Does erratic hardening off still "work"?

RomanX · April 7, 2015

my 'mater seedlings are gradually being hardened off this last month. . . erratically tho. Inescapable causes means they don't get out EVERY day, but still MOST days they get outside for increasing amounts of time . . . . usually. . . but sometimes only for a lesser, limited amount of time.

Question: will this erratic hardening off "work"? If they eventually get outside for 8 hours of sun, even if this isn't every day before planting out, will this prevent the dreaded sun scald??

(Just in case the answer is NO, I'm saving plastic milk jugs to use at planting out.)

April 7, 2015	#1
RomanX Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: North Carolina Posts: 119	Does erratic hardening off still "work"? my 'mater seedlings are gradually being hardened off this last month. . . erratically tho. Inescapable causes means they don't get out EVERY day, but still MOST days they get outside for increasing amounts of time . . . . usually. . . but sometimes only for a lesser, limited amount of time. Question: will this erratic hardening off "work"? If they eventually get outside for 8 hours of sun, even if this isn't every day before planting out, will this prevent the dreaded sun scald?? (Just in case the answer is NO, I'm saving plastic milk jugs to use at planting out.)