{"id":116203,"date":"2020-05-10T14:15:18","date_gmt":"2020-05-10T07:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/outside-chance-hardening-off-the-easy-way\/"},"modified":"2020-05-10T15:03:09","modified_gmt":"2020-05-10T08:03:09","slug":"outside-chance-hardening-off-the-easy-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/outside-chance-hardening-off-the-easy-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Outside chance: hardening off the easy way"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nA loving touch will get seedlings ready to plantAs spring turns to summer, gardeners everywhere will be itching to plant the seedlings and cuttings they\u2019ve been raising indoors out in the garden. However, particularly for newbies, the effects of this transition from the cosseted conditions of a warm windowsill to the great outdoors can be a significant hurdle.The reason why this switch is tricky is that plants have the amazing ability to adapt their anatomy to shield themselves from environmental threats, however they are only triggered to do so when stimulated by the threat itself. Indoors, plants enjoy stable temperatures, limited air movement and much lower light levels (as window glass filters out UVB rays). This means they tend to direct most of their energies into growing, instead of investing in these defences. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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