Seed Talk #26 - Hardening Off Seedlings

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Жыл бұрын

What is hardening off, and why is it so important? Are there alternatives to the traditional "in and out" method or any situations when hardening off is not necessary? Today, Lisa and Layne discuss how to harden off your seedlings to help them transition from their indoor growing environment to outdoor life. They cover why proper hardening off is critical for the health and well-being of your seedlings, different methods to accomplish it, possible exceptions, and how long it typically takes for seedlings to acclimate to the outdoors. Listen to the podcast and learn how to properly harden off your growing seedlings!
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@ambersingletonpianostudio7591 Жыл бұрын

I’m so grateful for these podcasts. It is my third year with a cutting garden, and it was my goal to learn how to do seed starting well with a strong plant to begin with. After setting that goal, God let me find you guys. Thanks to these videos, I’m so excited to see the strongest seedlings I’ve ever grown beginning the hardening off phase today. Thank you SO SO MUCH for helping us learn to do what we love and what we get to share with those around us!

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the kind words, Amber! 💚 We are so happy to have you here 🥰 Wishing you beauty and bounty in your spring garden! 🤗 Thanks again for watching, and have a wonderful evening!

@lisafeck1537 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this podcast, and all the excellent free content The Gardener's Workshop provides. Also all the excellent on line courses, they are so rich and valuable. 🌻🌻

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome, Lisa! Thanks so much for watching and for the positive feedback 🤗 Hope you are growing some beautiful flowers this spring! 💚

@dsabo6426 Жыл бұрын

I am learning so much! Thank you, ladies! Lisa, I just want to say that Laine is a keeper. You two complement each other perfectly.

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

Aww, you are too kind! 🥰 Thanks so much for watching and for taking the time to leave this lovely comment! Happy gardening, and have a fantastic evening 🤗

@EmilyPorterfield Жыл бұрын

Y'all - I just can't get enough of you two, Lisa and Layne. When you two do these videos together, they're my favorite!!!! I learn so much that I watch them once for enjoyment and then go back with my notebook and take notes on the second time I watch it. Love you both and wish I lived closer (I'm in Eastern NC) because I know we would be fast friends!!! Layne I love your lettuce!!! My little lettuce transplants outside are starting to look like those. Please keep making lots of videos. You two make a fantastic team on these.

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words, Emily! ☺ So happy to hear you are enjoying "Seed Talk" and that you have some beautiful lettuce transplants in the works, as well! 🥗 Lettuce seedlings just look so pretty to me, for some reason! 😂 If you ever have any topics you would like to hear discussed, please feel free to let me know! Thanks again for watching and for your lovely comment - it really made my day 🤗 Happy growing! 💚

@geniekrich1 Жыл бұрын

Great podcasts. It’s been in the 80s here in central Texas and I am in the middle of moving seed trays outside so podcast was so timely. Thanks for sharing ladies 🌻

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Genie! Enjoy your warm weather, and best of luck with your growing seedlings 🤗 Have a wonderful evening!

@patriciaglass1743 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful especially the Temps. Expecting snow today in Eastern WASHINGTON and was trying to decide on putting my stock out on the deck. It's 33 there going out

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

Perfect timing, Patricia! Washington is such a beautiful state 🥰 Thanks so much for watching, and keep up the good work with your seedlings! 🤗

@sophiebisson1396 6 ай бұрын

I learned so much, thank you for sharing your knowledge!

@thelatebloominggardener2479 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Lisa and Layne for another informative and timely video!! I have been feeling blue because of the gloomy weather here in Hawaii but you both just lifted my spirits! Thank you so much ❤❤❤

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! ☺ Thanks so much for watching and for the positive feedback! How wonderful to live in beautiful Hawaii 🥰 Thanks again, and have a fantastic evening! 🤗

@jlp4111 Жыл бұрын

I was just scouting out spots to harden off my seedlings this morning! First yr growing annuals for a cutting garden. 🌻 Great information at just the right time!

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

Oooo - how exciting! You will love having a cutting garden, Jamie 🥰 Thanks so much for watching, and best of luck with your growing seedlings! 🤗

@sheilahurford5931 Жыл бұрын

Thanks ladies really love your honesty makes me smile and feel better bout my mess ups !! 🌻🌻🌻

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Sheila! Failures are often the stepping stones to success 🙂 As long as you learn something from any given experience, it is not really a "failure" but rather a valuable lesson! 😊 Thanks for watching and for taking the time to leave this lovely comment 🤗 Have a fantastic day!

