Transition from AC infinity dome to outdoors was a fail. Dead basil
Picture 1 was taken today. Pictures 2, and 3 were taken a week after transplanting. Picture 4 was plants in the dome environment Can’t keep basil alive with my natural garden soil
Hey OP hardening off is a tactic known to growers where you remove the dome for windows of time for a few days to allow the plants time to acclimate to less humid environments.
30 minutes of increased time per day for 5-10 days starting like the following:
Day 1: 30 mins
Day 2: 1 hour
Day 3: 1 hour 30 mins
Day 4: 2 hours
And so on until the plants do not look wilty after leaving domes off for ~5 hours
After that they do not need domes just regular watering and preferably no rain/wind for a bit
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I was hoping good things for that basil! Maybe the next round goes right in the blender for some pesto, it was an impressive crop from a seed starting rig!
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Did you harden off?
Hey OP hardening off is a tactic known to growers where you remove the dome for windows of time for a few days to allow the plants time to acclimate to less humid environments.
30 minutes of increased time per day for 5-10 days starting like the following:
Day 1: 30 mins
Day 2: 1 hour
Day 3: 1 hour 30 mins
Day 4: 2 hours
And so on until the plants do not look wilty after leaving domes off for ~5 hours
After that they do not need domes just regular watering and preferably no rain/wind for a bit
I was hoping good things for that basil! Maybe the next round goes right in the blender for some pesto, it was an impressive crop from a seed starting rig!