Seeds to Start in March Indoors/Outdoors | PNW Zone 8b

Hello Friends and Happy March!! March in the PNW is always an exciting month in the garden because it is when a lot of seeds are started (so many seeds) and we are getting closer to our last frost date. In this video, I talk about seeds to start indoors and also seeds to sow outside. Each garden is different- like sun exposure or microclimate so feel free to experiment a little. I know I am so excited to get my peppers started and to get more seeds into the ground. This year I am focusing more on direct sowing to see how that turns out. I will make sure to share garden tour videos, including seedlings, to share my progress.
As always, thank you for watching and Happy Gardening!!
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[@lotusrosemassagetherapy8134]

This is exactly what I needed. A step by step what I can plant this month. Perfect! Thank you!

[@littlerootsranch]

Glad it was helpful! That makes me so excited. Thank you for watching.

[@gblyndensrandomreviews]

Awesome video! I am in Lynden, WA getting back into gardening after many years off.

[@TylerS-mw7rm]

Thank you so much for this video! New gardener and PNW native here. This video was so helpful, I was getting so overwhelmed by information and this video answered all my questions in a straightforward way!

[@littlerootsranch]

Oh yay, I am so glad to hear that. ❤️ there is so much information out there but I promise the majority of what you do, no matter how you do it, will turn out.

[@sharonhochberg3671]

OMG - new gardener here. Love that PNW specific step-by-step what to grow and when in PNW. Thank you, Thank you.

[@littlerootsranch]

Yay, thank you for watching. These types of comments are always my favorites.

[@melinascorner]

First time gardener and I am so happy you exist and put in so much work to share your knowledge with us. This was so helpful, as are all your videos. Bonus for being adorable! Thank you !

[@littlerootsranch]

Awwwww, best comment ever!! Thank you!!! Thank you for watching!!

[@kristiwoodall4956]

Just got my sweet peas in today

[@littlerootsranch]

I planted so many this year. I am cannot wait to see the colors and smell the beautiful flowers!!

[@PorchGardeningWithPassion]

Good video! 👊🏻🌻👊🏻

[@littlerootsranch]

Thank you 👊

[@Anna-kj2bd]

Just started snap peas, cilantro, thyme, curly parsley, and broccoli indoors last weekend 😊 in zone 8b in WA state. So looking forward to winter being over lol

[@littlerootsranch]

Oh I Looooove parsley. I never really used it before but now I put it in everything and I love to dehydrate it and use it year round.

[@robert4027]

I'm in Washington State also and yes winter weather please go away 😁

[@KayTEEChimp]

Awesome!!

[@DomsBackYard]

I've had my squash lol.. and evertyhing since feb... I have goofed.

[@littlerootsranch]

I did that too when I started gardening. I had pumpkins growing down my rack and flowering in March. It was cool to watch, but the plants didn’t make it. I know now that the flowering was a last ditch effort from the plant to reproduce before it died of stress. Lol.

[@emilybh6255]

I just subscribed. I'm in northwest S. Carolina in zone 8a but with 8b or warmer micro-climates in protected areas of my yard that are fenced in and southern facing I love following channels in the same growing zone with growers who are obviously passionate and experienced in similar growing zones to mine. I love your updates of what can be done inside, under cover and outside. Last month we had most days in the 70s and 80s and all the plum and peach trees flowered during what some call our "fake spring" . Now we are waiting for the geoengineered/ manufactured deep freeze which usually comes AFTER our last frost date when temps drop from 78 degrees F to 25 degrees in 24 hours and the freeze last for 2 days to kill all the baby fruit.. I'm keeping my fingers crossed it doesn't get that cold or stay that cold for as long this year - or we miss it altogether which would be the first time in 4 years.

[@littlerootsranch]

I have heard a lot about the weather out there warming up, then cooling down and causing problems with fruit trees. Last year we had a little something like that but it was very mild luckily.

