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Posted by hummersteve Indy (My Page) on Sun, Apr 15, 07 at 23:54
| I had moved some of my bigger salvia seedling in front my west facing patio door for a couple of days and they went limp. Maybe that was too much for them because today was pretty sunny and about 50, I hate to think how they would react if they were outside. Anyway I moved them back under my artificial and gave them a drink and hope they recover. |
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RE: Salvias gone limp
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| shock can kill seedlings... you have to be gradual about it, a couple hours one day, then a couple more than that the next. Taking about 3 days to do it... It's called 'hardening off'. Because I have a long growing season, I start my salvia seeds outside, I am not good at the patience thing. :o) |
RE: Salvias gone limp
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| Heathen1 Thanks , the first day they were fine, but it was overcast, the second day was very sunny, so from now on it will only be a couple hrs if its sunny. I dont believe it killed them , for they had some pretty good size to them. |
RE: Salvias gone limp
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| Avoid over watering and over fertilizing them at this stage. |
RE: Salvias gone limp
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| You need to be very careful about putting plants in front of glass in the sun because the glass magnifies the heat and strength of the sun to burning proportions. I'm sure your "babies" just had a case of heat-stroke. |
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