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What is Hardening Off and the Use of Nitrogen

What is hardening off?" A precise definition of the term "hardening off" is very elusive, a great deal depending upon the users need for a term to describe the condition of plants at a given time. The term 'hardened' is used synonymously with dormant in describing the condition of plants at the end of a natural growing seasons. It is also the term used by greenhousemen who condition their plants for transplanting from greenhouses hotbeds or cold frames during the growing season.


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Author(s): Homer S. Ward

Publication: National Nursery Proceedings - 1954

Event: Forest Tree Nurserymen's Meeting
1954 - Placerville, CA