Solo cups to outside?

Hey, i have a question regarding my growing, i ordered seeds from bonzaseeds, i have auto fem seeds, white widow, northern lights, and some others, i'm currently using nice rich soil i know of and some maricale gro in solo cups, all my stems are through the soil and have really small leaves but are kinda tall, and i have them inside by my window, i need to know when do i take these outside, i'm not growing indoors, so do they need a certain amount of natural sun a day until places in pots to fully go outside, or should i have them in their solo cups out there somewhere right now or would that burn them up being as small as they are? i put a tall skinny one in a big pot and left him in the sun for awhile and he fell over and died.

Anytime you transfer indoor to outdoor you want
to acclimate them by using partial shade/sun during the 1st 2-3 days
before putting them in full sun.
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You need to acclimate them. Place them in a shaded spot for a few hours a day. Place them in the morning or evening sun next, then let them sit out in the cooler weather, then let them get some mid day sun, then transplant outdoors. I would place them in a semi shady spot until they are fully acclimated.

thanks, i was told to let them grow in the solo cups for about two weeks before transplanting, cause right now they're skinny and limber and have tiny leaves.

Take them out in the evening after 6. bring them back inside in the morning around 8 or so..make sure they are not getting directly hit by the sun. .. do that for week. . After that u should be able to leave them outside all day.... maybe in the shade for a while to be on the safe side...it's called" hardening off "

researching said:

You need to acclimate them. Place them in a shaded spot for a few hours a day. Place them in the morning or evening sun next, then let them sit out in the cooler weather, then let them get some mid day sun, then transplant outdoors. I would place them in a semi shady spot until they are fully acclimated.

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Alright, so like in the shade for a few hours for how many days? and then in the morning and evening sun for how many days? then the mid-day sun? or do i do this all sparatically, like let them in the shade now for 2 hours, then outside tonight for a few hours for the cooler weather, then in the morning sun in the moring for a few hours?

mr sunshine said:

Take them out in the evening after 6. bring them back inside in the morning around 8 or so..make sure they are not getting directly hit by the sun. .. do that for week. . After that u should be able to leave them outside all day.... maybe in the shade for a while to be on the safe side...it's called" hardening off "

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alright that seems simpler, thanks man!

Transplant when the plant is ready. The overnight method is fine just pay attention to what your overnight lows are going to be.

They are tall n skinny because they are stretching for light. When you replant, bury the stem up to the leaves. If you don't the wind will blow them over (it happened to me).

Have a read here - https://www.rollitup.org/t/replant-those-long-stretchy-stems-its-easy.429767/

Ya i would just throw em under light. Only real concern is keeping the cup cool. Something as simple as a towel around the base od the cup will keep the sun from beating down heating your roots and whatnot. Even then just make sure it has decent water.

Ive pulled 3/4 oz out of a solo cup outdoors lol.

Personally i like to germ indoors and go straight outside

thanks for the replies, i've got a lot of helpful information here, i can always think of more questions, how much should i water them while their in the solo cups, i don't wanna overwater. and i'm going to put them out at 6 tonight and get them at 8-9 in the morning, i think the lows here tonight are suppose to be low around 71 or so. it's been hot here in kentucky lately. but any other advise can always be helpful too, thanks you guys.

Water until you see water coming out of the drainage holes.

okay, well how much water should i pour into these cups when they're dry, i've been just basically getting the top wet a few inches deep, should i pour like a lot of water each time to where within less than a minute itll be dripping out the drainage holes?

Its all up to you and how you grow plus the plants.
You have to learn to read the plant.
Ive done many grows start to finish with no run off at all

ModestMe said:

okay, well how much water should i pour into these cups when they're dry, i've been just basically getting the top wet a few inches deep, should i pour like a lot of water each time to where within less than a minute itll be dripping out the drainage holes?

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Just a tiny bit of runoff out the holes is fine.

Alright cool, here is photo's of my plants at the moment indoors, i take them outside sometimes, they stayed in the window seal last night with the window up.

those are, THC Auto bomb, Blue Mammoth, and Skunk #1