Hardening seeding temperatures
Donald V Zone 6 north Ohio
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Seed starting temperatures
Comments (3)The site you found (clickable link below) is excellent. I use it as a source of info for starting seeds indoors. By using optimum temperatures germination can be very quick, two or three days in some cases. I think you are wise to not rush planting seeds outdoors, except the ones, such as peas and spinach, which like lower temperatures. Jim Here is a link that might be useful: Germination Temperatures...See MoreTemperature Range for Hardening Off
Comments (3)Hi Flora_uk, thanks for your reply. Sorry I haven't been checking because the temperature have been cold anyway.... I have some marigolds, celosia, and salvia. According to the seed packet, I can start them outside now (since we have past our last frost date). Does that mean I can harden my seedlings off now? Or could it mean that I don't have to worry about hardening off and can move them outside directly since there won't be any frost anymore? The weather forecast says for the next 10 days, the minimum is 41....See MoreOrange seed seedling minimum temperature?
Comments (4)How old is it? It might not like to get too cold. The roots need warmth to function properly. If they are too cool, they will slow down or stop, and growth will halt. I personally would start to slowly introduce it to the indoors for winter. Bring it in on a night and back out during the day, then bring it in for longer periods over a couple of weeks until it has adapted to a sunny location. Give it a pebble tray to keep the humidity up and watch watering. Also be aware it gets cold on windowsills at night, it might be worth pulling it away from the window at night. This way it should continue to grow through winter....See MoreTemperature question (hardening off)
Comments (5)Ok that's what I'm doing.. they're sitting under may porch next to the house. The closet door they're against is actually the water heater closet so it's probably radiating a bit more heat and creating a micro climate. I'll keep putting them there for the first week and move them out under in the full sun for a couple hours each afternoon for the next couple weeks. Assuming there's sun.. this week looks pretty wet after friday so I'll probably just keep putting them out on the patio out of the direct rain. The down side to the northwest is that we are not the ideal tomato climate....See Morebeesneeds
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