Early Season Sowing 2 Ways! | Winter Sowing in Zone 6

Hello! Today we are doing some soil blocking and winter sowing in plastic jugs to show you two ways to get sowing early! Early spring planting means transplanting 3-4 week old seedlings into the garden, under cover, 6-8 weeks before your last spring frost. Look for varieties that will finish within 8 weeks of transplant, or be well enough established to handle heat like cabbages. Here's a list of veggies and flowers that like to grow in the early spring, or need to be started early in zones 5-7a Start Early February: Onions, Leeks, Hot Peppers, cabbage, broccoli Mid February: Perennial herbs (oregano, thyme, lavender, rosemary) Gooseberry, Celery (succession plant all growing season) Mid to Late (repeat in 2 weeks): These will be the 1st wave to go out under cover, giving an extra 4 week shoulder to season. Wait for soil to warm to 50F to transplant and 45F to direct seed. kale, kohlrabi, bok choy, raab, radicchio, lettuce (leaf), spinach, arugula 0:56 How to know when to start cool season crops 3:04 Soil Blocking, why? 6:53 What can you plant in February? (zone 5-6) 7:56 How wet should your soil mixture be? 13:02 Why you shouldn't always go by the pack instructions. 14:45 How I use vermiculite to keep seeds moist 16:16 Winter Sowing in Milk Jugs 23:54 Sowing super early cherry tomatoes 25:00 Seedling tour Mentioned/Shown in video: Soil Blocker: https://amzn.to/3lf0yFF Soil Blocking Set: https://amzn.to/3YqRWtD (Mine came from Fruition Seeds but appears to be the same as these above) Garden Marker: https://amzn.to/40sfWi5 Labels: https://amzn.to/3DHfW44 My big grow light: https://amzn.to/3DLwnfC Smaller Grow Panels are Similar to This: https://amzn.to/3RK0rxV Survival Garden Seeds (SAVE 10% WITH CODE PAMSPLANTS) https://survivalgardenseeds.com/discount/PAMSPLANTS **Discount for Gardener, Homesteader, and Farmer seed vaults only** Want more content? Check out my Patreon for early, ad-free video access, exclusive bonus videos, and our Patron-only Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pamsprettyplants For one-off donations and other ways to support the channel, consider leaving a Super Thanks or visiting my Ko-Fi page: https://ko-fi.com/pamsprettyplants I am a Skillshare affiliate, and if you love video learning consider checking them out using my link: https://skl.sh/MKR80 I’m also an OLLE affiliate, check out their amazing galvanized raised garden beds here: https://amzn.to/3PIQuxZ FTC/Head’s Up! This video is not sponsored. Description may contain affiliate links, which will always be labeled. Music acquired from the Youtube Music Library #seedstarting2023 #wintersowing #gardenzone6