Gardening and Landscaping

[dougthehead]

Lol, I didn't even know there were that many varieties of basil. I am currently having a hard time hardening off my peppers, they were so used to their nice cozy spot under the lights that they are getting sunscald and wind burn as soon as I put them outside. I am going to be doing this schedule for the ones I put out to replace the damaged ones I have outside, hopefully it gets them better prepared.

* day 1: 1 hour before sundown (in shadow)
* day 2 : 2 hours before the sundown (in shadow)
* day 3: 3 hours before sundown (in shadow)
* day 4: Saturday: Getting more aggressive. Keeping them in the shadow during the day. Plants are outside most of the day. I make sure to watch them pretty carefully since the intensity of daylight even in shadow is many times more powerful than the indoor lights.
* day 5: Sunday: Shadow most of the day, start introducing evening sun. Checking plants frequently.
* day 6-7: Monday-tuesday: Taking them out in the sun after coming home from work. Outside in shadow when I'm at work.
* day 8-9: increasing the exposure to day-light sun.
* day 10: Plants are able to tolerate morning sun as well as daylight sun. Putting the plants where they'll live the rest of the summer.