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Re: Walls O Water - Hardening Off Transplants

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You should still harden your plants off even with the use of the WOW if they
were raised indoors under lights.  It will take a few days for the leaves to
adjust to the strength of the sunlight.  My suggestion for the future is to
use a cold frame to raise your plants in, and then transplant to the garden
and protect with a WOW.  This is how I do my tomatoes.  In my area, frost is
not too much of a problem this time of year, but I have to deal with really
rainy and windy conditions.  The WOW's provide wonderful protection under
these conditions.  As far as hardening off, I have a little sheltered area on
the South side of my house to protect the plants from the wind.  I built a
frame that holds shade material (the kind for summer use on a green house).  I
double the thickness for the first couple of days, and then gradually expose
the plants to more and more light.  The last couple of days I leave the plants
out overnight weather permitting.  This minimizes the time I have to spend
tending to plants.


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