i see what you're saying.. but I have blumats watering system hooked up to six containers and its kinda inconvenient having to disconnect the lines and re-condition the blumat sensors after I let them go dry for some time while waiting for plants to harden off. If i could harden them off in their final location without having to go through with all the blumats tuning every time I put a new plant in that would be awesome
You are right that autoflower plants should NOT BE transplanted too much. However your climate /temperature is not optimal, so some shade is probably called for. I have just started playing around with autoflowers myself and I am growing indoors with them for the first time. Container size is about right though. You might try evaporative cooling, using cheese cloth as both shade and a way to cool the plant some. Dampen the cheese cloth during the hottest part of the day. Just keep the cloth from touching your plant. Cheese cloth is the cheapest thing that I can think of to help you out.
Mel is right about the temp not being ideal, and that should be a consideration, depending on the size of your pot you may start cooking your roots. Loosely wrapping the pot, with fabric or a bag of some sort may help. Either way I would protect the seedling from the sun until it has a couple sets of leaves unless it starts to stretch.
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Hey. I use shade cloth for about a week or so when I move from inside to outdoors. Works really well.
Buon Giorno! You are at about the same latitude as me, Afghanistan, Spain, etc. right? Are you inland or coastal?(humidity difference). I am DEEP inland and have humidity to deal with.
Not the case. I'm outdoors from seed drop. As long as sprouts are not softened up by indoor lighting, there is no need to harden them off.
Almost 20km from the coast (near Rome)
Dont know shit about hardening but I do know 100 degrees or 38 Celsius is hot as fuck. A smart gardener who has alot to loose wouldn't put them out like that. Her survival rate would be less than 50%. So stop and think what you are telling op being a noob and all.
If not watered sufficiently, heat will dry out sprouts, which would kill them. There was some good advice about watering and shading.
Why? I sow autos directly in medium in 5 gallon buckets. Standard advice and procedure for autos. Why would it be different for a regular photoperiod? Just don’t overwater. Shade in the hottest part of the day. Grew for years in the desert southwest. It gets that hot every year.
You do realize that Cannabis grows in some really hot climates, such as Afghanistan, Morocco, and some other really hot places. I think the thing is to choose your plants well.
