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February 14, 2010 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: CT
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When to start
I was wondering when I should start my seeds in ct. If anyone can point me to where I can get the average dates of the last frost. It would be much appreciated.
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February 14, 2010 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Oakland MS
Posts: 231
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http://cdo.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/climatenormals/climatenormals.pl?directive=prod_select2&prodtype= CLIM2001&subrnum%20to%20Freeze/Frost%20Data%20from%20the%20U.S.%20Climate%20Norma ls
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February 17, 2010 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: NE Kingdom, VT - Zone 3b
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Where you live, you want to plant out between May 15-30'th. I start seeds according to the moon and the constellations, like our ancestors 2000+ years ago. Sow seeds this year then on 3/23 or 3/24 for best results.
Otherwise, start seeds in the 3 days before the full moon on March 29 for quick germination. I've had germination in 24 hours by sowing tomato seed a day before the full moon. Of course it was in my furnace room where it is usually 85 degrees, but all other times it took 3-4 days. |
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