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[Culver-Creek]

Well, it is end of May and I’ve got my plants for the outside grow ready to put out. They are currently in a tent at about 75 degrees. The Forecast here looks like rain and partly to mostly cloudy for next week and a half with high temps in the low to high 60’s. I have been reading about hardening them off to the hot and bright sun but haven’t seen anything about how temps colder than they are used too will affect them. I can get them in the ground this weekend. If I miss this window, it will be two weeks before I can. Thoughts?

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[Unknown Member]

General 60s should be fine..but you’re hardening them off to the harsher outside environment in general, should take a week or two to do it properly

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[Culver-Creek]

Thak you.

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[melonfarmer]

I wouldn’t be too worried about cold nights. It’ll slow them down but won’t stress them that much. But be careful about your daylight hours. Even if outdoors is over 12 hours of light, coming from 18:6 indoors into 13:11 outdoors, with cold nights on top of that, can cause early flowering and then revegging. Which could set you back more than two weeks.

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[Culver-Creek]

We are at about 14 and a half hours of daylight today.

• This reply was modified 6 months, 3 weeks ago by  Culver-Creek.

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[jmystro]

Cool temps will only slow their metabolism a bit. I’d only be concerned about freezes damaging them. The best way to acclimate indoor plants to an outdoor environment is to keep them in the pot, in the shade, for a few days. This will allow them to acclimate to the climate before full sun. If you’re really worried about them going under the full sun too soon you can try to find a spot that get’s early and late light but shade during middle of the day if possible. After 4-5 days of being outside and getting some occasional sunlight, they’d be ready to go in full sun in the ground.

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[Culver-Creek]

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[jmystro]

They will start to flower without supplemental lighting right now going from 18 to 14.5 hours of light. Defiantly don’t put them right out in the full sun. That spot in the middle of the yard looks great once they’re acclimated. I’d grab a few solar powered flood lights to keep them up at night so they don’t immediately pre-flower.

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[Culver-Creek]

Where I am, the longest day is 15 hours and 26 minutes. (sunrise to sunset). Should I ween them down with supplemental lighting over what duration? For my future reference….When I start them in a tent should I pop and start them with the light anticipated when I will be putting them out?

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[jmystro]

You could start/grow them under 16-17 hours of light indoors without them flowering. This will limit growth though. Seeds can be planted outside without immediately flowering compared to a sexually mature clone. Clones will pre-flower and have an extended transition into flower going from 18 to 15 hours of light. The way to prevent this is to use supplemental lighting outside. Doesn’t need to be enough light to grow, just a little to keep them awake. I’d use some solar powered flood lights (continuous, not that motion detection shit) to point at the outdoor girls for a month or two.

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[Culver-Creek]

Mystro, I took your advice, and they seem to be doing very well. I am close enough to the garage that I ran a cord with a timer and got 2 LED floods. you can see them on the post in the middle of the garden. Running the Blumat watering system on a Res./growots and recharge.

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[jmystro]

Hell ya, they should do great.

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[Culver-Creek]

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[uhoh420]

Northern Ohio here and I started mine indoors as always under light for a week then I spent a week in and out [we had a week where it was low 40s at night upper 60s to low 70s days. 30⁰ is a swing thats to big for my liking so a little extra work is necessary and now they’ve been outdoor for a week fully. The week of the transfers helps them get aclimated to the wind and rain while coming back in to dry off under the light. This is her after a week outside and and a fresh light trim to promote lower branch growth for the even canopy

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[Culver-Creek]

Since I asked some original questions on this, I figured I’d use this thread like a grow log. These pics are 2 weeks after the previous posted. Seems to me like the Growdots/recharge are a great combo with the Blumat watering system. Using the 10″ rings and they seem to be keeping the soil at the perfect moisture content. No electricity needed, each plant gets the water replaced that it uses. This seems like a good combination for plants where you aren’t there to look after them all the time. I topped all the main rising shoots on all 6 plants about a week ago. (side note: I am using the recharge on my veg garden that is in the same bed and the the plants are killing it, Tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and herbs)

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