JANUARY-witch hazel pictured above
It's time to start going through your seeds from last season and thumbing through garden catalogs to find what you need to buy. It's my favorite time of the year!!!! To make it a little easier for you I have a great list of seed companies and seed tips that will be sure to help you out.
Seed Houses
Oregon
Abundant Life Seed Saginaw Or
Horizon Herbs Williams Or
Nichols Garden Nursery Albany Or
Territorial Seed Company Cottage Grove Or*MY FAVORITE*
Other great seed houses
Bountiful Gardens Willits Ca
Companion Plants Athens Oh
The Cook's Garden Warminster Pa
Fedco Seeds Waterville Me
Filaree Farm Okanogan Wa
J.L. Hudson, Seedsman La Honda Ca
Johnny Selected Seeds Winslow Me
Larner Seeds Bolinas Ca
Pinetree Garden Seeds New Gloucester Me
Richter's Herbs Ontario Canada
Salt Spring Seeds Salt Spring Island B.C.
Seed Savers Exchange Decorah Ia $30 membership. Free seeds
Seeds of Change Santa Fe Nm
Seeds Trust/High Altitude Seeds Cornvill Az
Thompson & Morgan Aurora In
West Coast Seeds Delta BC
TIPS
*Use good potting mix because seeds push up out of the soil and heavy soil impede's their imminent emergence.
*Cover the seeds with soil depth of 3 times the thickness of the seed.
*Keep soil evenly moist until seed leaves emerge. To prevent damping off diseases, remove the covering immediately after the seed leaves emerge.
*Once seed leaves emerge water less. Let the surface of the soil dry out between watering. This reduces disease.
Things you can sow indoors in the North West:
Onion Family-
Leeks-Varna, Otina, Splendid, Le Lyon
Onions-Copra, Simcoe, Buffalo, Stuttgarter
Sunflower Family
Artichoke-Imperial Star, Northern Star, Green Glove
Cardoon
Endive-President, Perfect
Lettuce-Winter Density, Little Gem, Rouge D'Hiver, Perella, Capitaine, Rougette Du Midi
Rose Family
Alpine Strawberry
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