this is my second year of gardening and my first to have started seeds inside & today is the first day of the rest of their lives... my babies (tomatoes, herbs & flowers, mostly) will take their innaugural trip from their incubator out to the sheltered porch (and, in a few days, out beyond). I've read lots on the methodology of this (15 minutes today, 30 tomorrow, etc), but I can't figure out if, once the process is begun, do I continue to use the grow lights inbetween excursions, or am I/the seedlings finished with the supplemental illumination?

i worried way less when my then-toddler son would wander around the mall; the toughest part of parenting is learning to let go!!

thanks in advance for advice!

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thank you!

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If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
- Oscar Wilde

Hi! Ive been putting my tomato, hot pepper, and okra plants (started indoors and under flourescents) out on every sunny day we've had, right in the full sun, all day, and then back under the lights when it got dark out, till I turned them off around 10.

The tomato and pepper plants have spent the last 2 nights outside, near the house and under a bucket. BOY do they look happy in the morning!!! Im considering planting soon.

They do get dry MUCH faster outside, so be careful.

thanks to everyone for all the help!

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If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you.
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