Question: What Vegetable Seeds Should I Be Germinating Right Now?
By: Melissa Peterman
Published: February 27, 2010

It's almost March and I'm planting a garden. Thinking about what seeds I should order or purchase for germinating now to plant later. Organic and heirloom are my only musts.

Answers:
Chris Paulk

Depending on where you live of course, but the following vegetables should be germinated in 44--55 * temps.
Beets, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, chard, chinese cabbage, chives, dill, endive, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce, onions, parsley, parsnips, peas, radish, rhubarb, rutabagas, & spinach.
A good source for some great heirloom seed varieties is Uprising Organics Seeds.  They are a small farm in Western Washington.
http://www.uprisingorganics.com/index.php
Curt

All of them.
Curt

The plastic packaging used by Costco and others for organic apples are excellent seed germinating units.  Most of them hold a dozen apples or 12 spaces to germinate seeds in with a roof...open top the containers can bed 24 spaces.  When the plants get big and strong enough you can open the lid and plant the other side...and so on.