Here is a silly question

[gardengalrn]

For those of you with greenhouses either homemade or commercial...do you still start your seeds in the home then move out to the greenhouse when temps are warmer? Or is that part of the whole point? I'm curious as it seems it still wouldn't be warm enough for optimal germination but maybe things get toasty enough on a sunny day. In the case that you don't start them in the greenhouse, I assume that you would still face hardening issues as far as sunlight? Inquiring minds need to know, LOL!

[Sherry_AK]

I start mine in the house and move them to the greenhouse around the middle of May. I start my seeds in early March, and it would be way too cold here to heat the greenhouse then.

[gardengalrn]

Thanks for the input, Sherry. Do you still have to "harden" them off?

[Sherry_AK]

I do not harden off the plants which move directly from the house to the greenhouse. My surplus plants which are grown in pots in the driveway (fondly referred to as my "driveway tomatoes") do need to be hardened off, which becomes quite a chore. I have never observed any ill effects from moving directly from house to greenhouse.

[mdvpc]

I start mine in the greenhouse with bottom heat. But I live in the desert southwest.

[blatanna]

I start mine off in the house because I don't have anyheating in there. When the weather gets warmer I move them our. I can get a good six weeks ahead starting them like that.

[Rena]

I also start inside with heat mats and lights. I have a 12 tray system, when It gets full its time to fire up the greenhouse heaters.