How big do the plants have to get before I put them in full sunlight?

blake9999

blake9999

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It does not matter of the size but how well you harden them off. Put them out in the sun for a little while each day and increase that time daily they use to full sunlight. Start off around two hours and increase that time 15 minutes each day till they don't droop any from full sunlight.:weed:
 
Humanrob

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KrazyG said:
Cut the bottom off a 2lt cola bottle and put the bottle without cap on over your plant, she'll be fine. I do this with seedlings and clones.
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I tried this for the first time this spring, first full sun day within a short time it was 130º under the bottle. So be prepared to pull the bottle off when the day warms up, and just use it to get them warm earlier in the morning. If you are putting them in the ground, leaving the bottle on overnight can help keep slugs off of them.

blake9999 said:
It does not matter of the size but how well you harden them off. Put them out in the sun for a little while each day and increase that time daily they use to full sunlight. Start off around two hours and increase that time 15 minutes each day till they don't droop any from full sunlight.:weed:
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This ^

I tend to leave them in a shady area with dappled light, and move them out into full sun light a little at a time. Usually with 3 - 5 days they are fully out. Since this happens during the spring here, we also usually have overcast days, and those can help with the transition. If I'm putting seeds or babies in the ground, sometimes I'll make a wire cage and put some burlap over it to create dappled sunlight.

I'm not sure what your starting point was, but I've found that clones take longer to adjust than seedlings. If you started them indoors, I suspect the type of lights you had them under would impact the transition time.
 
KrazyG

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Humanrob said:
I tried this for the first time this spring, first full sun day within a short time it was 130º under the bottle. So be prepared to pull the bottle off when the day warms up, and just use it to get them warm earlier in the morning. If you are putting them in the ground, leaving the bottle on overnight can help keep slugs off of them.
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I guess this works for me because a hot day here is 20c which are few and far between. Clones are put under CFLs 24hr til I see new growth then I throw'em outside and let mother nature veg them, no need for veg rooms ect.
 
Indacouch

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blake9999 said:
It does not matter of the size but how well you harden them off. Put them out in the sun for a little while each day and increase that time daily they use to full sunlight. Start off around two hours and increase that time 15 minutes each day till they don't droop any from full sunlight.:weed:
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KrazyAnneBanks

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Humanrob said:
I tried this for the first time this spring, first full sun day within a short time it was 130º under the bottle. So be prepared to pull the bottle off when the day warms up, and just use it to get them warm earlier in the morning. If you are putting them in the ground, leaving the bottle on overnight can help keep slugs off of them.


This ^

I tend to leave them in a shady area with dappled light, and move them out into full sun light a little at a time. Usually with 3 - 5 days they are fully out. Since this happens during the spring here, we also usually have overcast days, and those can help with the transition. If I'm putting seeds or babies in the ground, sometimes I'll make a wire cage and put some burlap over it to create dappled sunlight.

I'm not sure what your starting point was, but I've found that clones take longer to adjust than seedlings. If you started them indoors, I suspect the type of lights you had them under would impact the transition time.
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i find that if i sprout the seeds outside, they are much better to survive the hot or cold, versus if i sprout them inside.

also i don't like clones... unless it's a rare strain that i can't get (does anyone know where i can get durban poison)
 
natureboygrower

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i put mine out and cover them with a milk crate with window screen over the crate.after a few days i take the window screen off the crate.after a few more days i then take the milk crate off the plant completely.i work all day,cant be around to gradually increase the plants exposure to sunlight.
 
UncleBuck

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natureboygrower said:
i put mine out and cover them with a milk crate with window screen over the crate.after a few days i take the window screen off the crate.after a few more days i then take the milk crate off the plant completely.i work all day,cant be around to gradually increase the plants exposure to sunlight.
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where do you store the milk crates and window screens when not in use?

don't they take up a lot of space in your single wide?
 
thumper60

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natureboygrower said:
i put mine out and cover them with a milk crate with window screen over the crate.after a few days i take the window screen off the crate.after a few more days i then take the milk crate off the plant completely.i work all day,cant be around to gradually increase the plants exposure to sunlight.
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pics please,:bigjoint:
 
natureboygrower

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