Last Plant Standing

[ILGM.Zoe]

A customer has a question and I hope we can get some opinions on it, thanks.

"Due to some health issues I was unable to germinate the seeds until the first of June and I live in Scottsdale, AZ. Of the ten seeds I received only seven produced plants and I followed the instructions in the video exactly.

Of the seven plants that sprouted all quickly grew to a height of 2-3 inches and were very spindly and lacked almost any green. I transplanted the plants to an outdoor area that I have used for the past five years for growing and within 3 days only 1 plant remains alive. I realize that it is late in the year to be starting plants but I had no choice – did the heat possibly kill the new plants or what could be the cause of their demise.

Any information on what could my problem would be appreciated."

[kabongster]

Here’s a little information on hardening off, getting your plants used to the outdoors slowly…direct sunlight and heat may have been too intense without letting the plants get used to it.

Question on Photoperiod before putting seedlings outside

hey buddy, First let me say Welcome to the forum! You will find a lot of useful info here for new growers and old sages alike. Not a worry. I do a similar thing and once they’ve got decent roots and few sets of leaves I set the timer from 24/0 to 18/6 then a couple of weeks later I go to 15/9 which is where they are now. they don’t seem to growing that much slower. The most important thing is hardening them off before exposing them to the harsh reality of full sun, wind and everything else o…