On Apr 23, 10:05 am, Friar Donk
wrote:
In light of the beautiful weather (sunny, 60F/16C day, 30F/-1C night) and
a good soil temp (61F/16C) I figured I would set out some transplants of
the cooler weather veggies this weekend.

I started lettuce and broccoli indoors a few weeks ago and they were doing
great. Last Wednesday they showed their second set of leaves so I gave
them a drink of 20-20-20 fertilizer and started setting them outside for a
few hours every day to harden them off a bit.

They were in 1x2x2 plastic cells. I transplanted them in to the garden on
Saturday morning by digging a nice hole, watering the hole and pushing the
bottom of the cells up and carefully picking up the seedlings and placing
them in to the soil.

By Sunday night all of the seedlings appeared to have died (ie fallen
over, wilted).

I thought I was doing everything "by the book". Is there something in my
method that I'm missing?

Thanks.

--
The Good Friar

Before transplant

Did they spend at least a continuous 24 hours outdoors?

Did they spend enough time getting used to full sun?

Was 20 20 20 a really diluted solution?

Was Saturday night very cold?

I prefer to transplant late afternoon so they get a full night in the
ground before the hot sun. Sometimes I shade them for a few days.
They are harden by spending increasing time outdoors and under the
sun.