hardening-off plants in RAIN??

long story short!!

my plants have been outside hardening-off
for the past 3 sunny days, but now its raining for the nex 3

should i leave them outside to get tough
or bring them in

Well, depends on how old they are and how much rain you are expecting but I say, leave 'em out! Let them dance in the rain, I took my plants outside about 3 weeks ago and the main stems were the size of a straw... 2 weeks later and MUCH rain and wind and the stalks tripled in size! Nice and strong, let them taste that mother nature.

i.NeeD.A.LiGhTeR said:

Well, depends on how old they are and how much rain you are expecting but I say, leave 'em out! Let them dance in the rain, I took my plants outside about 3 weeks ago and the main stems were the size of a straw... 2 weeks later and MUCH rain and wind and the stalks tripled in size! Nice and strong, let them taste that mother nature.

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thats what i was leaning on!! thanks

umm yeah theyr 2 months old and 2 feet multi-tops its just theyve been inside and dry for so long,,,,lol but my uncle said the same as you " let em dance"LOL

I would alternate, depends on what kind of setup you've got for initial vegetative growth, on rainy days I pop mine under my aquarium lights and sometimes a 400w MH, I alternate between high quality flouros, sunlight, and the MH here and there as I used it infrequently 'cause it sucks up the juice, sometimes it's also good to use local rainwater to acclimate your plants to its ph etc., anyway I don't know why everyone is so preoccupied about "hardening off" just stick your babies under natural sunlight ASAP and do 18/6 with the six being outside in the cold in the spring, let it rain for now.

2 months old! jeez i stuck mine into the back yard after like 3 weeks, and they were strong enough to withstand storms lol (it was early in the year). the babies i got now went outside about a week after they poped out of the soil and the weather is STORMY the whole time theyre out. one bent over 90 degrees so i had to bring it in to let it recover cause of a rip in the stem, but the rest are doing fine even though they only have like 2 undeveloped sets of leaves on em.