Using a food thermometer. Checking the temperature of your cooked meat, poultry, and seafood with a food thermometer is the only reliable way to make sure your food has reached a safe internal cooking temperature.
Planting Watermelons. The ideal date to plant watermelons varies according to the climate of the region. To produce the sugar necessary for sweet fruit, the melons need hot weather. Seedlings should not be transplanted until three to four weeks after the last average frost date in the spring. Starting seed indoors about six weeks before planting gives you a head start when the soil is warm enough.
Zinnias typically take about two months to bloom from the time you plant the seed. Zinnias (Zinnia spp.) are traditional, easy-to-grow additions to annual summer flower beds.erminating Indoors. If you live in a colder climate, sow the seeds indoors four to six weeks before the average last date of frost. Moisten and drain a commercial seed-starting mix in individual peat pots or a shallow flat. Sow two to three seeds 1/4 inch deep in the pots or in rows if youâre using a flat.