[@lauriewalsh420]

Great job 👍 ty

[@littlerootsranch]

No problem 👍

[@amandaeasley1851]

Id love a video on corn! I'm determined to not just try corn this year but to be successful and I know it needs to be in the ground soon! Love you videos!

[@littlerootsranch]

I did a video on corn last year that may be helpful. It was on popcorn, but same thing. I did start starts- but if you do that, you need to be able to get them into the ground within 4 days after they emerge.

[@belindadunne4312]

Thank you for this informative and useful video. 👍🏼:)

[@littlerootsranch]

Yay!! Thank you! I am so excited for March.

[@belindadunne4312]

@@littlerootsranch yay indeed! Robins showed up in force in my yard today ... spring is just around the corner. 🎉😀

[@DragonsAurora]

Right. I'm starting seeds in solo cups ( used at Xmas rinsed )

[@littlerootsranch]

I have solo cups that I have used 4 plus years and running.

[@tinaknutsen]

Just wondering if you do recipes with some of the stuff that you grow. I struggle with what to make and what I can freeze to eat later. I don’t like wasting food. It is just me and my husband and he is a picky eater (very few veggies that he likes but I am safe to plant peas😊 I love the Great Pacific Northwest! I love hiking…Wallace Falls, ice caves, Mt Si , Pt. Defiance, Mt. Rainer - I also love gardening and checking out nurseries and painting just about anything and everything including wall murals. I had a greenhouse that my husband and I built ….we moved and I REALLY miss it. (We didn’t need permits as it was smaller but that gave us the idea to go much bigger also I’m 5’ nothing and my husband is 6’ something so he used to hit his head all the time on the hanging plants and I could walk underneath w/o a problem.😊 We decided to buy a kit 2 years ago that was delivered on pallets…still sitting on our basketball court. Due to the size being 3x larger we had to get our land surveyed and permits. Which have been time consuming and expensive. I am hoping to be able to build the greenhouse this year.. we are planning electrical and water. In the meantime I’ve been using my garage with supplemental lighting to overwinter plants. Which sounds insane because I really want to park my car in the garage to protect from the elements also ice scraping the windshield in ugly weather sucks. I don’t mind the rain and actually that’s the best time to pull weeds as their roots loosen up. Happy gardening ❤

[@jennybradshaw7857]

Always taught around here that last frost date is Mother's day. I don't have anyway to start anything inside, but this year I'm going to try to winter sow outside in milk jugs this year.

[@katrinamay3306]

Can you do a video explaining what veggies you can grow by eachother (for march) I live in Portland and new to gardening ❤

[@deftonenations303]

I totally spaced and started everything this last weekend 😅😅 I'm behind schedule. As always. The squirrels absolutely destroy anything I plant that isn't well established so I can't direct sow. I tried a direct sow fall crop of carrots and beets and got a cover. Squirrels destroyed them. Transplanted carrots in May last year and they actually did pretty well.

[@littlerootsranch]

I didn’t realize I needed to be thankful we don’t have squirrels but now I am. I thought they just messed with corn and sunflowers. A few years I had problems with mice but they were nice enough to leave the small seeds alone- my peas took 4 successions to grow though…. 😂

[@Smirks-h1i]

I have growing outside; sorrel, onions, poppies, nasturtium

[@dm-heart]

Thank you. Would like to know what to start indoors and outdoors zone 8 mid-April?

[@sislertx]

8b texas..im starting the blistering oven flowers now and been growing sunflowers since February 3 this year..every thing veggie has been in the grown since mid February this year ..its lining up to be worst drought than last year and hotter

[@littlerootsranch]

I can’t wait until I can get sunflowers growing- I love them so much. I’m sorry to hear about the drought- that is not good. Fingers crossed things get better. Our summers have been warmer than usual and I am ready for them to go back to normal.

[@JCain-hq2mx]

We are in Shelton. We are In but our Last Frost Date is May 5 to Mid May depending on who's data you look at. Crazy late. So want it sooner!!

