

_{62 to 65 degrees F}

_{6 to 7}

_{Keep Warm}

_{Head lettuce}

_{Late Feb}

_{5 to 11 days}

_{50 to 60 degrees F}

_{6 to 7}

_{Tolerates light frost after hardening.}

_{Kale/Collards}

_{Late Feb}

_{12 days}

_{50 to 60 degrees F}

_{6 to 7}

_{Tolerates light frost after hardening.}

_Muskmelon

_{Late April}

_{8 days}

_{60 to 62 degrees F}

_{3 to 4}

_{Sow in pots. Keep warm}

_Okra

_{Late April}

_{8 to 14 days}

_{60 to 62 degrees F}

_{4 to 5}

_{Sow in pots. Keep warm}

_Pepper

_{Late March}

_{8 to 14 days}

_{62 to 65 degrees F}

<sub>6 to 7 - packs

8 to 10 -pots</sub>

_{Keep warm.}

_Pumpkin

_{Late April}

_{8 days}

_{60 degrees F}

_{4 to 5}

_{Sow in pots. Keep warm}

_Squash

_{Late April}

_{8 days}

_{60 to 62 degrees F}

_{3 to 4}

_{Sow in pots. Keep warm}

_Tomato

_{Late March}

_{8 to 14 days}

_{62 to 65 degrees F}

<sub>6 to 7 - packs

8 to 10 - pots</sub>

_{Keep warm.}

_Watermelon

_{Late April}

_{8 days}

_{60 to 62 degrees F}

_{3 to 4 - pots}

_{Sow in pots. Keep warm}

_Ageratum

_{Early March}

_{5 to 9 days}

_{60 to 65 degrees F}

_{10 to 11}

_{Needs light to germinate.}

_{Alyssum, sweet}

_{Late March}

_{4 to 9 days}

_{50 to 55 degrees F}

_{8 to 9}

_{Needs light to germinate.}

_Aster

_{Early April}

_{8 to 9 days}

_{60 to 62 degrees F}

_{7 to 8}

_Celosia

_{Early April}

_{6 to 11 days}

_{65 to 68 degrees F}

_{10 to 12}

_{Don’t grow cool.}

_Cleome

_{Early to mid-April}

_{10 to 13 days}

_{70 to 75 degrees F}

_{7 to 9}

_{Transplant before flowering.}

_Coleus

_{Early March}

_{8 to 11 days}

_{65 to 75 degrees F}

_{9 to 10}

_{Needs light to germinate.}

_Cosmos

_Mid-April

_{6 days}

_{65 degrees F}

_{4 to 6}

_Dianthus

_{Early March}

_{5 to 8 days}

_{50 to 55 degrees F}

_{12 to 14}

_{Cover seeds lightly. Grow cool.}

_{Dusty Miller}

_{Early March}

_{11 to 16 days}

_{60 to 65 degrees F}

_{11 to 12}

_{Needs light to germinate.}

_{Geranium, seed}

_{Early Feb}

_{7 to 12 days}

_{60 to 65 degrees F}

_{13 to 15}

_{Best if grown in small pot.}

_Gomphrena

_{Late March}

_{10 to 15 days}

_{68 degrees F}

_{9 to 10}

_{Crop time for dwarf types.}

_Impatiens

_Mid-Feb

_{15 to 19 days}

_{58 to 60 degrees F}

_{10 to 11}

_{Cover seeds lightly.}

_Lobelia

_{Early Feb}

_{15 to 21 days}

_{60 degrees F}

_{11 to 12}

_{Needs light to germinate.}

_Marigold

_{Early April}

_{5 to 8 days}

_{65 to 68 degrees F}

_{8 to 12}

_{Tall types require more time.}

_Melampodium

_{Early April}

_{7 to 11 days}

_{60 to 62 degrees F}

_{7 to 8}

_Nicotiana

_{Late March}

_{10 to 13 days}

_{60 to 62 degrees F}

_{9 to 10}

_{Needs light to germinate.}

_Pansy/Viola

_{Early to mid-Jan}

_{6 to 13 days}

_{50 to 55 degrees F}

_{14 to 15}

_{Grow at cool temperatures.}

_{Orn. Pepper}

_{Early to mid-April}

_{8 to 13 days}

_{60 degrees F}

_{11 to 14}

_Petunia

_{Late Feb}

_{6 to 13 days}

_{55 to 60 degrees F}

_{12 to 13}

_{Needs light to germinate.}

_{Phlox, annual}

_{Late March}

_{6 to 13 days}

_{50 to 55 degrees F}

_{10 to 11}

_{Direct seed into containers.}

_Portulaca

_{Early April}

_{6 to 13 days}

_{65 degrees F}

_{12 to 13}

_{Needs light to germinate.}

_Salvia

_Mid-March

_{12 to 14 days}

_{60 degrees F}

_{9 to 11}

_{Needs light to germinate.}

_Snapdragon

_{Early March}

_{7 to 13 days}

_{45 to 50 degrees F}

_{15 to 16}

_{Needs light. Grow cool.}

_Torenia

_Mid-Feb

_{10 to 19 days}

_{55 to 60 degrees F}

_{12 to 13}

_{Needs light to germinate.}

_Verbena

_{Early March}

_{12 to 22 days}

_{55 to 60 degrees F}

_{12 to 13}

_{Chill seeds before sowing.}

_Vinca

_Mid-March

_{10 to 17 days}

_{65 to 68 degrees F}

_{14 to 15}

_{Grow in warm temperatures.}

_Zinnia

_Mid-April

_{5 to 9 days}

_{60 degrees F}

_{8 to 9}

_{Direct seed into final container.}