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G'day Jade,

You wrote: ....
........................You didn't answer the question... how do you 'harden
off' plants? I've never
heard of this before....
Jade.

I am referring to their ability to 'take' Sun shine.

Often these days, you go out shopping and see a selection of plants, and
they all look really healthy and 'flush'. The people who have prepared them
for 'market' have usually made a point of protecting them from the full
strength of the Australian sun. When people take these plants home, and
then plant them in the so called ideal conditions that the label recommends,
many find the plants can not 'hack it', .....such is life!

It's the same as you or I going out in the sun on the first day of
summer, (exempt you will look better than me in swimmers), with some tan,
you might not get burnt, with no tan we will both get burnt!

In the old days Nursery men boasted about how 'sun hardened' their stock
was, now they have to present the plants as 'flush and leafy' as they can or
no retailer will stock their plants.........such is life!


China
Wingham
NSW