The weather improved so much that the kale was planted without provisions for covering it. The covered row has been uncovered for a week. A few cabbage, broccoli, and pak choy plants are being hardened off for next weekend. Onions will go in at the same time. Hopefully the pak choy and cabbage will be ready to plant by the time the later plants go in and the space can be used by pepper, egg plant or tomato plants.
I have always hardened off plants going into the ground, but I never really understood the benefits until this week. While studying for the vegetable part of the Master Gardener® program, I read that it makes the stems thicker. When comparing the cabbage plants that are being hardened with the plants in the greenhouse this was verified.
Almost all of the initial planting of basil died after germination. They were replanted this weekend and have already sprouted. It seems they were planted too thickly this time and will need to be thinned. Let’s see how many survive first.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
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