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42 Comments
I need this info right now–thanks!!
Why not just put the plants outside when the sun goes down, or is down, and then leave it outside?
You would have given it enough light inside during the day, so then you can just close your lights at night then bring your plants outside, so by doing this it should give your plants lots of exposure to the outdoors before having a chance to be exposed to a bright sun. Plants need light, and darkness, so if you try to simulate how they normally grow then everything should be fine. You're able to provide shelter, for your plants on the outside from possibly heavy rain, and wind, and this is what your plants need just like inside where you were growing it.
I guess the reason why your plant didn't look, so good is because you gave it too much light. You should try to remember how much light you give to your plants, and try not to forget about the amount of darkness time plants need as well.
It's a simple pattern that gardeners, and probably farmers use. Pattern: Light > Dark > Light > Dark > Light. I think I made my point.
Your pattern: Light > Light <<< NOT GOOD!!!!
Properly replacing a piece of the pattern with your own action should result in properly growing plants !!!
Lastly during the day I give my plants light, and when I go to sleep I give my plants darkness, and everything is working out, for me. If I ever make a transition like you by relocating plants from indoors to outdoors then I would take my own advice!
My biggest hardening-off fail is forgetting to limit the time in the sun. So what I do is put the seedlings in dappled shade and once a day move them into slightly brighter dappled shade. So if I forget and leave them in place it's OK. Works great! 💚
I’ve been hardening off under a shade cloth
I do something similar (accidentally) with a nice balcony at my apartment. I get good wind being on the third floor and the sun is at its peak from 12-3 (where my balcony net begins to cast shadows until the evening time) Going to start to leave my babies out on the balcony all day/ night towards the end of this week in anticipation of planting out this weekend or Mother's Day. Thanks for the informative video !
My least favorite part of gardening is hardening off my seedlings.
I JUST yesterday asked myself how long I can put them out on a cloudy and rainy day! Thanks for the answer!!
Luke great video! I needed a refresher course 😉
Does it help to move them out during the weekend and then back into the greenhouse during the week? Not sure I can convince my wife to move them in and out while she's home lol.
Great video so when do you start to do this and what if one day it’s to sunny
I have a question – what if I harden off my warm weather crops in 70+ degree weather and then the temps start to drop into the 60s? Can I still plant my tomatoes and peppers outside in the cooler weather? Or do I need to bring them back in until it warms up again?
I already Burt my seedlings but they are already making a great come back. But it did take 3 weeks of babysitting them
Been gardening for 20+ years… just killed 25 bell peppers day before yesterday. 🤬 I forgot to vent my greenhouse. Now I have to get starts from my local feed and seed.. or go without.
Excellent instruction, thanks.
I leave for work at 4AM, and don't step foot back in the house until 7PM, We've got a couple of cloudy days this week (uncommon here) so they went out today and I put them on the east side of a parked trailer (for evening sun) this has worked for me for the last couple of years.
Put them outside under a 40% shade cloth. Did this last year and had no issues. I just put some tomatoes out yesterday under the shade cloth. It was our first 85 degree very hot and sunny day. They were outside all day in that, and this morning they were fine.
I recommend everyone try this with a few of their extra plants and see how it goes. If they don’t die, harden off like this next year. Just make sure you keep them watered!
What do you consider strong wind? I just can't catch a break.😂
I'm a lazy Michigan gardener in Grand Rapids. How I usually do it is to take mine outside once there is no chance of temps being too low and put them in an area that is shaded. I leave them there for a day or 2 and then move them to an area with a bit more sun. I continue doing this throughout the week and they seem to be able to handle the planting in the garden without much problem. Your method is better but I'm way to lazy to haul them in and out of the house.
Great process. What if you don't have an overcast day?
I only lost one leaf per tomato plant this year. All on the same side. LOL It was my first time, so I will learn. My seedlings were all grown in a very bright south facing sunroom, I didn't have grow lights.
Hands down the best video on this subject.
You didn’t mention nighttime temperatures. It’s still between 39-50 degrees at night here in the PNW. What nighttime temperature is safe for tomatoes, cukes, peppers?
a lot of times its hard to do a metered amount of time in the sun per day when hardening off just because, no one is home to move the seedlings indoors or to the shade when time is up for the day and you're at work all day. Best you can really do then is see if you can find a spot where you get morning sun for an hour or two but then the plants end up in the shade as the sun moves. then just move them out further so they stay in the sun longer the next day.
Not sure if this has already been asked BUT…. sun is half my problem, overnight temperatures feels like it is the other part. How low can tomato and pepper take over night? Thank you for the help❤
Can you do a video on physically how you transplant seedlings and separating them.
These are some very helpful tips! Thank you for all you do for the community Luke 👊🏻🌻👊🏻
Great detailed video. Thanks!
I moved my tomatoes out to a clear green house a few weeks ago, getting full-part sun and vented for air flow. Opinion on of I need to further harden them off outside the greenhouse before planting?
Just sunburned a bunch of celosia by throwing the seedlings outside too early…boooo…welcome to SoCal!!!
I can't get seedlings to grow true leaves. They just stay tiny with their primary false leaves. What the heck.
So my growing area is a counter next to a south facing window….I use a fan…if weather is nice I open the window…and nicer weather on a dappled sun/strong sun porch area….how long should I take to introducing them
Last year I just draped shade cloth over the seedlings for a few days. I put on a 80% (2x 40s), then 60% then 40% then most the day with no cloth
Yup, been working for me.
I start hardening my seeds off by putting them in a sunny window in the mornings so they start getting used to the sun. Then I will start taking them outside.
So i burt a couple plants last week lol
This year I lost my tomatoes…I got side tracked, gardening,… sun broke through. 2 hrs was too much.
thanks luke ! it’s a super cloudy day today i’ll take my seedlings out for a few hours then bring them in before bed
Yeah, because the hardening off time can be stressful for me. I’m doing it now.
My plants aren't so lucky. They go outside for hours for the weekend because that's when I'm off. Then on Sunday it's time for them to be planted!!
Felt crazy i just did that yesterday, intense sun. i also put them in my strawberry bed in case it got hot 🔥
Well I'm new to this, left my seedlings out in full sun yesterday for over 6 hours..😮
Some of them looked Droopy so I grabbed and brought them in.
Sorry little seedlings 😢
I sunscald my seedlings every year and they recover alright. I have noticed that the more developed a plant, the longer it takes to get them accustomed to the outside. My seedlings look great now but my mature pepper plants haven’t recovered yet.
Thank you Luke ❤ I'm working on this right now with my cabbage 😊