Ask a Master Gardener: Moving starter plants outside
WAIT TO PLANT peppers and other tender transplants in the garden until overnight temperatures are above 50 F, keeping an eye on the weather forecasts as a late-season frost is always possible.
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By Deborah J. Benoit
Planting time is here. While some crops will be directly sown, many others will begin as starter plants that have been grown from seed at home or purchased locally. The trick is to successfully move those plants from the controlled environment where they’ve been nurtured to the great outdoors.
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