Today I will begin to harden off my first seedlings that I sowed about 2 weeks ago my Peas, Pak Choi and Lettuce as they have all put on their first true leaves. These are all meant to be reasonably cold hardy plants but if you start them off indoors you will need to transition them outside as they will be soft from the nice sheltered conditions
Hardening off a plant is a process whereby you gradually transition plants from inside the nice warm house or greenhouse etc into the exposed ground whether that is an allotment or pots and tubs.
They will go outside in the Blowaway during the day for a few hours at first and gradually increase this time from morning until night by the end of the week. There is still a good chance of frost and worse at this time of year and when hardening off it is best to do things gradually or the plants will sulk and stall their growth for a time or may not recover at all.
Just as a side note, putting the plants outside during the day has another benefit in they will receive more light from being outside rather than a windowsill so reduce the chance of them going leggy.
Just as a side note, putting the plants outside during the day has another benefit in they will receive more light from being outside rather than a windowsill so reduce the chance of them going leggy.
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