[@littlerootsranch]

Mine is mid April and I feel like that is so late but you make me feel better. Sorry to hear about the last frost date.

[@missmaziecat5058]

Yes, Happy March!!! Thanks for this seed starting guide. I was up-potting flower seedlings today and tomorrow I will start some peppers and some peas. Here in Lynnwood/Edmonds, our last frost date is St. Patty's Day. I'm watching the weather like a hawk LOL. Happy planting!

[@tinaknutsen]

😂I’m constantly watching the weather but regardless I’m always working out in it rains or shine…exception is snow. I’m planning on also doing peppers and peas hopefully 🤞 I have rocky soil and I live on the hill. My raised beds are full so I got to figure out where I can add another bed

[@littlerootsranch]

I can feel it warming up during the days a little but I am hoping the nights stay out of the 30s.

[@sheelaghomalley5459]

Last frost date in Co Wicklow, Ireland is in the first week of May. Ill always know by the forecast in last week of April.

[@BunnyRamey]

Definetly goinf to have a late start. Snow.. Packwood wa

[@littlerootsranch]

If I didn’t have a greenhouse I would be starting my stuff later too.

[@Thetownhousegardener]

I am in Oakville Ontario Canada, zone 6b. Last frost date is around may 15

[@littlerootsranch]

I am hoping ours is the first part of April but fingers crossed. Last year for us it snowed, barely snowed, at the end of April.

[@ollagardeningwithmichele1144]

what do you do to avoid slugs if you are planting greens outdoors? Every little sprout is being eaten

[@followmyride6970]

I'm in Brush Prairie. I have garlic and blueberry starts in the house. I planted lettuce and spinach inside today and plan to prep outside more tomorrow since it looks to be drier.

[@littlerootsranch]

I am hoping tomorrow is dryer (and the next 3-4 days). Today I did break out the BCS walk behind tractor and chainsaw today so it did feel like March, lol. Blueberry starts sound amazing- I love blueberries (and garlic of course).

[@michellesparks1590]

Deming WA starting a bougie homestead. 😊 We are having to wait on working the soil because we don't want a stuck tractor. So, I am going to start a learning garden and sow a lot outside. Any advice on rabbits?

[@littlerootsranch]

Yay for a new homestead. Tractors are a problem with our wet springs. As for rabbits, I haven’t found a great way to deal with them. Fencing is best but it isn’t always economical or practical depending on size. I overwinter carrots and throw them to the perimeter in the spring so the rabbits can eat that and leave my garden alone. I find the rabbit pressure let’s up when the clover comes in. Also, if your area isn’t very clear, clear around your garden to make it a little scarier for them to wonder into the garden. I have heard male urine in the area (perimeter) works but I am in short supply of that, lol.

[@michellesparks1590]

@littlerootsranch Thanks so much! I happen to have a male who LOVES to pee outside.

[@htri4143]

Denver has a saying, don't plant outside until after mother's day. 🌺

[@littlerootsranch]

Out here, that is probably best but our weather is always unpredictable and we try early… and fail lol.

[@htri4143]

@@littlerootsranch I get over excited and often plant too early. If it isn't a freeze it's hail damage. This year I'm starting indoors in diy lil greenhouses made of recycling and going to wait to transplant ( if I can help myself 😂)

[@robert4027]

It's cold March sadly here in Spokane

[@littlerootsranch]

We were warm, now cold, but Tuesday is supposed to be 62.

[@travisevans7502]

mine is April 1st but it use to be sometime around mid April until a couple years ago

[@littlerootsranch]

I miss having the last frost the first week of April. Last year we had a snow in late April and I was so mad lol.

[@travisevans7502]

@@littlerootsranch yeah last year was rough early in spring but ended up being my best year for peppers and tomatoes and everything did very good also accept my onions didn't do very well my Walla Walla did ok but small and my Patterson storage were tiny trying Talon storage onions this year also started my seeds 2 weeks earlier and they are doing fantastic already twice as big as last year

[@littlerootsranch]

@@travisevans7502 my Patterson onions were really small but my Wallas were softball size. It was an excellent year for tomatoes and peppers, that was for sure. My basils did amazing too.

