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I've got a windowsill full of well germinated plants. The cucumbers are about 10-12 inches high now - but are an indoor variety (Telegraph Improved) so will only go into the unheated greenhouse. There are chillis, squash, pumpkin and courgette. Obviously I don't want to kill them, but would it be ok to start hardening them off and planting them out?
We don't seem to be forecast frost now, though the nights could still get down to 5 or 6 here, as far as I can see. Do temperatures that low damage the plant, or just slow it down?
I will try and harden them off if I can, first - daytime outside, nighttime in. Would it be too much of a shock to move them all to the unheated greenhouse? Would they still need hardening off for that? Obviously the chillis and cucumbers would stay there, but I'd want the pumpkins/squash/courgette outside as soon as they can be.
Thank you
I've got a windowsill full of well germinated plants. The cucumbers are about 10-12 inches high now - but are an indoor variety (Telegraph Improved) so will only go into the unheated greenhouse. There are chillis, squash, pumpkin and courgette. Obviously I don't want to kill them, but would it be ok to start hardening them off and planting them out?
We don't seem to be forecast frost now, though the nights could still get down to 5 or 6 here, as far as I can see. Do temperatures that low damage the plant, or just slow it down?
I will try and harden them off if I can, first - daytime outside, nighttime in. Would it be too much of a shock to move them all to the unheated greenhouse? Would they still need hardening off for that? Obviously the chillis and cucumbers would stay there, but I'd want the pumpkins/squash/courgette outside as soon as they can be.
Thank you
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