Mark wrote:
I have started seeds for tomatoes,dill, cucumbers, and lettuce.
I did it in my house, in the kitchen. I have a rack and while the seeds
are just in very small paper cups it all takes insignificant space.
But I can see that in a 3-4 weeks or a month, there will be bigger
plants. Also I can see that by the end of October, beginning of
Novembere it could be late to plant these seedlings outside. Even in
South California. Correct? Usually we do not have temperature below
freezing in San Diego, but still it is pretty cold and I would expect,
plants will die. At least most of them.


Mark,

Lettuce is a cool-season crop. You should be able to put these in the
ground, and harvest greens over the winter. Famers all over Southern
and Central California supply most of the United States' winter greens.

Toamtoes and cucumbers need the heat. You might keep the vines alive
indoors over the winter, or outdoors in a cold frame, but they will be
cranky and they may not make it. It would probably make sense for you
to start new plants about the first of February, with the intention of
putting them outdoors in March.

I've never grown dill, so I don't have any advice for you there.

Good luck.


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