I DIDN'T Harden Off My Seedlings! What happened?!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ค. 2024
- Earlier in the year we shared a step-by-step 7-day hardening off process. Following this method I have Never lost a single seedling when transplanting. And that got me curious - what would happen if I didn't harden off my tomato plants and seedlings? To find the answer to this, I took 5 seedlings and transplanted them with no hardening off and WOW was I ever surprised by the results!
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I’m new to gardening, and I have been a bit skeptical about the hardening off thing. It made me feel like the “experts” were making things more difficult than necessary. This is interesting. Maybe in the future, when I have more experience and knowledge, I’ll do experiments on one or two of my plants too. At this point, I’m trying to follow the “rules” pretty closely, but I know I’ll be doing some things differently next year already!
The biggest take away I have from all of the advice and research that I’ve done this year is that there really REALLY is no one-size-fits-all, hard-and-fast rules when it comes to gardening. Every state, city, neighborhood, garden, gardener and plant is unique. You gotta do what works, where it works, when it works. So much trial and error!
Yesssss Krissy! I loveee that takeaway! And to be honest the less you focus on the hard/fast rules and tune further into your plants and mother nature, the better they all do because every season is so different! Amazing work! :D
Love garden experiments. I'm growing an indeterminate tomato in my living room 😂
48 seconds into your video-i never harden off and get an excellent yield -they all begin growing when the temps are ready. plant anytime in may.
Last year, 2023, I "woke up" my dahlias indoors but didn't know that I had to harden off - just planted them straight out in the garden when the soil was warm. Indoors, they were in front of windows to bring them along. They grew beautifully. Tall and majestic.
This year, I used grow lights, learned about the acclimation process, and am frozen in fear that I won't harden off properly and all my dahlias will be weak, negating my coddling for all these weeks!
Just discovered your channel and enjoying your video's. I have been gardening since I was 5 and retired now so I do understand where you are coming from with your approach, the joy is in the observing and learning from nature. One tip I have recently learned in hardening off is the use of straw, not the processed chopped up one for mulch but the raw 1-2-foot lengths. I form a thick circle around the plant and then put an extremely thin layer on top. This I moisten lightly so the straw forms a slight bond to itself, and it doesn't seem to blow away for the most part. I am also noticing the deer and rabbits seem to pass over these areas, but it's spring and there's a lot around to feast on. I don't know how this would work in areas with a lot of slugs though.
Ah thanks so much for this comment Jeffrey! Where are you based? Love the tip and excited to hear more tips you've picked up over the years! :D
@@MindandSoil For the last three years I've been in central ND zone 4a so I'm always looking for ways to start and extend the season. It's amazing how many microclimates you can find when you need to. I was used to zone 6 in northwest RI so quite an adjustment.
@@jeffreyrossi5084 what small spot climates have you found so far? Which are great and which are colder?
I'm in the area as you and my garden is struggling with this weather and I put some out too early and ended up pulling some out of the ground like cucumber and I'm starting again with so e plants I still have inside .o have them in a south faceing room in front of slides window doors and they do much better than out side .I have cucumber in side that is growing fruit and also my bell peppers are starting to grow fruit inside aswell
And the one out side are not doing well .my Brussels sprouts are doing well though lol
My experiment is to keep some inside for the whole year 😁
Love that experiment Brad!! AND I love how you're riding through all of this! This is a SUPER tough Spring so big kudos for you and everything you're doing. Additionally, don't be afraid to buy a few seedlings and pop those into your beds to fill it up and help you get the most out of the gardening season! It's something I do every year :)
If you have a week of overcast it’s the same as Harding off slowing over several sunny days
Hardening off was something that never made much sense to me. Now I know why! :D Plants are used to being out in nature. While they may struggle a bit (usually due to "grower error"), most of the time they will thrive when in the right conditions. It seems like this is what happened to you as well. The first time you set the plants out, it was too cool for the "heat loving" plants. However, once they were put out when it was warmer, they did just fine. :) I usually try to do the "3 days of overcast weather" scenario, but now I'm not even sure I will mess with that much. ;) Thanks for sharing the results of your AWESOME experiment! :D
P.S. I had some health issues this spring (still do technically) and my transplants didn't get as much "attention" as they normally do. Because of this, I didn't get many that survived. So, to still try to get something, I direct sowed about half of my pepper and tomato plants (among other things). I figure, if they don't grow, I'm no worse off. If they do grow, I'll be happy with any kind of successful harvest. :) We'll see how things go later in the season. ;)
Love it Gwendy and I think your analysis is spot on! I've heard anecdotally that having a really good seedling mix (with compost and worm castings) for the indoor seedlings also helps them adjust more quickly to the outdoors - but haven't played around with this myself just yet! In terms of your plant babies, I absolutely encourage you to pick up some seedlings from a nursery or marketplace - absolutely worth the slight investment to get the most out of your gardening time!
I’m having physical struggles that are slowing down my gardening productivity also, I pray we’ll do well by God’s grace.
Yeah! Save the basil! I think lettuce could go out as little babies without much hardening off.
I would have liked to have seen if a squash did well in that second experiment. Hmmm. Just planted out our baby squash yesterday!!
Great advice about doing experiments!! Cheers Jason and Colleen
There was a squash (zucchini specifically) in there! However, I'm not sure if I did a close up on it now that I think back to the edit - and that would have been really cool. But yes, 2/3 (tomato, Zuke) would have fallen into the warm weather crops and did really well!
6:10 put them under a screen or mesh that creates shade but wind can still get to them
This works for me when they’re relatively small, they barely feel it during spring, in colder weather they appreciate a light cover, I actually started all my seedlings outside uncovered from mid may because I get direct sun all day 😅 the garden is frequently warmer then my ground floor flat
Amazing Housnara! Where are you based?!
@@MindandSoil London, UK, it's quite mild here after the last frosts in may
@@housnaraali3467 Yeah! Quite similar to our climate!
If you’re starting them outside then there would be no need to harden off? That’s just growing outside
The spring this year definitely didn't help. I had tomatoes growing well, hardened them off, and so far they've stalled out. Soil was rich, sunlight was as best as possible given the almost incessant rain.
The peppers are doing better, actually. My radishes just went straight to bolting.
Sounds like your in BC aswell .my tomato stalked too but are starting to get some growth .
Stalled is definitely a good way of putting it - and definitely right there with you on some crops. Starting to see some growth though!
Yeah, my peppers are doing better than the tomatoes, too.
@@ingridturk2901 It's been tough out there!!
This is my first ytv I watch from you and I’m surprised you don’t have more followers! Your Insta is awesome and I’m sure I will l o v e your canal 🤗🙏
Thanks so much Nicol!! What's your IG? I'll give you a follow over there as well! :D :D
I use a wheelchair I try to protect them from cool night but i have a shady spot along side garage but they did dont get the one hour increment treatment...plus their is a lot of clouds in spring...traditional methods are obviously realistically overstated
That sounds like a great way to protect them!
I have a lot of time, so the hardening off process isn’t scheduled for me. I just watch them, and bring them in if they get floppy. Save the Basil! See if you can get that squash to reappear too
I don't even bring mine in if they look floppy 🤣 It's a tough love culture over here 🤣🤣🤣
My plants were started off indoors but spent their entire life so far either in the window inches from it (open when winds wernt bad) and the last few days in a greenhouse during the day with the ventilation flaps open (the plants are about 3 - 5 inches tall now) should they be okay? Is that enough?
rescue the basil!
I might have to give it a try!!