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Old February 13, 2017   #70
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Originally Posted by chalstonsc View Post
Bower,

Good to hear from you again

I'm missing my cold treatment routine this year, and so it goes....

Maybe I'm not too late per most recent post?

Tom
Hey Tom, I think it's still worthwhile at any stage of seedlings. I usually put them right into the cold as soon as they've sprouted, but if I couldn't do that, I would still try and cool it down a bit later on.

I know the regimen that Ami described is different from what I've done, and maybe not as cold either, nor as prolonged. But last year I started my seedlings upstairs in a warmer room (closer to 70 F or at least 65F most of the time) and let them enjoy all the heat in the south windows as well when the sun came out. They definitely got too leggy before it was time to plant, and they had more cold stress when I did put them out. The usual cold room, temperature in that window at night would be closer to 50 F - which is as good as they get after transplant here anyhow!
How big are your seedlings, and what do you usually do with them?
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