When to plant outside

Hey, this is my first post and also my first grow. Please go easy on me!
I just plant my beans a couple days ago and need to know when it will be safe to plant so they don't start flowering. They're under lights and not even up yet so it will be a while anyway. I get 14 hrs of sun on May 23, so I assume after that it's safe to put them out. Is this correct?

wellcome to RIU and good luck, may your seeds sprout and be female.

as long as the last frost has gone ,your ok to plant outside, but i would let them grow in the tent for a few weeks so you have healthy plants to grow

Agree with above but don't forget to harden them. Basically put outside in a shady spot outside for a few hours. Each day increase time and level of sun. Depending on how your plants handle being outside may take a week to 10 days.

As above.
Start them indoors & harden them off before planting.
Rule of thumb here is wait till 2 after the last frost to plant.

Good luck

frankcar1965 said:

I just plant my beans a couple days ago and need to know when it will be safe to plant so they don't start flowering. They're under lights and not even up yet so it will be a while anyway. I get 14 hrs of sun on May 23, so I assume after that it's safe to put them out. Is this correct?

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I think I understand your question. If you get only 14 hours of daylight on May 23, that would place you at or below the 34th latitude (around where Atlanta is, or just a stone's throw north of Phoenix). Unless a southerner like yourself lives in the mountains at higher elevations, I'm guessing frost is likely something very rare even in mid-winter there.

I'm in Canada, so our daylight exceeds 15 hours even in the southern part of the country by May 23. This gives us northerners an extra hour or more to play around with indoor day length before moving our plants outdoors. Even then, the CanadaGrows subreddit gets a couple rare posts each late spring concerning premature flowering by the day length reduction upon bringing them outdoors when a standard 18/6 light cycle was used indoors. This seems to be rare, and perhaps stress from transplanting, the strain, lack of hardening off, and environment were the culprit. TBH, I've never had flowering being triggered from the sudden 3 hour drop in daylight upon being planted outside.

But you have 1 hour less to work with. Will plants flower from 18/6 to a sudden 14/10? I know there are threads around the net where people have played with alternate light schedules and it seems that plants will definitely initiate flowering from 18/6 to 13/11. A gradual photo reduction may increase the tendency for plants to flower at higher daylight hours. For example, where I live if our plants in late summer didn't start flowering at 14 hours of daylight, we'd have to chop them down and use it all as mulch because there is no way they'll have time for flowers to develop before snow and freezing temperatures arrive.

I wouldn't worry about it too much, but if you want to play it absolutely safe and reduce stress you could use a 16/8 light schedule while your plants are inside if you want to plant out by May 23rd. As others have said here, don't forget to harden them off to the sun and weather gradually before moving them to their permanent spot.

Olá, suas plantas podem ir para fora se o tempo estiver bom. para completar o tempo de luz, conecte uma lâmpada ao lado dele. não precisa ser uma lâmpada forte para enganar. onde cultivo tenho sempre de 12 a 13 horas de sol. então eu ligo as lâmpadas residenciais de 4W para cada planta por engano até o momento em que decidir ir para as flores. funciona muito bem para mim Estou na latitude sul de 15,8 Eu uso um filme para cultivo para proteger da chuva.

Thanks all, it sounds like I will l good after the 23rd. And yes Northwood I'm not in the mountains but we do get freezes here, in fact we had 2F just like TX had and a week below freezing this winter.

I forgot to say I do about gardening off since I'm new to cannabis but not to plants. I can't even estimate how many plants I've grown from seed in my life most under lights.

frankcar1965 said:

And yes Northwood I'm not in the mountains but we do get freezes here, in fact we had 2F just like TX had and a week below freezing this winter.

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If there is still the possibility of you getting below freezing temps until May long weekend like we can in Canada, then I'd suggest sticking to that date for sure regardless of the photoperiod you use to start them indoors. Seedlings and sprouts I found out can survive freezing temperatures just fine, but they must be acclimatized pretty much from the start. And even then it's not worth it because the plants grow so slowly if temperatures don't exceed 50°F during the day, the extra time outdoors isn't worth it.

At least our late frosts cold spring weather motivate us to put our plants out later when daylight hours are closer to what most use indoors to start them.

Cheknorizzz said:

Olá, suas plantas podem ir para fora se o tempo estiver bom. para completar o tempo de luz, conecte uma lâmpada ao lado dele. não precisa ser uma lâmpada forte para enganar. onde cultivo tenho sempre de 12 a 13 horas de sol. então eu ligo as lâmpadas residenciais de 4W para cada planta por engano até o momento em que decidir ir para as flores. funciona muito bem para mim Estou na latitude sul de 15,8 Eu uso um filme para cultivo para proteger da chuva.

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Brazil? I think you have the right approach by adding supplemental lighting outside to lengthen the day length before flowering. I bet it's the only option to grow Indica and most hybrids where the day length only changes by an hour or two between summer and winter solstice. If I were that close to the equator I'd probably just grow sativa landrace strains into tree-size over a 10 month period and call it a day

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Brasil? Acho que você tem a abordagem certa ao adicionar iluminação suplementar do lado de fora para aumentar a duração do dia antes da floração. Aposto que é a única opção para cultivar índica e a maioria dos híbridos onde a duração do dia muda apenas uma ou duas horas entre o solstício de verão e inverno. Se eu estivesse tão perto do equador, provavelmente iria apenas cultivar cepas de raças terrestres sativa até o tamanho de uma árvore por um período de 10 meses e encerrar o dia
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is sure about my country but we will keep it a secret here still and illegal. I have a lot of difficulties to get original strains I try to do my best with what I have. I believe that I am on the way to the right. but I’m not sure about my strains, I just guarantee they’re hybrid.

minhas plantas têm 3 meses. Estou enfrentando um ataque de ácaros, acredito que vou vencer essa batalha. Usei luz extra para completar o tempo de luz e eles não entram na flora muito cedo. Espero colher muitas flores, já estou sem elas. a 1 mês e recuso-me a comprar porque a qualidade que vendem é horrível. até o dia da colheita terei que enfrentar minhas dores de cabeça todas as noites.