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hardening off - Adapting glasshouse or controlled environment grown plants to outdoor conditions by reducing availability of water, lowering the temperature, increasing light intensity, or reducing the nutrient supply. The hardening-off process conditions plants for survival when transplanted outdoors. [FAO]

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Good Enough to Eat: Want more snap beans? Keep planting  -  Aug 17, 2007
Seattle Post Intelligencer...plants indoors in early May, moved them to my deck immediately after they germinated and set them in the garden after several weeks of hardening off.

Not feeling peachy  -  Aug 19, 2007
Montrose Daily Press,The pit split, explains Kerry Mattics of Mattics Orchard, located southwest of Olathe, happens when the seed splits afer hardening off.

LANGFORD: Roses need your help now  -  Aug 10, 2007
Rocky Mountain News,After that, cut back on the moisture to begin hardening off the plants for winter. If the hot spells continue, alter the plan. It's probably too late to

Dallies with dahlias  -  Aug 18, 2007
York Press,The rules had been followed to the letter, planting dry tubers in early spring, growing them on a warm windowsill, then gradually hardening off and planting

Northern Gardening Tips: Fall is a confusing time for people ...  -  Aug 6, 2007
Montana State University,We call this hardening off. Hardened woody shoots going into the fall and winter are less susceptible to winter damage. They dry out less rapidly and are

Water Saving Tips  -  Aug 13, 2007
Organic Gardening Magazine...*High altitude makes hardening off essential to prevent plant wilt. *Plant by soil temperature rather than air temperature. Don't plant seedlings or seeds

Avoid bee stings with a few basic steps  -  Aug 9, 2007
The Spokesman Review,...•Do not fertilize woody perennials, shrubs and trees as they are hardening off for the winter. •You can start digging potatoes when the plants start to

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