Re: Newbie Question #3

momvet 3/19/2015, 2:38 pm

I can't seem to add multiple pictures despite the advice given - sorry again!

**sanderson** 3/19/2015, 3:00 pm

Very clever the way you were able to adjust the plant heights under the lights. Newbie Question #3 - Page 2 3170584802

bbroomm 3/20/2015, 12:33 am

Just wanted to add something on the hardening off. I didn't do that. I'm in zone 10 and put some stuff out a few weeks ago. A lot of stuff. Like a lot. Laughing

And I was too busy(lazy) to move them back and forth so I just left them all outside. But I justified it that my patio gets a lot of shade. Plus I was going to be up-potting them so I wasn't sure if I was going to be killing them anyway? I dunno, I can justify laziness if I try. But they survived not hardening off. Then they survived up potting. So I'm happy. Very Happy

So I thought maybe being in Southern Cali, maybe you didn't -Have- to harden them off either?

**Turan** 3/20/2015, 1:10 am

My guess is that it is more important to keep from sun scald at first. A light cover of cheese cloth for filtered shade should handle that.

**sanderson** 3/20/2015, 1:15 am

bbroomm wrote:
So I thought maybe being in Southern Cali, maybe you didn't -Have- to harden them off either?

I took mine outside one day and started planting them the next day. I'm in zone 8b-9a. Now I'm trying to get them all mulched.

Turan has a point about some light shade (cheese cloth, sheers). Boy we folks in temperate areas just have it rough. Laughing

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