Repeat these steps for a few days, gradually giving them more sun and more time outside.Just check them every hour or so and if they are looking sad or wilted, bring them back in There is no set time here, as it depends entirely on what the weather is like that day, how far along your seedlings are, and what their inside growing conditions have been. Ideally you would have a shady spot with dappled sunlight and you would put them out for a few hours in this spot (morning or afternoon is fine as long as the spot is semi-shady and the weather is still Direct sun or wind (warm or cold wind) will do a lot of damage and really set them back. Do NOT put them out in direct sunlight on their first day out and do NOT put them out on a windy day. on their first day outdoors, go slow and cool.Step #2: Gradual Exposure to Sunlight and Wind If you live in a climate where a late frost or cold winds could damage your seedlings, check out these detailed steps on potting up tomatoes. Prior to hardening off seedlings they should be potted up from tiny cells into larger pots (I like 4” pots). For the home gardener with fewer seedlings, the step by step process would go like this: Step-by-Step for Transplanting Tomato and Pepper Seedlings Step #1: When to start hardening off:ĭepending on the weather, start exposing your seedlings to the outdoors around 3-4 weeks after they have germinated and have at least one set of leaves beyond their seed leaves (seed leaves are those skinny smooth leaves that come up first at germination and generally fall off after the plant has matured a bit) Dorothy and pepper seedlings ready for hardening offįor me, hardening off young plants is a difficult task because I grow so many of them for sale at the farmers’ markets, and it is therefore difficult to give them the individual attention they would love.
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