Help!!

mesco33

Member

• Aug 31, 2010

• #1

So quick question, my plants are 4 weeks into veg and look veryy healthy! I was wondering if it would be ok to let them sit outside for a couple hours to get some natural sunlight. They have spent a majority of their time in under cfl but when they were younger i'd throw them outside for a few hours to get some sun!--this was earlier in its life, and I imagine it would be ok to put them back out as they are bigger/stronger. is this ok?? Thanks for the help guys!

 

mesco33

Member

• Aug 31, 2010

• #2

They've been out for a few hours and no unhealthy changes, gonna let them sit for the rest of the day n see what they're looking like tonight!!

 

Kalebaiden

Well-Known Member

• Aug 31, 2010

• #3

The problems i've seen with taking indoor plants outside are these;

-Disturbance of the soil and root breakage,

-Insects (small ones can hide under a leaf and eat your plants when your not looking), It could be used as a nursary (bug stops by, shits out an egg inside a stem and voila, you have a hatchery)

-too much wind, breaking a stem cause mother nature is a harsh bitch or temperature extreme spike

If hose arn't a concern them move in and outside as you like

 

mesco33

Member

• Aug 31, 2010

• #4

Thanks i'll keep that in mind! What do you mean by temperature extreme spike??

 

doctor.j

Well-Known Member

• Aug 31, 2010

• #5

inside being around 70 - 75F outside is probably significantly higher or lower...personally i dont think it matters a whole hell of a lot though as long as its within a 15 degree pirameter, although he is right about the bug thing, bugs are a bitch

 

mesco33

Member

• Sep 1, 2010

• #6

doctor.j said:

inside being around 70 - 75F outside is probably significantly higher or lower...personally i dont think it matters a whole hell of a lot though as long as its within a 15 degree pirameter, although he is right about the bug thing, bugs are a bitch

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Yeah it was about a 15 degree rise but i took them out this afternoon and still looking healthy--only change i did see was they got a little bigger

 

Kalebaiden

Well-Known Member

• Sep 1, 2010

• #7

I mentioned the spike from my experience. inside was around 85 and in the morning the deck was about that too, I left my plant outside on the deck for a few hours and found that the temps spiked to over 100 and cooked my plant in 3 hours.

 

mesco33

Member

• Sep 1, 2010

• #8

Yikes thanks for the heads up brothaa!

 

mesco33

Member

• Sep 5, 2010

• #9

Duuuude!! One of the plants was on its way to cookin' and i caught it before the damage was too bad. MAngo had me burntt and I forgot about them outside, lesson learned!