He does harden them a little. It depends mostly on his mood, the weather, and the time of the year.LOL
It’s been a warm sunny day here. We dragged all the container plants off the back porch and into their places in the yard and watered them down heavily. It appears they all overwintered well. It helps so much to have grow lights on the porch for them. I only watered them a few times since bringing them in.
On the seedling babies, I fed them some fish emulsion today. They are behind schedule, but that doesn’t matter too much, March 1 is just an early target, an easy gamble date. March 17 or 18 is the supposed last frost for date for here. YMMV