Veggies from seed

VanessaOSU

What veggies do you plant the seeds directly outside?  I have started carrots, lettuce, radish, and cilantro from seed planted directly into the garden.  I also know you can plant bean and peas directly into the ground.  What are other plants that do well directly planted into the garden?

 I'm trying to plan what seeds to buy and what to wait for in transplants.  I will ofcourse buy transplants of tomatoes and peppers since I dont' have a grow light to start them indoors.

nitaw

I planted romaine lettuce from seed in the garden. It did pretty well until the winter cold stunted it's growth. My spinach also did well as a direct sow too. I hear that okra is easy to start from seed, so I'll try it out this summer.

rubyiu

Other than what you said, leeks and squash is pretty hardy as well!

alliapistor

My cucumbers did really well started from seed last year.  My corn probably would have been okay had the cukes not used it as a trellis.  I didn't have much luck with carrots or spinach from seed.

ChristyDM82

I've done lettuce, carrots, butternut squash, pumpkins, zucchini, and beans.

nitaw

alliapistor:

My cucumbers did really well started from seed last year. 

This is good to know. I was planning on starting cukes from seed this year.

mrslucas0610

I live in SoCal, so I'm expecting the weather to be pretty nice for the rest of the season. We just planted our seed last weekend and this weekend, but we started everything in flats of soil with a clear cover to keep in a humid environment. In the morning we put them outside in the sun and when it gets dark we bring all the seedlings into the house. We are going to wait a couple weeks for the seedlings to grow then transplant them into the soil. You can find the flats with soil pellets at home depot or lowes. But my husband also cut water bottles in half, added soil and planted the seed, then used to top part to keep in the humidity. We did plant onions and carrots directly into the ground, they should turn out ok.

We planted tomatos, two types of sweet pepper, four types of hot pepper, cilantro, carrots, red onions and green onions. I also planted sunflowers for fun! We are really excited to see how the garden grows. At work we can grow great in the greenhouse, but outdoors is a different story! Good luck with your garden!

mrslucas0610

Oh ya and we planted two types of squash directly into the ground.

kastle

Are you asking what seeds can be directly sown in your climate or what seeds you can grow indoors w/out a grow light?  Unless you have a *very* sunny window, starting seeds indoors isn't a good idea. You'll just get leggy, weak plants that won't produce.