@coppertreeacres Жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the great info!! 🥰

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome! Thanks so much for watching and for taking the time to leave a comment ☺ Have a wonderful evening! 🤗

@Butterkupflowers Жыл бұрын

You two are a great team; thorough and detail oriented yet also as charming as all get out 😻 thanks and keep ‘em coming’!!

@joanyoung6805 Жыл бұрын

Very knowledgeable therefore very helpful thank you

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Joan! So happy you found this episode helpful ☺ Have a wonderful day 💚🤗💚

@seeingthesitzes4333 Жыл бұрын

I am looooving this podcast! I am listening to the podcast version several times while fiddling in the garden. Great job ladies!

@cbak1819 Жыл бұрын

This is so great Ladies❤

@MarshaDouma Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for this seed starting series. The information has been invaluable.

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome, Marsha! If there are any topics you would like to hear us discuss, please feel free to let me know. Thanks so much for watching, and have a wonderful day! 🤗

@robertab4025 Жыл бұрын

Another informative show! REQUEST: I would love for you to discuss and show the watering care of newly seeded soil blocks from sowing to germination to new seedlings. I’m always unsure during this critical stage how/when to water. Would really like to hear or see your specific process.

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

Great idea, Roberta! I will add that topic to the list ☺ Thanks for this fantastic suggestion and for watching! Have a lovely evening 🤗

@robertab4025 Жыл бұрын

@@LayneAngeloTGW wonderful! Perhaps you can also address why you all do not use vermiculite to top the soil blocks after seeding!

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

@@robertab4025 Another great suggestion, Roberta! Interestingly, I actually do use vermiculite, although Lisa does not 🙂 I like to use it to help retain some moisture at the surface in lieu of wide weave burlap 🌱 I will try to make sure we discuss this, as well! Thanks again, Roberta 🤗

@tarar6926 Жыл бұрын

This is just what I needed! Excellent timing!! I was lead to your book by Danielle at Northlawn Flower Farm and I have hundreds of cool flowers ready to harden off!!

@cbak1819 4 ай бұрын

I use burlap and hoops to shade freshly planted warm loving seedling I haven't gardened off much or at all.. Works great in my garden.

@carolleimbach6407 Жыл бұрын

Helpful information. Thank you.

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

So happy you found this episode helpful, Carol! Thanks so much for watching and for the positive feedback 🤗 Have a lovely day! 💚

@kathymayer7599 4 ай бұрын

Love this 😍💐

@karenschwartz5209 Жыл бұрын

Great info!!

@rachelle3445 3 ай бұрын

Thank you

@heatherhalvorsen8446 Жыл бұрын

Love your shows! Listening to them while seed starting and then again to take lots of notes! 📝 such good info! 🤓 Hardening off question - are temps the most important thing when hardening off? Wondering if the temps are ideal but there are overcast skies for a day, or multiple days, is lack of light (going from ideal controlled bright grow lights to overcast) a problem for sustained/continued growth? Or not phase them? I’m wondering about all seedlings with light/hardening off… Also, question(s) about fertilizer as well (saw someone else request info too ☺️) When to start fertilizing? Do ALL seedling varieties benefit from fertilizer? The only thing I’ve fertilized so far are the slow growing lissies with fish emulsion per instructions. The next day I noticed white on the soils surface and panicked. Since then have backed off on fertilizing but maybe shouldn’t? Do faster growing things still benefit from fertilizer or can they wait as they don’t need the extra boost and with not fertilizing, can slow them down a bit.

@jameysnyder1386 Жыл бұрын

Have you done an episode on fertilizing? Im so overwhelmed with all the options out there. Do you use the same fertilizer for your baby plants indoors as you use for the outside garden? how often? Is there a magic recipe or product that works for every plant? Is there any type of fertilizer I can make at home? Are worm castings considered fertilizer? Help before I kill everything!

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

Great questions, Jamey! I am planning on doing a fertilizer episode and will try to make sure we address these questions. Thank you for your suggestions and for watching 🤗 Have a wonderful day!

@Hayley-sl9lm Жыл бұрын

Omg you grow monkshood? That is so badass, I would love to know about growing those!

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

Hey, Hayley! Yes, they have been quite fun to grow so far! I gave them a moist stratification in the refrigerator for 6 weeks, and some had already started germinating by the time I took them out 🌱 We have severe deer and rabbit pressure in our garden, and I am hoping the animals will leave the monkshood alone 🙂 If you decide to grow any yourself, be sure to wear gloves when handling the seeds or plants, as monkshood is highly toxic! Thanks for watching, Hayley, and have a wonderful day 🤗

@Hayley-sl9lm Жыл бұрын

@@LayneAngeloTGW I had no idea they were good as a cut flower! I had just read about them in "Plants That Kill: A Natural History of the World's Most Poisonous Plants" by Elizabeth Dauncey which is a very fun coffee table book if you're ever in the market. And I guess they use it in Chinese medicine as a topical analgesic (although I wouldn't experiment with it in that way, no sir!). I wonder what the alkaloid concentration is in your variety? Hopefully it's bitter to them, they spit it out and learn their lesson!

