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Planting veggies out

patparipatpari Posts: 38
in Fruit & veg
when do i plant my veggi plants out. i am in south east uk. i have been hardening them off now for a week now.

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  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Have you been leaving them out all night, what veg are you talking about,I'm in East Sussex, quite near the sea,there was frost forecast last night, we didn't get one,forecast again tonight.  The only thing I have left out overnight to harden off,I'd broad beans and peas
  • patparipatpari Posts: 38
    Hi nanny thank you for replying no i have been bringing them back in. I have got tomatoes cucumber marrow and broad beans. Also some flowers such as sweet peas trailing fuchsias and bacopa 
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Keep bringing them back in at night until your forecast says it'll stay mild overnight. From tomorrow I'm going to put my tomatoes in the cold frame but it'll be shut up tight at nights and covered over for the first few nights. Our forecast is overnight lows of 7 degrees C or more for the next week or so, from tomorrow, but I'll be keeping an eye on it so that I can change plans if necessary. My cucumbers will stay in for a while longer - they're much smaller plants at the moment.
    Sweet peas are pretty hardy once they're acclimatised so you could try leaving those outside if you have milder nights forecast.
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  • cornellycornelly Posts: 970
    Broad beans could have been sown outdoors, mine went in on the 5th November, well in flower now with tops pinched out, peas too were sown directly into the ground they are looking good and have stick supports.
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Yes,even Monty planted his sweet peas out a few weeks ago I think mine have been in about 3 weeks
  • Nanny BeachNanny Beach Posts: 8,719
    Patpari,if they haven't been out at night for at least a week they haven't been hardened off 
  • patparipatpari Posts: 38
    So i put them out this morning and now they are all pale yellow and some of them looks like they are burnt. What do i do. Feeling stupid to leave them out 😭😭😭
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