Can you repost using paragraphs?

I thought I did, lol. I'll see if I can edit it.

Well, a lot of questions and some seem just general and others regard to peas. I'll start with the peas first.

Direct sow them now through about mid-April. Any later and the warmth of summer will shut them down and the production will be less. In my opinion, it'd be a waste of seed. Peas need cooler weather to do well. How may peas to plant? As many as you can. Each single plant doesn't produce much. You can crowd them together more so than other crops. Each seed planted will sprout if they are viable. A few may not. And depending on what variety they are, they could grow anywhere from 2 feet tall to 6+ feet. Have the proper support in place before you plant.

Do all plants need started in pots first. No. Only a few like tomatoes, eggplants, peppers and things like this NEED started ahead of time. Other things you can start if you want. While still others do best direct seeded (cucurbits and root crops).

Last frost dates are an average. The actual last frost for any given year could come earlier or later than the average. Cool weather crops are usually planted prior to the last frost date and are tolerant of light frosts. Warm weather crops are planted after.

Hope that helps some.

Rodney

P.S. Be sure to do a search here on peat pots. They can restrict roots if planted in the soil intact. At least rip the bottom off when you transplant.

It isn't clear from your post - will you be growing these in containers until harvest or are you talking about just starting seeds indoors, growing transplants, that will then be planted in the ground after frost?

Rodney did a good job of sorting out some of your issues but I get the feeling you might not understand the difference between what is called "direct seeding" (put the seed where it will grow until harvest) and growing transplants. Nor the times when some things are planted relatively to the last frost date - some go in the ground before and some long after.

" melons, peas, peppers and lettuce (all seeds I have)"

Melons, peas and lettuce are all direct seeded in the ground where they will grow at the proper planting time for those crops but they all have different planting times. Peas go in before the last frost date, lettuce just after it, and melons a couple of weeks after it.

Peppers are very slow growing and are normally started in small cell packs indoors, under lights, and allowed to grow for 8-10 weeks before moving them outside to the garden and then only after the soil has warmed well which is usually about 6 weeks after your last frost.

Ontario has 8 different gardening zones, 4 in the southern half. So go to this map and locate your exact city to determine which zone you are in. We can then give you approx. planting dates for your crops.

http://www.plantmaps.com/interactive-ontario-plant-zone-hardiness-map.php

Hope this helps.

Dave

Thank you very much both of you for the replies!! I have a bunch of seeds and some I will start inside in peat pots or seed trays (I grabbed some of those today). I will grow everything outside in containers. The ground here is a ton of clay and a mess to dig up. I got a few herbs, corn, cucumbers, strawberry (seeds), watermelon, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, beans, peas and onions. I will grow all outside (eventually) after starting some inside. I read the packets and made a spreadsheet of days to maturity and the start dates with approximate harvest dates. I need everything laid out so I don't miss anything.