Re: Origin of Vegetable Crops
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Origin of Vegetable Crops
- From: P*@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1999 20:06:54 EST
Bill,
Your leaves turned white and died after transplant. How long were the
seedlings inside before they were transplanted out? If a plant stays inside
for a couple weeks and then is transplanted out under full sunlight, you can
get burn from not properly hardening off the seedling. Grow lights are better
than nothing, but are no match for the intensity of the direct sun. If a
plant breaks the soil in the pot and is put out right away, hardening off is
not needed. If you have an old seedling, put it out for a few hours in direct
sun, or put out in a partially shaded area for a few days. Don't overwater
the seedling and let it get used to the sun and the outside elements slowly.
Transplant on a cloudy day is also helpful. If it was burn from a tender
seedling, I wonder if the second seedling may have been transplanted on a
cloudy day or rainy spell. That might explain why the other seedling wasn't
burned.
pumkinguy
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