| 1 | Easy Hardening-Off Method
Get some cheapo plastic laundry baskets from the dollar store....you may even have some on hand already. Use the baskets that have a wide open-weave pattern in their sidewalls. Invert them over the flats of seeds you are hardening off outs |
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| 3 | Hardening off...
• Posted by: franknjim 5 Peoria IL on Tue, Mar 20, 12 at 15:00
• 32 follow-ups, last one posted on Mon, Apr 16, 12 at 15:04
Since we are having weeks of unusually high temps I have been taking things outdoors to take advantage of the weather. I started sowing seeds Feb. 1st so I have quite a few things growing. I tried counting them and I stopped counting at 500. I sta |
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| 4 | hardening off schedule for newbie
• Posted by: njitgrad NE NJ on Wed, Apr 24, 13 at 13:39
• 8 follow-ups, last one posted on Thu, Apr 25, 13 at 10:01
This is my first year growing from seed, and so far so good. I am keeping my fingers crossed that everything goes according to plan. I have a question about hardening my seedlings. Normally I plant (my veggie flats from the local garden cente |
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| 5 | Hardening off in crazy weather
• Posted by: queenofthemountain on Mon, Apr 5, 10 at 11:51
• 6 follow-ups, last one posted on Thu, Apr 8, 10 at 22:29
I am trying to harden off tomato seedlings, but we have been having some big variations in the weather. I am not sure if or how I should change my normal schedule? Typically I start with a few hours outside in the shade, longer each day and ad |
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| 6 | Portable greenhouse to harden off
• Posted by: patreesh 5 on Tue, Apr 5, 11 at 7:16
• 5 follow-ups, last one posted on Thu, Apr 7, 11 at 7:21
Hi, I bought this greenhouse specifically to harden off plants, as I work all day. Any suggestions on how to do this? Do I start off keeping it closed, partially open, north wall, south wall, etc? Thanks. http://www.lowes.com/pd_318839- |
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| 7 | Hardening Off Hyacinth Bean and JMG
• Posted by: patrick212 on Mon, May 10, 10 at 19:40
• 4 follow-ups, last one posted on Mon, May 17, 10 at 9:52
Does anyone have experience in hardening off Hyacinth Bean Vine and/or Japanese Morning Glory (Picotee)? Both of these vines seem very sensative to the cold (mid 50s). I have a good deal of experience in hardening off the plants I grow from seeds |
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| 8 | Is it too early/cool to harden off?
• Posted by: babsh on Sat, May 1, 10 at 1:23
• 4 follow-ups, last one posted on Sun, May 2, 10 at 14:45
I have about 250 tomato seedlings in my basement that I no longer have room for under my lights. I would like to start selling them next week. I've started taking them outside each day because a) I don't have room for them under my lights anymore |
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| 9 | Cold Frame for Hardening off Plants?
• Posted by: paper_crane2 Michigan (5a) on Mon, Mar 25, 13 at 20:24
• 4 follow-ups, last one posted on Tue, Mar 26, 13 at 22:48
I'm starting about 6 flats of seedlings indoors under lights. I was planning to harden them off in a cold frame. Would a painter's plastic drop cloth work for covering pvc pipe? Thanks! Follow-Up Postings: Return to the Growing |
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| 10 | Hardening off Question
• Posted by: HillSeeker 3B on Thu, Apr 25, 13 at 18:55
• 3 follow-ups, last one posted on Fri, Apr 26, 13 at 22:46
I'm attempting to harden off my European Greenhouse cucumbers & Melons and they are not liking it at all. The temperature is around 15-20 degrees C and haven't gave them too much light. I only put them out for 10 minutes today and they are reall |
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| 11 | Temperature Range for Hardening Off
• Posted by: davemichigan zone 6a %28SE Michig on Mon, Apr 18, 11 at 9:23
• 3 follow-ups, last one posted on Tue, Apr 26, 11 at 8:51
Is there a temperature range to start the hardening off process? I do know about the gradual acclimatization, but I don't know when to start taking the seedlings out. TIA. Follow-Up Postings: Return to the Growing from Seed F |
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| 12 | when to start hardening off my plants
• Posted by: John_JJ 5b on Sun, Apr 28, 13 at 13:44
• 3 follow-ups, last one posted on Sun, Apr 28, 13 at 17:43
im in 5b when should i start im going to use the laundry basket method. should i put them in direct sun with the basket over them or put them in shade with the basket over them Follow-Up Postings: Return to the Growing from Se |
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| 13 | Hardening Off Question
• Posted by: jerem on Tue, May 11, 10 at 22:18
• 2 follow-ups, last one posted on Wed, May 12, 10 at 9:04
Hi i know you have to harden off older seedlings for a week or so before leaving them out but what about new seedlings do they need to be hardened off? For example if i presprout Some seeds and as soon as they sprout and germinate i put them out i |
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| 14 | Hardening off?
• Posted by: dragonjaze 5a on Mon, May 9, 11 at 15:46
• 2 follow-ups, last one posted on Mon, May 9, 11 at 18:53
I hope this is the right place to post this. If not, please direct me to the correct forum! First time gardener here, so it's ok to explain the very basics. I started an army of tomato plants from seed, and they have taken over my sunroom. |
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| 15 | Wilting Drooping After Hardening Off
• Posted by: Bill1897 6b on Tue, Apr 24, 12 at 8:50
• 1 follow-up, posted on Tue, Apr 24, 12 at 11:38
The last week and a half I've been incramentally hardening off my seedlings and they seemed to be doing pretty well. I got them to the point where they can tolerate the full day in the sun and then I'd bring them in at night because temperatur |
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| 16 | Hardening off seedlings on a balcony
• Posted by: hobomama on Tue, May 18, 10 at 18:16
• 1 follow-up, last one posted on Tue, May 18, 10 at 20:16
This question is born of laziness. I've been growing seedlings indoors in anticipation of planting them in a friend's garden. I, on the other hand, live in a 2nd-floor condo with a sunny window (where the seedlings have been growing with suppl |
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| 17 | Hardening off for temporarily indoor seedlings
• Posted by: sconnielill on Sat, Apr 17, 10 at 13:37
• 1 follow-up, last one posted on Sat, Apr 17, 10 at 15:17
When my seeds first started sprouting we had that exciting bit of very warm weather. Since I don't have lights and my south windows aren't very big, I decided to take my trays out. I bring them in for the evening if it's going to get below 50F (t |
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| 18 | do my seedlings need to be hardened off?
• Posted by: kawaiineko_gardener 5a on Thu, May 24, 12 at 20:13
• 1 follow-up, posted on Fri, May 25, 12 at 7:48
This year is my first year growing seedling transplants from seed, I'm a newbie w/it. I know w/hardening off, shortly before they're transplanted, you gradually acclimate the seedlings to outdoor conditions; they're placed in a sheltered ar |
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| 19 | Hardening off
Here in zone 7 our weather is very unpredictable during the time when I need to be hardening off my |
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| 20 | if you never have damping off.......(help me!)
• Posted by: imagreenthumb on Tue, Feb 28, 06 at 11:39
• 34 follow-ups, last one posted on Mon, Apr 11, 11 at 19:09
Last year I lost over half of my plants to damping off. I'm determined not to have that disaster again. If you are successful in preventing it, what is your method? Wash everything in bleach? Microwave soil-less mix(for how long)? I haven' |
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