Dwayne writes


We may be as far south as Greece, but it often gets down to -20 C here in
the winter time (so far not this year, but winter isnt over yet).

If you are as far south as Greece, then you will have far less
difference in day length between winter and summer than we do. In
winter, it will be still dark at about 8am, and dark again by 4pm. The
other effect is that the sun is at a much lower angle.

It's not so much severe cold that is a problem here, it's the
combination of lesser cold, lack of light and waterlogging of soil. The
last isn't a problem for seed raising indoors, but the first two
certainly are.

I enjoy your enthusiastic posts, but sometimes it might be helpful when
giving advice to let people know you're posting from US, so that your
solutions might not work here. It may all seem pretty obvious, but
sometimes to a beginning gardener it is not.
--
Kay