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Your first problem is the size of the can the plant/any plant will become root bound before the can rusts enough to allow the roots to escape. In the good old days we used a #10 Can to plant many shrubs, perennials, vines or trees in..... but before planting we had to cut the side of the can & remove the root ball, Also had to cut holes (before planting in the can) in the side of the can near the bottom for drainage.

I was using cans for growing tomatoes seedlings. Just cut off top and bottom completely. When time to transplant just pop soil with roots up and plant.
Another idea: go to garden junk forum, they are doing garden sculptures from cans.

Scarafy (nick) the seed soak in water for 24 hours. (If can not plant right away store damp at 68F THEN Lightly cover the seed soil temp 75-80F & takes 21-540 days to germinate.

Shasta.... Takes 16 weeks from germination to be large enough to set out green. Takes a cold period to flower.
As to the other question I could give a list of over 1000 plants (vegies, trees, shrubs, annuals, perennials to sow now in your area. Please be more specific as to what type of plants you wish to grow.

georgez5il is that list somewhere? I have been trying to find a book or site somewhere that tells me exactly what I could plant and when I could plant it in south louisiana myself.

You can always trust Dr. Goheens advice...he has wide knowledge of rhododendrons.

But, by 2 yrs TLC he does not mean indoors...rhododendrons will suffer with your low indoor humidity. A cold frame, unheated greenhouse, lath house or shady cool area outdoors will be much better for your seedlings. Do not let the potting medium become overly dry.

Here is a link that might be useful: Transplanting seedlings, Goheen

I couldn't tell you which seeds are what but "laitues blondes et à couper" literally translates to "blond lettuces and to cut". I used Babblefish for translation
Karyn

Here is a link that might be useful: Babblefish

Soak seed in water for 12 hours THEN.... lightly cover the seed soil temp 65-75F

I had great results with "Gold" kiwi seeds. They were from a grocery store fruit. I used a seed mat and surface sowed the seeds on moist soil then covered the pots until germination. I kept the soil moist but not wet and transplanted the seedlings into individual containers when they had a few sets of leaves. They were kept under metal halide grow lights. This was done during the winter and I kept the seedlings on the mat until it was warm enough for them to go outside since the Gold isn't a hardy kiwi. I started giving them a very dilute all purpose fertilizer when they were about 10 weeks old. I lost a few but not many. I've just bumped up the container size as necessary. They are all in gal pots now and are in the greenhouse. They really need bigger pots but I'll wait until spring. I have no idea how you can tell male from female plants or if these just need to be crossed with another variety to produce fruit. These look nothing like my hardy kiwi varieties.
Karyn

Sedum - hardy types. Sow outdoors in Fall, or moist cold 30 days followed by bring to 60-65F for germination in 14 - 180 days depending on which sedum.

Sempervivum - sow at 70F for germination in in 14 - 42 days

carmen, I wintersowed sedum (autum joy) on March 14, and it germinated on March 22. I didn't record the plant-out date, but it grew and bloomed over the summer.

Apart from other advice on this subject already recently posted on this particular forum, this link looks fairly competent...

Here is a link that might be useful: Sprouting an Avocado Seed - Richard Jauron, Department of Horticulture