Comments on: Hardening Off http://www.getinthegarden.com/2010/03/hardening-off/ Sowing a better world ... one garden at a time Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:46:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kari http://www.getinthegarden.com/2010/03/hardening-off/comment-page-1/#comment-289 Kari Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:32:47 +0000 http://www.getinthegarden.com/?p=2976#comment-289 Thank you Lisa! Your site is wonderful. I've been reading some of the previous posts. So glad I found it! Thank you Lisa! Your site is wonderful. I’ve been reading some of the previous posts. So glad I found it!

]]> By: Lisa Gustavson http://www.getinthegarden.com/2010/03/hardening-off/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Lisa Gustavson Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:32:40 +0000 http://www.getinthegarden.com/?p=2976#comment-287 Hi and good for you starting your first vegetable garden! It's a wonderful treat to have fresh food right at your fingertips! To answer your question, hardening off is for both flowers and vegetables started indoors from seed. The growing conditions inside are quite different from the "real world" conditions outdoors and an adjustment period is necessary to maintain plant vigor and health. After spending time sowing seeds and nurturing seedlings don't rush this last important step before planting. Best of luck and thanks for reading! Hi and good for you starting your first vegetable garden! It’s a wonderful treat to have fresh food right at your fingertips! To answer your question, hardening off is for both flowers and vegetables started indoors from seed. The growing conditions inside are quite different from the “real world” conditions outdoors and an adjustment period is necessary to maintain plant vigor and health. After spending time sowing seeds and nurturing seedlings don’t rush this last important step before planting. Best of luck and thanks for reading!

]]> By: Kari http://www.getinthegarden.com/2010/03/hardening-off/comment-page-1/#comment-285 Kari Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:50:27 +0000 http://www.getinthegarden.com/?p=2976#comment-285 I am just starting my first vegetable garden this year and just found your site. I was wondering if this process of hardening off is meant for vegetable seedlings or flowers or both? I think you are talking about vegetable seedlings, but just wanted to be sure. Looking forward to reading your blog:) I am just starting my first vegetable garden this year and just found your site. I was wondering if this process of hardening off is meant for vegetable seedlings or flowers or both? I think you are talking about vegetable seedlings, but just wanted to be sure. Looking forward to reading your blog:)

]]> By: Lisa Gustavson http://www.getinthegarden.com/2010/03/hardening-off/comment-page-1/#comment-274 Lisa Gustavson Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:48:10 +0000 http://www.getinthegarden.com/?p=2976#comment-274 Thank you Eileen! Yes, unfortunately I also learned the hard way not to rush planting out. Here's to a wonderful garden year! Thank you Eileen! Yes, unfortunately I also learned the hard way not to rush planting out. Here’s to a wonderful garden year!

]]> By: Eileen http://www.getinthegarden.com/2010/03/hardening-off/comment-page-1/#comment-273 Eileen Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:11:15 +0000 http://www.getinthegarden.com/?p=2976#comment-273 Very timely article on hardening off - so important for success. I am one of those who learned the hard way many years ago. Eileen Very timely article on hardening off – so important for success. I am one of those who learned the hard way many years ago.

Eileen

]]> By: Lisa Gustavson http://www.getinthegarden.com/2010/03/hardening-off/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Lisa Gustavson Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:52:32 +0000 http://www.getinthegarden.com/?p=2976#comment-272 I didn't follow that bit of hardening off advice for years. It does make a difference! Cutting back on watering the week before planting out "toughens" the seedling leaves before their first trip outdoors. I didn’t follow that bit of hardening off advice for years. It does make a difference! Cutting back on watering the week before planting out “toughens” the seedling leaves before their first trip outdoors.

]]> By: Kylee from Our Little Acre http://www.getinthegarden.com/2010/03/hardening-off/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Kylee from Our Little Acre Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:09:28 +0000 http://www.getinthegarden.com/?p=2976#comment-271 I'd not heard about the withholding water part before, but it makes sense! I’d not heard about the withholding water part before, but it makes sense!

]]> By: Lisa Gustavson http://www.getinthegarden.com/2010/03/hardening-off/comment-page-1/#comment-270 Lisa Gustavson Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:09:03 +0000 http://www.getinthegarden.com/?p=2976#comment-270 Thanks! Unfortunately when I started out long ago I learned this lesson the hard way! A garden is a wonderful place to learn patience... Thanks! Unfortunately when I started out long ago I learned this lesson the hard way! A garden is a wonderful place to learn patience…

]]> By: kate/high altitude gardening http://www.getinthegarden.com/2010/03/hardening-off/comment-page-1/#comment-269 kate/high altitude gardening Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:53:38 +0000 http://www.getinthegarden.com/?p=2976#comment-269 Great tutorial, Lisa. Impatient by nature, I sometimes skip this step and am always sorry I did! :) Great tutorial, Lisa. Impatient by nature, I sometimes skip this step and am always sorry I did! :)

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