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.

[Rwise]

These I did not plant, came up before I usually plant outside, one looks to be photo while the other is auto, can you say early harvest!

[MeowMeow]

Wow that's pretty neat they just appeared on their own. Are they near some place you grew weed last year?

[Rwise]

I grew tomatoes there last year.

[BreezyGreens]

I'm in USDA zone 7. Last year I direct sowed auto seeds in soil outdoors on May 10. They had sprouted by May 17. Plants are good at knowing when to grow.

[ductwizard]

i'm in the most northern part of zone 7 on the east coast and it was 45-50 last night, 71 now. do you think this is to early to start?

[Rwise]

I also am in zone 7, I have had plants out sine mid march, so no I dont think its to soon, almost to late. I had to cover for frosts a time or 2 though I have had wild plants that dont get covered and they survived and did well.

[ductwizard]

i just started some ww autos and some purple satellite photos. i'm waiting for them to pop up now, they're in a big pic. window. i'm gonna germ. some durban poison autos this week but it supposed to rain for the rest of the week. also have some satori photos to germ. but don't wanna start till i can count on the sun.

[BreezyGreens]

This year, I sprouted some seeds with wet paper towels a few days ago and dropped them into their pots today. I'm a little nervous after watering in with baby taproots and all that, but we'll see how they do. I figured it was ok to get them started weatherwise because some volunteer tomatoes have shown up.

And if it doesn't work out, I have extra seeds that I'll just direct sow like I did last year and hope losing a week doesn't matter too much.

Also worth noting that hardening off seedlings from indoors does involve letting them get used to light, humidity, and temperature changes. I did it for my veggies but not for weed. I didn't want to mess up the autos' root systems with transplanting.