They'll be fine. The instructions on seed packets refer to growing inside under lights anyway, not wintersowing. Just sow them and they'll be fine.

Karen

These are the ValueSeeds I think I am going to WS any objections or advice?
I have the containers all ready...I work in the Deli at Costo so all those food containers ( rotisserie chicken any one) that we can't use for food due to a crack or got dropped well they have a home with me for plants!
The sauteing iron has gotten a work out the past 3 days making holes!

Hyssop
Morning Glory Dwarf Ensign Mixed
Dayflower
Amaranthus Joseph\'s Coat
Delphinium Pacific Hybrid Mixed
Pansy Rhine Gold
Sweet Pea Astronaut Mixed Colors
Lupin Blue Bonnet
Seven Dwarfs Mixed
Columbine Nora Barlow Mixed
English Daisy Rose Carpet
Salad Leaves Niche Oriental Mixed
Bellflower Amethyst
Zinia Red Spider
Fuchsia Fuseedia Mixed F2

Zinnia elegans T&M Giant Cactus Flowers Mixed
Digitalis purpurea Candy Mountain
Aquilegia x cultorum Danish Dwarf
Parsley : Big Mountain

Sow the zinnias and morning glories last. They will germinate easily and cringe at a late frost.

The dayflower grows like a weed in my yard. Seeds are viable for up to 7 years. Be sure you pull it before it sets seed if you don't like it. I would say wintersow or direct sow.

The zinnias should be done a few weeks before last frost. I would also wait on the sunflower. Sow it after the last frost.

You bet zinnias don't like it cold Bakemom, last year I lost all the seedlings in a frost,(sowed 3/25/2008) now I have them listed as not to bother sowing till April, they came up in 5 days then.

none of them except columbine, delphinium, lupin and possibly pansy will benefit from cold stratifying. I would not do any of them now and wait until mid March to start most, leave alone zinnia and MG till later. Forget about Fushia, it is looong warm germinator, start it now indoor you will be lucky if you get it to germinate and bloom this year.

Busylizzy,
I have a question for you,if you have to wait until the end of April to sow your Zinnias,do you still go through the WSing process?If yes,why not just direct sow them,and save a step?
Carol

Carol,
I'll chip in here on the Zinnias as I've WSed them every year and can't have a year without them.
Yes, you still do the WSing process. It's all the same, just the date on the calendar is different.
Zin's are REALLY sensitive to cold (like Basil). Zinnias and Basils are the last thing I put out because I've had Zins sprout when it's still been rather chilly, but the minute it gets one notch colder than they like, they get bit.
I've occasionally direct sowed Zins to supplement what I WSed, when I didn't feel I had enough. It still seems to me that WSing gives me at least a week or two up on Direct Sowing, simply because otherwise, I have to wait until the ground is acessible or workable here.

L

Thanks Linda,
That makes sence,so i will wait for the zinnias,i needed this info.
Carol

Lizzie, its still good to start them in the protected containers,e ven if its warmer out, because it will help stop them from getting eaten by....things that are hungry.