Your garden doesn't have to take an "off" season. Check out these seed recommendations tailored to your zone range. From winter vegetables to indoor sprouts and microgreens, there is something for everyone to plant this month! These recommendations are for planting seeds in January. Happy gardening!
Zones 1-7a: These zones experience cold winters with extended periods of freezing temperatures. In January, it is best to limit direct sowing to wildflower seeds that will sprout in spring. Indoor sowing of microgreens, sprouts, and herbs is an effective way to continue harvesting fresh produce!
Zones 7b-9a: These zones experience mild winter weather, allowing some crops to be sown directly outdoors, including leafy greens, herbs, bunching onions, radishes, cover crops, poppies, sweet peas, and calendula. Don't forget to grow some sprouts and microgreens indoors!
Zones 9b-12: The warm-winter, frost-free zones of 9-12 thrive in mid-winter. January is a great time to plant many vegetables, cover crops, flowers, and herbs outdoors. Enjoy a break from the hot summer temperatures while your plants are less stressed by the heat.
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60-69 Days to maturity (from transplant). Capsicum annuum. Mexican Sunrise F1 AAS Pepper Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, hybrid, AAS winner, hot-type pepper with mild heat levels. 500 to 1,000 Scoville Heat...
Squash Seeds - Winter - Fordhook Acorn (Organic)
80-120 Days to maturity. Cucurbita pepo. Fordhook Acorn (Organic) Winter Squash Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, organic, open-pollinated heirloom. Suitable for growing in fields, garden plots, raised beds, and greenhouses. Resistant to...
Cosmos Seeds - Sensation Mix (Organic)
49-63 Days to maturity. Cosmos bipinnatus. Organic Sensation Mix Cosmos Seeds. Non-GMO, open-pollinated, heirloom, AAS winner 1936, annual in zones 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and...
Watermelon Seeds - Mini - Sweet Beauty Hybrid
75-80 days. Citrullus lanatus. Sweet Beauty Hybrid Watermelon seeds are tender annuals with active vines that spread 10 feet long and can grow 3 feet tall! This hybrid variety falls...
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Pepitas F1 AAS Hybrid Pumpkin Seeds. Cucurbita pepo. F1 Hybrid. Non-GMO. Annual. 90 days to maturity from seed. 2016 AAS National Winner. Named for its hulless, or naked seeds, Pumpkin...
Pepper Seeds - Hot - Mexican Sunset F1 AAS
80 to 85 Days to maturity (from transplant). Capsicum annuum. Mexican Sunset F1 AAS Pepper Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, hybrid, AAS winner, hot-type pepper with medium heat levels. 8,000 to 10,000...
Pepper Seeds - Ornamental - Black Olive AAS
Black Olive AAS Ornamental Pepper Seeds. 60 - 85 days to maturity. 2012 AAS Flower Winner. Ornamental. Capsicum annuum. Open Pollinated. Annual. Black Olive is a beautiful multi-use ornamental plant....
Radish Seeds - Comet
Comet Radish Seeds. 23 - 26 days to maturity. 1936 AAS Winner. Can be grown in containers. Raphanus sativus. Heirloom, Annual. Deep-globe to round best at .75-1 in. bright-red skin...
Basil Seeds - Piedmont AAS
60-75 Days to maturity. Ocimum basilicum. Piedmont Basil Herb Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated herb seeds. Great for growing in containers, indoors, and throughout the vegetable garden or edible landscape. A...
Bean - Pole - Seychelles
55-65 Days to maturity. Phaseolus vulgaris. Seychelles Bean Seeds. Non-GMO, annual, open-pollinated, high-yielding, heat-tolerant, 2017 AAS-winner, stringless, pole, snap bean. Suitable for growing in containers, garden plots, raised beds, and...
Oregano Seeds - Cleopatra AAS
100 days to maturity from seed. Origanum syriacum, O. heracleoticum. Cleopatra Oregano Seeds. Non-GMO, perennial, open-pollinated, AAS winner. Suitable for growing in containers, garden plots, raised beds, and herb gardens....
Pumpkin Seeds - Blue Prince F1 AAS
Blue Prince F1 AAS Hybrid Pumpkin Seeds. Cucurbita maxima. F1 Hybrid. Non-GMO. Annual. 110 days to maturity. 2020 AAS Winner. For any edible entry to become an AAS Winner, it...
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