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

@@Hayley-sl9lm That sounds like a really interesting book, Hayley! I am adding that one to my wish list, so thanks for the recommendation 📚🙂📚 I am just planning on using them as landscape plants (rather than cut flowers), but the flowers are quite beautiful 😍 Yes, hopefully the deer and rabbits either leave them alone entirely or - at a minimum - do not come back for seconds if they decide to sample them 🦌🐇🦌 If you have any other book recommendations, please let me know! I love reading, and it sounds like you do, too 🥰 Have a great evening! ☺

@C.S.99 Жыл бұрын

First time here, I'm only 3 min in and I'm already giddy and belly laughing. And a little hungry for a salad 😆

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

Glad to have you here, C.S.! Happy to hear we made you smile ☺ Reading your comment has now made me hungry for a salad 😂 Thanks so much for watching, and have a lovely evening! 🤗

@tomstickle3758 Жыл бұрын

What is the best way to store leftover seeds that you didn't plant this year. Do you have a video of seed storage?

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

Hello, Tom! Yes, episode 11 is all about seed storage 🙂 You can either search for it or find it in the "Seed Talk" playlist. If you still have any questions after watching, please let me know. Thanks so much for watching, and have a great day! 😊

@nas46271 Жыл бұрын

When you are hardening off from inside and outside, do you put the seedlings back under the grow lights when you bring them inside? Or are they ok by a bright window until they go back outside for the next day? Thanks! These podcast are very informative!

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

Hello! Yes, I would recommend putting the seedlings back under grow lights when you bring them inside to prevent them from getting leggy. As an example, I normally leave my grow lights on for 16 hours a day. If I put seedlings outdoors for 2 hours, I would then put them back under grow lights for the remaining 14 hours. As you get further along in the process and the seedlings are spending longer periods of time outdoors, then you could probably get away with not putting them under grow lights when you bring them back inside. Hope this makes sense! Thanks so much for watching, and have a wonderful evening 🤗

@KaringKarensFlowers Жыл бұрын

My plants in soil blocks are not that big Sweet William, fever few barely above planting block

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

How fun, Karen! I love the look of feverfew seedlings 💚 Thanks so much for watching and for sharing what you are growing! 🤗

@thehomegardenharvest Жыл бұрын

I am eager to finally start my garden. Here is my conundrum …. I’m going on a cruise for 5 days in April. If I start seeds now, harden them off, and get them planted before I leave with a timed irrigation system I can control remotely, do you think I should be fine? I’m in coastal South Carolina zone 8b for reference.

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

Hello! How far in advance of your trip would you be able to plant them in the ground? Also, do you know your typical temperatures at that time of year? Thanks!

@thehomegardenharvest Жыл бұрын

@@LayneAngeloTGW I’d plant them a week before I leave. I live in coastal South Carolina (Hilton Head area) so pretty warm.

@LayneAngeloTGW Жыл бұрын

@@thehomegardenharvest Hello again! If it were me, I would try to plant them out at least a week before leaving and make sure they are well-watered before leaving. You can also set up the irrigation system you mentioned to make sure the seedlings do not dry out while you are away. There is always a chance of something happening to your seedlings, but as long as they are hardened off and provided with adequate moisture after planting, I would still give it a shot! Best of luck, and have fun on your cruise! 🚤☺🚤

@ShayLaRae75 Жыл бұрын

I have the perfect hardening off spot but my question is, what about temperature for the cool season plants? It still is going down to mid 20's at night. Can they be left out still if they are under cover of a porch, which is where I'll be hardening them off with the leave out method.

@cbak1819 4 ай бұрын

QUESTION? Layne, as for the seedlings, they wont get leggy leaving them in partial shade hardening off? I have a mini green house I was thinking to shade cloth in mid afternoon. What is your opinion

@sarahgood2719 5 ай бұрын

I have a question! My grow lights are on starting at 5pm everyday for 16 hours. So if I start bringing my seedlings outside during the day to harden them, how does that affect their need for grow lights?

@karunald Жыл бұрын

Wish Lisa lived in z5b. Then I can 'finally' know what to do here. I'm not finding any answers re scheduling in the video. Just to start hardening off 7-14 days before putting out. What does that even mean.