Who Cares About Hardening Off Plants?

The answer to the question of who cares about hardening off plants should be: YOU. It is crucial that you understand this process before planting seedlings into the soil outdoors or before returning plants kept indoors during the cool weather back into the outdoor beds or pots on the patio or door steps.

According to Acount.com hardening off plants is defined as the process, commonly performed during spring as temperatures rise in the climatic zone in which you live, which allows the plants which have been started or over-wintered indoors to adjust to the new conditions they will encounter outdoors . The purpose of hardening off is to prevent negative impacts to the plants from sudden changes in sun exposure and the coolness of evening…. 

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