Ah, those tiny root hairs are like a seedling's first, delicate fingers reaching out, and transplanting bruises them terribly. Without letting my seedlings toughen up in the sun and wind first—what they call 'hardening off'—their soft roots got shocked and simply stopped drinking water. My own tomato patches last season taught me this; the plants I coddled indoors wilted like they missed their mother, while the ones I hardened off thrived. Now every stunted plant whispers my regret.
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