starting plants outside

[ductwizard]

here's a beginner q. for ya'. i have extra seeds that i don't have room to start inside. can i just germinate them inside and then go right outside? i'm in southern ct. and daytime temps. are low to mid. 70's. nights are 55-60ish. will the seedlings make it in a semi-protected spot? it gets good sun all day against a wall for a wind break. any thoughts?

[Wayzee]

Yea I reckon,. If you're worried about night time temps maybe bring them inside when it gets dark until they are growing steadily. And during the day cut the top of some plastic bottles and place over top of seedlings for the first week...

[ductwizard]

i guess i gotta find some one i can trust to move them back and forth [ dis. vet. in a wheel chair ] but where i live in suburbia, espesially in ct. everybody wants to get paid and i'm barely paying the mort. as it is. might offer to split the harvest with my neighbor but i don't want to get robbed. next year when my s.s. starts i'll buy a light

[Bowhunterwoody]

Just might be smaller than it could have been. Along the coast they should do well. I'm in New Haven county myself but closer to Litchfield county. I've never done it but it could work. If you do it keep us informed. Watch the humidity in late flower. Gets pretty damp in late Sept. Mold's a bitch.

[Orggrwr]

I would probably wait until nighttime lows stay above 60°, then you should be fine.

[Bowhunterwoody]

Agreed

[dirtymike]

I would hold on to them my brother vet. Put them in a dark and dry place and wait for the light. You can run 2 plants up to 2 foot with descent buds with a 100 watt cheapo led. With autos the harvest will never stop. I'm an old vet also, arm yourself. Don't take sh#t.

[dirtymike]

I would hold on to them my brother vet. Put them in a dark and dry place and wait for the light. You can run 2 plants up to 2 foot with descent buds with a 100 watt cheapo led. With autos the harvest will never stop. I'm an old vet also, arm yourself. Don't take sh#t.

[ductwizard]

yeah, i gotta figure out how to get a light. i'm gonna try auto starting in a window then i might take half outside. i'm nervous about photo do to bud rot but i might give 1 or 2 a shot

[Rwise]

I plant mine direct in their final place, may need to cover them for frosts, but I like to have them up for the spring rains.

[dirtymike]

I reckon that's where it all started. Auto's outside are great. Some auto's will be ready in 70 days outside. Timing is the key. Get them big enough first.

[Rwise]

Seeds are big enuf, I have an auto starting flower outside now, and another 3 weeks younger (both from G2F), also some 120 day autos (my own) to finish about mid July, all started outside in full sunshine. 48*F this morning and rain moving in.