When to start plants indoors zone 5
What seedlings to start in January in Zones 5 and 6 - January Garden Planting Guide
even though it is only January I am
super-excited to get started on my
garden for this year and there actually
are a few things that I can do living in
a zone 5 or Zone 6 in January to get
started with my garden and it's actually
seeds that you can be planting in
January now if you don't live in zone 5
or 6 I'm actually going to be this is
the first in a whole series of videos
that I'm going to do this year and I'm
actually going to be posting zone seven
and eight and zones nine and ten so when
those videos go live they'll be up here
in the links and you can click through
to those now if you happen to not know
what gardening zone you live in there's
a link in the description down below
that will take you out to our website to
a article that I wrote that explains
gardening zones and we'll get you a link
where you can go and actually put in
your postal code and that will tell you
what gardening zone you live in roughly
okay so should have all the information
but today we are going to talk about
what you can actually be planting in
January in the colder zones five and six
now if you live in zones three and four
sorry guys
nothing you can plant in January so
we'll actually catch you guys in
February and we'll start doing some
three and four planting guides as well
but nothing in January unfortunately
that you guys can do but in five or six
there are a few things that we can plant
and most of these are going to be
seedlings that you're going to be
planting indoors that are gonna need a
little bit more time to grow and there
are a few though that you will be able
to plant out into your garden in six to
eight weeks but most of you are gonna
want to do that in some type of
protection so we're talking about either
a cold frame or a hoop house maybe even
just some fabric row cover all of these
things we're still gonna be pretty cold
six to eight weeks from now we're gonna
be in March but we're still in five and
six we're still gonna have pretty cold
temperatures so you're gonna need to
have some protection okay but there are
some things that you can get started the
list is pretty short if you live in the
warmer areas the list is a lot longer
but there are a few
things that we can get started in
January so let's talk about them first
one is onions and leeks
now these you're going to be starting as
seeds and you're gonna grow seedlings
that you can then transplant out in your
garden you're targeting probably around
the end of March first part of April is
when you're gonna want to actually have
them ready to go out into the garden and
onions and leeks take a little bit
longer to grow and so we're looking at 8
to 10 maybe even 12 weeks before they'll
be ready so January is the perfect time
to get those seedlings started indoors
under lights and then you can take those
out in March or April and Transplant
them out to your garden perfect time to
get started with onions and leeks
lettuce is also another plant that you
can start indoors this time of year that
is one that you're gonna want to
transplant out when you put it out into
the garden you're gonna want to have
some protection even though lettuce is a
very Hardy plant it's gonna like to have
a cold frame or a hoop house or
something like that but if you want to
get some started now indoors under
lights you can transplant those out in
March for an extra early harvest coming
up in the spring spinach is another one
that you can plant now spinach is quite
a bit more hearty it still would
appreciate a cold frame or a hoop house
later on but you can start some spinach
seedlings indoors right now in January
then transplant those out you know in
March into your garden Swiss chard is
another one that you can do that is very
very Hardy and will same as spinach it's
gonna go out and do really well in the
garden during the month of March so get
them started indoors now kale is a very
hearty plant and kale actually tastes
better if you plant it this time of year
and then transplant it out into the
garden when things are still cool it
likes to have that nice cool temperature
some frost and some freezing
temperatures will actually improve the
taste of your kale if you can get it
planted now in January and then get it
out in the garden and March celery is
the last vegetable on our list and it is
probably not actually going to go out in
the garden until April
but celery takes a long time to grow and
it's pretty tolerant of being in a pot
for a while and so you can start some
celery steeped seeds in January that are
gonna probably stay for eight to ten
maybe even 12 weeks indoors and then
you're gonna put those out in April
they're fairly Hardy and should handle a
few Frost's and then you'll get an extra
early start on that very long season
crop celery takes a hundred and ten to
one hundred and forty days to grow and
so it's good to get it started this
early because then you have plenty of
time when the weather warms up to
actually get a good crop okay then we do
have a couple of herbs that you can get
planted in January parsley is one of
those and then chives is another both of
those are very Hardy plants and if you
get something started indoors in January
you'll be able to transplant those out
in March and you have an extra early
start on both of those plants for this
season and then the nice thing about
chives is is there a perennial they'll
come back here after year after year and
so you'll only have to start them
indoors one time and then you'll have a
nice setup going for years to come there
are a couple of flowers as well that you
could be planting in January if you
wanted these are some of the hardy are
more flock frost resistant flowers
things like begonias delphiniums pansies
and snapdragons all of those have need
plenty of time to grow we're talking
about ten to twelve weeks
indoors under your seed starter and so
January is a good time to go ahead and
get some of those seedlings started so
that they're ready to go out in April
before the the frost is done but those
again are pretty Hardy plants and you
should be able to get those out and a
good time in April if you plant them in
January okay alright so that's the list
not really big for those of us in zones
five and six onions leeks lettuce
spinach Swiss chard kale celery parsley
chives and a few flowers okay that's
really all we're gonna be able to plant
in January but you can get started all
of those you're going to be planting
indoors under lights starting them as
seedlings to transplant out later in the
year
so get those going now if you would like
to learn a little bit more about seed
starting I do have a three hour course
on growing your own seedlings it's
called seed starting simplified there's
link in the description down below that
you can click on also to help you learn
a little bit more about seed starting
this year we're going to be adding a lot
of seed starting videos as well in the
end cards of this video there'll be a
link to the playlist of all of our
different seed starting videos that
we'll have throughout this year okay
now we're gonna have a video for every
month of the year this year for what you
should be planting in your garden in
those months so make sure you check back
there'll be a playlist at the end where
you can click through and follow all of
those videos and see what you should be
planting month by month in your garden
if you live in zones five and six and if
you don't live in five and six look
around because we're also gonna have
links for zone seven and eight nine and
ten and three and four when things start
to warm up a little bit alright so
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alright that is everything I have for
you for this video we'll see you in the
next video happy gardening
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