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title: "I planted several plant seeds (watermelon, herbs, etc) in individual,…"
description: "I planted several plant seeds (watermelon, herbs, etc) in individual, small containers and let them root and grow for over a month. My watermelon plants were…"
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community: "Gardening and Outdoor"
author: "Meagan 🌻"
published: "2024-04-30T12:46:58.623983Z"
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# I planted several plant seeds (watermelon, herbs, etc) in individual,…

_Posted by Meagan 🌻 on 2024-04-30_

I planted several plant seeds (watermelon, herbs, etc) in individual, small containers and let them root and grow for over a month. My watermelon plants were about 5-6 inches tall when I planted them outside in a raised garden bed with fresh container soil and manure mixture, which is what I do every year. The next morning, all of the watermelon plants were dead. They looked dried up, but I watered them very well and planted them later in the day, so it was not from too much sun. I was careful about their roots when transferring, and they were planted into the exact same type of soil. Any ideas on what could have happened?

## 2 comments

### Alyssa commented on 2024-04-30

Could it have been a colder night? Might’ve been a type of transfer shock

### Koval gardening commented on 2024-04-30

Did you let the seedlings in the containers harden off  
Meaning you take the containers outside for brief amounts of time and then bringing them back inside and increasing the amount of time they stay outside

You never want to take the seedlings from indoors and immediately transplanting they need time to adjust to the sun and the weather elements or you risk of them burning and just dying.

I recommend YouTubing hardening off seedling they will explain better

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