Last week we talked about timing your seed starts for your cool weather crops and that was based mainly on the last average frost date in spring for your area or your average daily temperatures, for you warmer climate folks.

But, what about the warm-weather plants? If you determined to save some money in the garden this year by starting your own summer crops from seed instead of buying starts from the local nursery then that is fantastic! Keep in mind a lot of those summer plants take longer to get to the right size for transplanting so you’re going to be growing a lot of these alongside your early spring plants and then continuing to grow them inside after those early plants have gone into the ground. If you have limited space for starting plants indoors, which is most of us, the timing and spacing of having all these plants going at once can become an issue. So, you’ll need to plan and prioritize. Part of that is knowing exactly when your warm-season plants CAN go into the ground and when they SHOULD. There is a difference, and that difference can mean a couple weeks of leeway in your seed starting schedule.

So, let’s talk about the different techniques we can use to determine when to start our heat-loving garden plants.

Greencast Soil Temperature Maps

Let Soil Temperatures Guide You When Planting Vegetables

Average Weather by Location

Johnny’s Seed Planting Schedule

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