Getting ready to start your seeds?
WHOA. Slow down. Check your seed packet information, and do some math. With a few exceptions, if you start your seeds this early you will have gangly, enormous plants by the time you are able to put them outside (average last frost dates do apply, even when the weather is 60 degrees at the end of January!). Check here for information on your last frost date. If the plants you are starting should be planted outside after that date, then check on the seed packet where it says "start seeds indoors x number of weeks before" and subtract. In most cases you won't be putting seeds in soilless mix until mid-March. Some plants take much longer to grow (you can start peppers and eggplants in February, but please don't start tomatoes) and some can be put outside earlier than the last frost date (most greens and other cabbage family plants, for example). But do the math!
We've got lots of seed-starting resources for you on the Grow It Eat It homepage! Lights, containers, seeds, potting medium, transplants, etc. - lots of pictures and five videos! Check it out!
ETA: Video here of Jon Traunfeld speaking about seed-starting at the Washington Gardener Seed Exchange.
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