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More starts going and more potting ups. My peppers haven't even germed, so I'm gonna have to buy some more than I planned. 21ish more days till planting. (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by SchmidtGenetics to c/gardening
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What’s your guys thoughts on a cold frame? I think it could be worth the investment, just for hardening off, but can they take some snow weight?

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[–] SchmidtGenetics 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

The guide I read is you still do it for a few hours first day and increase by an hour a day. So to do this you open and close the cold frame, while closed the conditions should be the same as being in front of a window, but when you open it you get the temp and wind. Difference being is colder over night and warmer during the day, which is part of Harding off too.

The trampoline is an interesting idea, but gives full heat and wind…. Now I need to do more reading it seems….

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[–] IMALlama 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh, I see. I didn't realize it would block so might light.

I've done all manner of hardening over the years. The trampoline method isn't perfect, but it's proven to be very hands off. My starts are under grow lights, so they're not that leggy and don't get impacted that heavily by the wind. They don't seem to move from my 65 °F basement into a fairly similar outdoor temperature.

[–] SchmidtGenetics 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think it’s one of those if it’s in a 4 hour window, don’t put it in the middle of the lawn for 12 hours kinda issue.

The issue is planting day can be a night time of 5c but tickling 30c during the day. It’s a crapshoot so the better the hardening I can do the less issues.

Iirc most of my issues have been with stuff that doesn’t like moving, the cucumbers and melons.

[–] IMALlama 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thankfully we're a bit warmer here so I can start bigger things straight in the soil. Not that it matters, my mellons and cucumbers tend to succumb to vibe borers. I'll have to be a lot more diligent this season since they've gotten me the past two seasons :(

[–] SchmidtGenetics 2 points 7 months ago

Voles got my cukes year one, but they didn’t make an appearance after (rest of the street filled in with houses is my guess).

I started my aero tomatoes at the wrong time to utilize my tent for my starts properly, lessons learned. Also almost missed the window on planting my starts, dealing with some stuff right now, but that’s life. Will just need to spend a little more at the ol HD.

The adventures of experimenting and life in general haha.