Can someone explain Winter Sowing to me?

14 years ago

I like many start in the house, but I'm curious about winter sowing - where are you sowing seeds - outside??? I mean, I threw some peas and lettuce in the ground yesterday, but I'm thinking you folk are doing something a little different... Yes?

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erika_ct
14 years ago
Yep - very different. We're sowing them in containers that act like little green houses.

At the risk of messing up the explanation, I'm going to direct you to the FAQ's here and to the wintersown website.

www.wintersown.org.

You'll find a lot of info there to get you started. Then come on back! Everyone here is so helpful. This is a great site for information. And I think that once you try wintersowing, you'll be hooked.
girlgroupgirl
14 years ago
Grow seeds in mini-greenhouses and like a miracle, they will sprout. That is really how most people I explain the process to, really understand it. I have my neighbor across the street from me hooked now. He came over and asked "how do you start seeds the oldfashioned way. Do I need to spend money on that), lol.
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Ann
14 years ago
Oh the joy of seeing little green sprouts when the rest of the world is not yet green!

Go to wintersown.org and check out all the particulars, and get free seeds as a perk!
trudi_d
14 years ago
Hello Tom8olvr! I've never told you before, but I LOVE your online name!

Winter Sowing is a very simple and penny-pinching method. It works with seeds from Temperate Climates which we sow into vented containers made from recycled items, like milkjugs, soda bottles or take-out containers. We sow the seeds during the season of winter, usually starting with our Solstice Sowing Ceremony and ending about the time you no longer need to wear a jacket and scarf at night to keep warm. But when that happens we roll over into Spring and Summer Sowing--the successes and joy never has to end.

WS has been here at GW for about a decade now. It's taken very seriously by Winter Sowers who are very passionate about WSing and sharing the method because they want beginners to experience the same successes that they did. WinterSown.Org is a member of USDA/NAL/AgNIC.Org, freely providing quality information to the public. WinterSown.Org has FAQs, Photos, Free Seeds, and few other things I've tucked away into it--all nice. I'm sure you know me well for my seed distribution programs which I started some years back as a way to get folks to try Winter Sowing, but now that it's established I still give away seeds as a way to help beginners and those in need of seed.

I'll paste in the link to the FAQs which are all illustrated and have links to supporting info at other quality sites. I will warn you now, and it's very true, Winter Sowing can be very addicting.

Welcome to the Winter Sowing Forum--we're a very friendly group, some folks call us the warm and fuzzy forum, and in general, you can ask just about any gardening-related question, because if we can sprout it with WS then we have to grow it and care for it. There is a WS seed exchange, photo galleries and a convo-pit for off-topic discussions.

Kindly,

T

Here is a link that might be useful: WinterSown.Org FAQs.

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