Get your seedlings ourdoors

Seedlings, that have been living indoors - have gotten lazy, not having to worry about frost, direct sunlight, or anything quite that dramatic. Taking seedling directly from the cosy indoor to the great outdoors may well kill your babies off, and we wouldn't want that. You will need to toughen them up, think of it like Gr R for plants.There are various methods out there, this method I've found quite helpful.
Just careful, this is africa - its HOT and DRY out there.

1. Start about a week or two before you plant out your seedlings. Set them outdoors -- trays and all -- in a protected area, out of the direct wind and sun. Leave them out for an hour or so (set a timer if you're forgetful), then bring them back indoors.
   
   
2. Repeat the process, increasing it to 3 hours, then a morning, then a whole day, until they are used to a full day and a night.
   
   
3. Keep them well-watered, but not swimming. Apparently It also helps to toughen up their stems by brushing them with your hand a few times each day. But this I have not tried yet.
   
   
4. check the weather daily especially early in the season- when we get anything from frost to 29 deg c weather, keep them indoors if anything dramatic is projected..

Once your plants are toughened up and ready to go in the garden, wait for a cloudy, foggy-cool or drizzly day. If no clouds are in the forecast, then aim for the coolness of the evening.

• Water plants well.
  
  
• Dig a hole slightly wider than and the same depth as the container. For cabbage, kale, broccoli, mustard spinach, cauliflower and tomatoes, bury their stems up to their first set of true leaves.
  
  
• If your transplants are growing in plastic pots, turn the pots upside down and slide them out. Gently squeeze the bottom of the pot to dislodge stubborn roots, being careful to not tear them. 
• I usually like to water with a good liquid plant food directly after planting to give the seedlings a fighting chance.