Its also the first time this year youll start succession seeding, both indoors and out.
Grow a mixed tray of vegetables or herbs now, and start another one in a few weeks.
This will also help alleviate some strain on square footage in your growing space.
Even if you havent started your seed growing yet, theres still time.
And remember: Theres no shame injust buying startsor waiting for giveaways.
Start succession seeding peas and other vegetables outside
By now, you should be sowing peas outside.
Remember, youre succession planting, so you dont need a ton to go in every week.
Consider how many radishes youll really eat every few weeks, and get a few different varieties in.
I make short rows of these seeds so I have plenty of room for them.
This allows me to have one continuous harvest all summer.
As you are planting seeds, its easy to dismiss the conservatism of just a few zucchini plants.
For placement, consider that tomatoes do well interplanted with onions.
Leeks are easily grown from seed, so get them started in early April.
you’re free to tuck nasturtium and sweet alyssum almost anywhere.
At this point, I start the first succession of all my annual flowers except sunflowers.
If youre doing a second succession, youll start that in the third week of April.
Most seed easily, too.
ensure youre getting the cilantro, basil, and dill in the seed trays now.
Dill, cilantro, and parsley bolt, so youll want to succession seed them in mid-April.
