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Old timer at the community garden told me I was coddling my seedlings too much
He said to quit babying them with filtered water and hand warming the soil because roots need to toughen up to survive transplant shock, and after losing half my tomatoes last season I finally tried his method this spring and they're way sturdier now, has anyone else had to unlearn all the gentle stuff they thought was helping?
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fiona_west212mo agoTop Commenter
Honestly I was skeptical but three weeks in I saw the difference.
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jason_lewis32mo ago
Weren't you worried you'd stunt them at first, or did you just trust the old guy knew what he was talking about?
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spencer_owens582mo ago
Three weeks in and my plants were visibly taller.
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west.richard1mo ago
Did that old timer actually know his stuff or did you just get lucky with the soil?
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