Learn how to:
• Calculate back from your first fall frost date to find your sowing and transplanting windows
• Adjust days to maturity using the “fall buffer” method
• Choose the best crops to start indoors based on your zone and daylight hours
• Utilize strategies for short-season gardeners and season extenders
From understanding the Persephone period to selecting short-season varieties, this episode equips you with the tools to master indoor seed starting for the fall garden. Let’s dig in!
Fall Buffer Chart:
Planting Window Before Frost DTM Adjustment
11 weeks+ +10% buffer
8–10 weeks +20% buffer
5–7 weeks +40% buffer
3–4 weeks +70% buffer
Links:
Save 20% on your new own-root rose plant at Heirloom Roses with code JUSTGROW at https://heirloomroses.com
Seed to Sprout Course: https://www.justgrowsomething.com/indoor-seed-starting
Resources:
Plant Growth Factors: Temperature: https://cmg.extension.colostate.edu/Gardennotes/143.pdf
Sowing Planting Calculation: https://ucanr.edu/site/uc-master-gardener-program-sonoma-county/sowing-planting-calculation
Fall Vegetable Gardening: https://extension.uga.edu/publications/detail.html?number=C1258&title=fall-vegetable-gardening
Full Show Notes at https://justgrowsomethingpodcast.com/episode/fall-garden-seed-starting-secrets-ep-257