Whatever you do, DO NOT skip this step, or your indoor vegetable seedlings could be history! In this episode I teach you how to acclimate your indoor seedlings to the outdoors, (called “hardening off”) in 4 easy steps so your seedlings survive and thrive when planted out in the garden .
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DIGITAL TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Do NOT skip this step!
00:47 What is hardening off?
00:57 Step 1: Check your last frost date
01:22 Step 2: Hardening Off Day 1 – shade for 1 hour, back under grow lights
02:02 Tulle tip
02:17 Step 3: Hardening Off Day 2 – 1 hour in sun, 1 hour in shade, back under grow lights
02:42 Step 4: Hardening Off Days 3-7 – Gradually increase hours of sunlight
03:43 REMINDER: Do DOT skip this step!
04:15 Jump in – Grow Your Groceries with us!
04:40 Where are you at in your seedling process? Leave a comment below!
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I started cabbage, broccoli and Brussels sprouts in the fall. I planted them out some weeks later but, because they were not getting enough sun they did not grow much at all. Now that the sun is moving do you think they will take off or are they stunted and not likely to grow and produce?
Great tips. Started my onions last week. The herbs will be next week. 👍🌱
At this moment I’m up potting my seedlings, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower so much fun ❤
I torture my seedlings! I put them outside as soon as most of the seeds have sprouted, rain, wind, and sun. I toughen them up from the start, and only bring them back inside on nights when the temperature drops below 37F. My tomatoes, Tokyo Bekana Mustard, and Rainbow Swiss chard are already outside braving the elements. In a few days, more plants will join them. This will give me the room that I need to start 90 pepper plants, and two trays of bunching onions. The greenhouse is firmly mounted to the base now. I have a few areas where I need to add soil and level the ground. Next is making three raise beds to go inside the greenhouse. Hardware cloth is on order and will be here Friday. I'll finish the greenhouse off by installing the cover, and covering the ground between the raised beds with a layer of mulch. Almost done, it will be ready for planting in two weeks. Of course, I won't be ready to plant in it until after March 1st, but I can put a planting table inside it, and move my seedlings outside.
My first year gardening i destroyed my tomatoes like that. Started seedlings yesterday
Have about another month or so before starting seeds here in south western pa.
Great to know- thank you 😀
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My onions/ chives DO NOT look like yours. I wonder what I’m doing wrong? Yours have lots of hair, but mine look like Alfalfa’s hair. 😢
Kim! I haven’t watched your videos in probably a year… you look GREAT!
Good to see you again!
sounds awesome kim I hope It all works out for you
Love the new out-tro music!