Alaska gardening: Many plants need to be started indoors from seed now so they will be big enough to transplant out when the soil is warm.
This image provided by Jeff Lowenfels shows flats of sweet peas grown from seed, some in recycled egg cartons, on March 23, 2023, in Anchorage, Alaska. The longer days of spring make this a good time to start plants from seed, either indoors or outdoors.
There are so many things to start indoors from seed now so they will be big enough to transplant out when the soil is warm. I guess going with the bragging-rights theme, I should suggest everyone try to grow a couple to a few tomato plants. They are easy, almost unstoppable and come in a zillion different varieties. And, not many other veggies garner such bragging rights as do tomatoes, especially grown in Alaska.
There are several varieties ranging from tall to dwarf, fluted petals or not and with orange, red, pink or white flowers. The seeds are marigold-big, so this is a great plant with which to start young gardeners. More so because they almost never fail to germinate and mature. Finally, now is the time to visit nurseries for some of those plants you won’t be starting from seed. Bring plants home and continue their growth without the need for supplemental lights. We won’t start hardening off things until at least May and more likely mid-May at that, so consider your space before overloading it.
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