These Dianthus chinensis-hegwigii ‘Black and White Minstrels’ seedlings were getting big enough to prick out – they had their true leaves now and needed to be hardened off before they started to get leggy.  A quick visual blog – you can hover over the images or click  them for larger versions to see a brief description of the process.

For these seedlings the next stop was the poly-tunnel, under a layer of fleece.  Certainly a bit of a shock for the poor things, given they were being coddled in the heated glasshouses, but there’s simply not enough space in there for them any more.