How to Harden Off Seedlings: Simple Steps So Your Seedlings Survive Transplanting

Are you thinking of growing a potted olive tree? Or maybe you already have one…but you’re still waiting for olives. Olive trees are tough as nails. They can take more cold than many people realize. And they’re really beautiful, too. Put these all together, and you have a great potted plant for a cold-climate garden.
In my new book, Grow Olives Where You Think You Can't, I tell you everything you need to know to successfully grow an olive tree in a pot! 

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Your vegetable seedlings can look great indoors. Then fall like dominoes in the garden.

If they’re not hardened off.

But if you harden off seedlings, they stand a much better chance once you plant them in the garden.

In this episode, Donna and Steven talk about:

• What hardening off means
• Why harden off seedlings
• How to harden off seedlings
• When to harden off seedlings
• Harden off seedlings in a greenhouse

If you’re looking for more on growing vegetables from seed, check out post on how to direct seed vegetables. 

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- Join the 5,000+ gardeners in The Food Garden Gang who stay on top of home food-growing ideas with our weekly e-mail. We’re making the world a better place one garden at a time!

- Grab the free e-books: Small-Space Food-Gardening Hacks and Growing Figs in Cold Climates.

- And say hi—we love to hear what you think!