[courgette]

this weekend was the weekend I was 'going' to start putting everything into the ground that had started off in the greenhouse....i thought i'd be really looking forward to it but i'm more nervous/anxious if anything!!  :oops: I dont feel ready let alone whether my seedings are ready!! did/does ne1 else feel like this?!!

oh & with "hardening off", does leaving the mini-green house door tied open during the day count? or do they need to be right outside with a little breeze so the roots develop futher?

[lucywil]

where are you and what are you planning on planting out? i personally think it's a little early and still too cold, i could be wrong as you could be in spain

[DD.]

Leaving the door open during the day is a good prelude to leaving it open all the time, then putting outside totally prior to planting - dependent, as Llucywill says, on what the plants are - quite an important detail!

[courgette]

east anglia, was gonna fleece the whole bed if risk of frost.. i dont think i will be doing it this weekend, but even if i wait a few weeks i still think i'll feel the same!!  
spose its coz i've grown something from seed for 1st time & at the moment they're nice & cosy & protected....just thought of my 'little ones' being out in the open!      

oh....sugar snap peas & broadbeans really that i was thinking of putting out soon....they're growing like crazy in the greenhouse & think they're gonna be hitting the shelf above soon....havent got the room to remove a shelf to make extra height!

[DD.]

The 'little ones' being......................?

[lucywil]

we too are in east anglia, i planted my broad beans direct and most are hardy do they should be ok, i think peas will be fine too

[courgette]

fab!...think most of the thinks I planned to plant out soon were ones that i could have sown straight in last month, but as my bed wasnt ready I had to start everything off in containers....planning on what to put where is gonna give me a head ache i think!!

[beki]

my broad beans went in a while ago and i just fleeced them during the snow and frosty periods... they seem to be thriving  

god luck - we have to let them grow up at some stage i'm afraid, scary as it may be!    

[Stripey_cat]

If you're worried, try a windbreak - in my experience (mostly Cornwall, so possibly not typical) wind does more damage and dries out more transplants that the odd spring frost.  A couple of posts and either proper windbreak netting (ugly as all hell, but easy to pack up and effective), or "pruning hurdles" - basically, any old bit of twig or pruning woven into an approximate screen.  Proper hurdles are much prettier, if you have hazel or willow, but rose-prunings and last summer's honeysuckle work just as well.

Keep everything well watered too, in this weather - the wind is vicious and will turn your new tilth to dust given half a chance.