Each warm day, increase the amount of time you leave your plants outside. Sun-loving plants can gradually be placed in brighter and brighter sun as well. Make sure you bring them indoors again at night, especially when cold snaps are in the forecast. You will eventually leave them out all night long, but not until a few days before you are ready to plant them. You'll want to start hardening out your plants at least two weeks before you intend to set them into their permanent garden spot.
Plants set outdoors tend to dry out quicker.
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