Re: Best Way to Hardening of Plants??
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Best Way to Hardening of Plants??
- From: M* L* <m*@micron.net>
- Date: Fri, 03 Apr 1998 14:47:36 -0700
At 04:15 PM 4/3/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I have a problem in figuring out how to harden off my seedlings. I grow my
>seedlings in the city under lights to be planted at the appropriate time on
>the East End of Long Island where we spend weekends. How do I harden them
>off when I am only out there on Saturday and Sunday during the day?
>
>TIA!
>Margot Kane
>Zone 7
>
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This works for me, but our winds come from an expected direction (most of
the time). Plant your plants and over each place a 3-ring tomato cage
topped with a doubled sheet of standard newspaper held on by clothespins.
Your plants will get early morning sun and late afternoon sun, but not the
overhead burning heat-of- the-day sun. Place a wind barrier such as a
wooden shingle shoved into the ground on the windward side of each plant.
And hope you don't get a downpour that destroys your cover before you can
get back out there. Good luck, Margaret
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