Hi all! Thought you guys may have some expertise on a question I have.
My apartment has a loft with a bay of ceiling windows, as well as a private roof. I’m using the roof for my insane container plant collection, but I decided this year to try and grow some of my squash in the loft under the windows to protect against squash vine borer (those bastards annihilated me last year, so any squash that are not c. moschata are inside under the windows). The squash are doing great, but at some point I’ll need to move them outside because they’ll become too big and won’t get enough sun, hopefully in July/August when the SVB isn’t as prevalent, but probably sooner. Thus, these guys are kind of in a greenhouse environment right now, with the plan to move them outside later.
My question is- will these guys need to be “hardened off” when moved outside? I know we do that for seedlings, but for a fully established plant growing in a greenhouse environment, is hardening off necessary? I know glass filters out UVA, but otherwise these guys are getting exposure to direct sunlight and high temps already.
Hoping someone here might have insight, as I imagine folks move plants from inside the greenhouse to outside sometimes.
Thanks guys!
by Dramatic-Hotel-8176