This is a busy month for seed planting. It begins on March 1 with peppers both hot and sweet to plant in my unheated greenhouse in May.

Shishito Peppers

• Tiburon ancho/poblano, 65-85 d
• Superette Sweet Banana, 65d
• Bulgarian Carrot Chile, 68 d
• Ho Chi Minh Hot, 68 d
• Czech Black Hot, 65 d

Czech Black Hot Peppers

• Shishito, 65 d
• Revolution Sweet, 72 d
• Boldog Hungarian Paprika, 71d
• Staddon’s Select Sweet, 74 d
• Matchbox Hot, 75 d
• Jaluv an Attitude Hot, 75d
• Jimmy Nardello Sweet, 76 d
• Long Red Narrow Cayenne, 75 d
• Corbaci Sweet, 75 d
• Friarello di Napoli, 75 d
• Thai Hot, 82 d
• Fish Hot, 80 d
• Beaver Dam Hot, 80 d
  

  Beaver Dam Hot Peppers

• Cubanelle, Semi-sweet, 80 d
• Sweet Pimiento, 80 d
• White Lakes Sweet, 60-90 d
• Bulgarian Ratund Sweet, 80 d
• Sigaretta di Bergamo Sweet, 80 d (?)
• Criolla di Cocina Sweet, 80 d
• Melrose Sweet, 80 d
• Hidalgo Serrano Hot, 87 d
• Odessa Market Sweet, 87 d
• Guajillo, 85 d
• Habanero, 90 d
• Feherezon Paprika, 90 d

March 6

Time to start the alliums, onions, shallots and leeks, for planting outside in May.

Onions

• Red Wing, 116d
• White Wing, 97d
• Copra, 104d
• Rossa di Milano, 114d
• Borrettana Cipollini, 105d
  

  Borrettana Cipollini Onions

• NY Early, 98d
• Prince Onion, 105d
• Varsity, 110d

Shallots

• Conservor F1, 110d
• Saffron F1, 110d
• Picador F1, 100d
• Prisma Red, 100d

Leeks

• King Richard, 75d
• Bulgarian Giant, 90-100d
• Lincoln, 75d
• Siegfried, 120d

Flowers

• Agastache rupestris “Apache Sunset”
• Pansy, “Brush Strokes” (needs dark and 55 degrees)
• Asperula orientalis, “Blue Woodruff” – pre-chill 2 weeks
• Delphinum, “Connecticut Yankee” and “Cliveden Beauty” – pre-chill 2 weeks
• Anthemis Tinctoria (light and 70 degrees)