You probably also know that I have a forest of plants growing in my basement. One of them being cucumbers, which I just saw on this site may be better to direct seed as opposed to transplanting. I pretty much thought this myself but I couldn't stop planting once I started.

So my question to you all is what do YOU think SHOULD be started early and what SHOULD NOT be started early?
Even tomatoes should be in this, I hear over and over again that the small transplant of any veggie is better than a huge overgrown plant. Due to the fact (or fiction) that you want your plant to be in the vigorous "root" growing stage when planted in the ground as opposed to the opposite.
Thanks,
Dono