I thoroughly enjoyed the podcast. And I feel honored by you mentions of me!
I learned that I'm the resident expert wintersower.
We actually have quite a few members who wintersow. But to clear something up, I don't wintersow my coleus. They are all sun coleus, mostly from Rosy Dawn Gardens. I do propagate some of those from cuttings over winter, but this year they're not doing so well.
Trish, what are you wintersowing? If you've not tried them, you might consider Laura Bush Petunias. Sold by Wildseed Farms in Texas, they've been bred for heat tolerance. They're a fragrant, reseeding, upright, old fashioned type petunia.
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A patch of volunteers
I hope you'll try a few wintersown tomatoes. I think you'll be shocked at how well they do. As long as you don't let them die of thirst, they're happy. No damp-off, no sterilizing soil. Just sow them. Very slow growing here in our cool Ohio springs, but they catch up after they're in the ground and weather warms. For those or any frost tender annual (zinnias!) I don't wintersow them until close to spring, around March for me. That's just to avoid sprouts in an early warm weather period which will inevitably later turn frosty again. In case of frost after they sprout, I throw a blanket over the jugs at night.
Any plant that reseeds for you should wintersow well. And the seed is still pre-programmed for some things, like DTM for tomatoes. So, shorter DTMs like Matina will produce fruit sooner than longer DTMs like beefsteaks.
I agree with Dave's favorite vegetables, and the okra too. Slime!
Karen