[@TheEnderKitty1]

Eee! My last frost date is april 1st here

[@littlerootsranch]

My last frost used to be about 4-10 days into April. Last year was crazy so I guess it is a waiting game this year. I am hoping for around the 7th but I guess we will see.

[@susanchristensen1500]

Hello, question? Will snow peas grow with my asparagus as companions. I'm wanting to put snow peas in between rows of asparagus. I'm doing my starts for may planting April 1st (fools day) Have cold crops started outdoor in clear bins, cabbage, broccoli, Brussel sprouts, onions,dill,oregano, basil,spinach, lettuce, Thank you for sharing your experience it really helps for me in pnw zone 8b

[@littlerootsranch]

Honestly, I am not sure. I know strawberries grow amazing with asparagus but I wouldn’t think peas would hurt (though I have not tried it personally).

[@susanchristensen1500]

@little roots ranch Hello, Thank you for your response. I researched it and I'm going to give it a try

[@shirleymanship6380]

When you mention products, could you please add a link so we can find the items? You had mentioned how to control wire (?) worms and you found it at SC Organics. Is that the online site? What is the product name? Thank you!

[@littlerootsranch]

That is a good point, thank you. This is the website where I purchased the nematodes: www.arbico-organics.com/product/nemattack-beneficial-nematodes-sc-steinernema-carpocapsae/pest-solver-guide-fleas-ticks

[@travisevans7502]

have you started peppers I started my hot slow growing peppers but haven't started my other peppers started last year February 26 and they were huge by the time I could sell them and plant in ground really should have potted some of them up probably going to start mine tomorrow or Monday?

[@littlerootsranch]

My plan was to start my peppers today (4th) but I ran out of daylight because I ended up moving my wood pile because I found out a friend is getting rid of their jacuzzi and giving it to me for free- yay!! That sentence was too long but I am dog tired so I am going to let it slide. 😂 I did make a batch of soil block mix in the wheelbarrow and I will press out 10 trays tomorrow and start my peppers. I was going to wait on tomatoes but I decided to go ahead and start them tomorrow too. I would have preferred to wait a couple weeks but I am finding myself so short on time so I am just going to start them and cross my fingers for a warmer spring/summer. I don’t sell tomato starts because everyone always wants them so big before we even have our last frost and I struggle to do that on scale. Next year I plan to have warming mats/tables where I can start them outside and I might dip my foot selling starts.

[@travisevans7502]

@@littlerootsranch I've built up a pretty good clientele for my starts and also give them away to people in my community with low income I will probably start tomatoes around March 15 I started them last year on the 8th and they where way to big for my greenhouse and outgrowing the 3.25 inch pots

[@TrangVu-sz4vd]

Did you mention beans? Are they like squash and should wait for warmer weather?

[@littlerootsranch]

Fava beans can be seeded now but any other kind of beans (green beans, pinto beans or any other beans) like the warm weather so not yet. The birds will eat the seeds before the weather warms up.

[@amberhuston748]

What should my inside temperature be to start the seeds?

[@littlerootsranch]

Ideally, different temperatures for different starts. Many veggies prefer it a little cooler, like 60-70 but tomatoes and peppers like it way warmer. My house is usually 70 and it all works out. The warmer it is, the faster everything grows.

[@DragonsAurora]

Those in April.

[@littlerootsranch]

😀

[@franciscolopez8553]

How about peppers?

[@littlerootsranch]

Yes, peppers can be started indoors in March. I started mine on the 5th but they are growing so fast I should have waited a couple weeks.

[@franciscolopez8553]

@@littlerootsranchI’m starting tmr not even warm out yet in Washington state also when do you start your pumpkins watermelons and cucumbers?