Literally fuck everyone in here that said not to protect small plants.
I just started my first grow ever about a week ago. I germinated, then planted my seeds. About two days later, the forecast began calling for lots of thunderstorms, so I began researching what I should do. After reading lots of forums like this that said,
"Oh lookie here, mah seedlings survived hail! U're a dumb shit cause nature haz been doin this shit forevur!"
I came to the conclusion that sure, heavy rain could hurt my little seedlings, but exposing them to mild rain would just be nature's low stress training. I kept a careful eye on the radar, ready to protect them if anything serious came along.
After the week passed (very mild rain off and on), you want to know what happened?
Out of my 8 plants:
3 were doing fine.
1 was buried in the dirt.
2 simply vanished.
2 had the leaves literally pounded off of them (nothing but stems remained beaten to the ground)
To anyone dumb enough to take these retards' advice, if you truly care about you're seedlings, protect them. Natural selection is a bitch and will do anything to ensure that only the strong will survive. Any that aren't near perfect will die without your help.
By the way, I bought from a seedbank, so I might as well have just wiped my ass with $35.
