Beginner Gardening: My seedlings have stopped growing...Why?, 0 by

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Here is a mini greenhouse that I always put over my tomato and pepper plants incase....
It is just a gallon plastic milk container. I cut the bottom off. Cut out a door for ventilation, though you could cut it so that it would hinge to one side. I placed the open side towards the east. Great for hardening off plants and protect from frost. A dowel throught the center, stuck in the soil, holds it in place. Much better than can, which heats up.

You can tailor-make the size of the entrance according to the size of the plant. As the plant grows, just up a bit more.

Tomato and pepper plants will stop growing or slow when the temperature is below 65F degrees. Both are tropical plants and thrive in heat. Repotting to a large container before it is needed will also slow a plant's growth, and serves no purpose until it is needed.

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