Wintersowing With Too Much Snow On The Ground

Question:

We live south of Cleveland, Ohio on the latter part of the snow-belt where snow can get up to 3 feet or more. Would the winter sowing still work?

Answer:

Dear Gardener,
That's a terrific question. The "believer" in me says, "Don't worry about the depth of snow, you know they always come up." But then there's the "doubter" in me that thinks something might go wrong.

Sop here's what I would do if I were you. I would try to place the containers on top of a picnic table or something. That way the doubt is gone; plus, being above the greatest portion of the snow, the seedlings will emerge quicker than what they would if they had to wait for 3 feet of snow to melt away.

In the end, I would bet they would be just fine under that much snow, but again...I think waiting for the snow to melt away when you could place them above the snow is needless.

One final thought; Just for kicks, you could always experiment a little and place a container on the ground and compare it's results to one that was placed on a table above the heavy snow fall.

Great question!

Winter Sowing