RobertSmalls, any luck on germination at your friends place? Also, it should be pretty soon that your house is warm enough to germinate them too, mine is finally sitting at 61 without the furnace running at all but was about 55 for the past week. I haven't started any seeds yet but am mostly growing stuff that has a 23 day growing period like radishes(instant gratification crisp peppery tasting vegetable), 60-70 for stuff like peas, through 70-80 day growing period for watermelons. I'm giving watermelons a second shot since they didn't do well about 5 years back when I tried them next to pumpkins but this time I'll have soil space for watermelons and their ridiculously long above ground root-running leafy stem-things, I bought the 20 cent packet of watermelons, might add even more risk. I'm taking my chances and not seed starting this year, seed are going directly into the garden for me in the middle of the second week of May if nothing else catches my time.
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