You have to slowly get your indoor seed starts acclimated to the ultra violet/UV rays of the sun. If you don’t, they will get damaged and there is a great risk they will die off.
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Thank you for so much valuable information about hardening off… and every topic you share! You spoke of indoor grown seedlings not being used to the sun's UV rays. If seedlings were grown indoors under full spectrum grow lights would they still be as vulnerable to the same levels of sun or could the hardening off process be a little less gingerly?
How can you did this if you work 9-5 5 days a week? I would have no choice but to leave them out. I have very little shade and it isn’t all day.
I have been using your seed starting methods for a few years now with great success. However, this year I have a mystery. I started two different types of tomato seeds back in January. They germinated within a week grew to about an inch and a half tall, and grew no further. I have been using the same set up for a number of years which includes the fan blade LED light that you recommended in previous videos. The set up was exactly the same as in previous years. As of today, those seedlings grew no taller. One variety had started its second set of leaves, the other variety nothing after germination. Do you have any idea why this would happen? I looked at the root system when I was taking it all apart today and there was plenty of root development, but they never grew taller and never developed leaves. Watered as I have always done. Any ideas? Thank you.
I had south sun coming in under the grow lights and never had a problem when I took them out to my prertable green house