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| Hardening off my toms this week so they can move into the garden this weekend, however, the forecast for the next week is full of "chance of thunderstorms". Would love this forecast if they had already been in the ground for a week or two, but a bit concerned since they will be newly planted. Any advice on whether to consider waiting another week or if I should be prepping to protect them in some manner if the weather does become severe? Or am I over-thinking it? Other relevant info: I'm a newbie at this, first time starting from seed, and thanks to this forum have 60 plants doing well so far. 20 of them are 1'-2' size so don't want to wait another week to plant them, although I understand these are the ones that are at greater risk of being damaged in a storm. The other 40 are at the more preferred 6"-8" size, so a thought is that I could wait another week to plant some of these in case the weather or something else were to damage the larger plants. Temps are to be lows in the 50's and highs in the 70's for the upcoming week, which is good. Gary |
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- Posted by Whosurtomato (My Page) on Thu, May 16, 13 at 11:14
| Have you considered staking them with something small until the weather settles down or they become established? Other than that you couldn't have a better time to put them out ahead of several rain chances IMO. |
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- Posted by dickiefickle 5B Dousman,Wi. (My Page) on Fri, May 17, 13 at 2:51
| Wait the week it wont hurt . Bury those tall seedlings D E E P |
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| Some T-storms are nothing more than a good rain with thunder and lighting. If they were forecasted to be strong or severe I'd hold off. Either way, I'd stake and plant the tall ones D E E P. ;-) |
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| Just looked at the weather online, severe weather (hail, tornados) in OK and surrounding area this weekend, moving east into MN (and WI?) next week. I'd hold off, see what they're predicting for your area in a few days. I may not even be able to harden mine off this coming week and plant next weekend as planned |
Here is a link that might be useful: Severe weather coming
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