Viscidviolet there is no way for me to respond to you, your email does not show on your member page. Please email me if you want the seeds.

Stage rat. you have to understand the mindset of these engineers, with genius IQ's in math. They are perfectionist's to boot. enough that, sometimes, it can drive you crazy. He'll count just about anything in a seed packet, but even he draws the line when he hit the package of lettuce seeds and opened the inner foil packet and saw way to many seeds for even his patience. I quietly sat there, grinning to myself and thinking "finally a seed packet that you refuse to play with and count." Karen, I'm the one that has been posting the numbers in the seed packets in the burpee seeds on the rack. Been doing it for a couple of years now. K-mart has the seeds in the stores in MA now. I do miss the Martha Stewart seeds they carried when they had a contract with her. She had quite a few seed packets that others didn't have. Can't seem to find a store that carries them now. Fran

My cabbage seedlings look great! They spent about 2 weeks in an unheated garage, under a window. I put them back outside after the snow melted and they never blinked, so to speak. They are showing some true leaves, so I need to transplant them, soon. In the future, if I am winter-sowing and the temperatures are predicted to drop to severely cold levels, I will put my seedlings in a protected area as I did this season.

Keep potting up as they grow until shortly before first frost is expected. In the fall sink the pot into the soil, cut the plant back after frost and cover the entire plant with 4-6 inches of shredded leaves or other mulch. I have over wintered seed grown hardy hibiscus several times. In late April/early May (z4, probably earlier for your zone) remove the mulch. If the plant is still quite small I leave it in the pot in the ground and plant in the fall (of the second year). Sometimes the plant will even bloom in the pot before it can be planted. You might get away with little or no mulch in your zone. If you have several mulch one and leave one unmulched to see what works for you.