Congrats on your first winter sowing! Sounds like a great collection of seeds.

That Twinny Mix is really nice looking. I've been holding off on getting any Snapdragon seeds cause I was trying to cut down on my number of jugs! Am also trying to restrain myself from getting some beautiful (but expensive) Potomac Lavender snapdragon seeds from Johnny's. But I know if I neglect to sow snaps, I will be bummed in September. Always so hard to find snapdragon plants at my local farmer's market for some reason...

Cool that you sowed the Deep Purple mustard. I'm really into this idea of beautiful mustards and other greens. I'm doing the Deep Purple too.

Best wishes for WS'ing success!

Thank you! I'm excited to see how this works out.

Does anyone know if does anyone know if it is too late to winter sow seeds in zn 8 that needed stratification?

I checked on some of my containers today and my deep purple mustard has germinated extremely well. The only other seeds that I saw had sprouted were a few of the old Shasta Daisy seeds. I planted some broccoli and some tall snapdragons this week and will plant more seeds this weekend.

Oh wow, I'm happy to hear your seeds have germinated! I remember being so thrilled way back when the first time I checked a container and saw my winter-sown sprouts. It really does work.

Now just try to make sure your seedlings don't get too hot -- you can put the containers which have sprouts in part shade now if you haven't already. And here's a link about opening/venting your containers:

Don't Let Your Seedlings Cook

Thank you for the link. I think I'm ok until the weekend. All of my containers are under a live oak tree next to our shed, so pretty much full shade. It is also suppose to drop to 45 tonight, but this weekend, temps are back up into the mid 70s, so I will open the containers of the sprouted plants and let them get some air. I may move the sprouted containers out a little bit to let them get some morning sun. And I have to figure out how to keep the snails from eating all of the sprouts.

You're welcome, sounds like your containers are all ready for the warm weather.

I'm investigating new methods of slug prevention too. I used to keep my containers up off the ground on outdoor patio furniture, which really helped with keeping the slugs away, but there's no room for furniture in my new garden. So I may try egg shells this year:

Slug Control

Help with slugs, etc. eating seedlings

Mother Earth News: Organic Slug Control Methods