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Donner707
Hello,
First off, I've been quietly reading on this site for the last two years. I'm extremely grateful for the abundance of knowledgable individuals who converse and contribute to this great site. Hands down, this website is the best!
I have a small collection of Blue Dream Seeds started, and I'm trying to come up with the best game plan in regards of what to do next. They were germinated on the 20th of March. I have them in approx. 1/4 gallon starter pots. They are 4 to 6 inches tall, pushing out their 4th set of leaves, and the furthest along plants are ready to be transplanted. The question I am wrestling with is whether to expand my indoor lighting for now, or put them outside once they are transplanted? My indoor lighting is 4' 8 bulb t-5 lights. I run the lights from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Pretty close to the lighting cycle outside currently. I am new to the 530 foothills, with a elevation of 1800'. The weather is calling for partly cloudy tomorrow, but then all sunshine for the next ten days, with temps ranging from the mid 40's to the upper 70's. If I elect to start putting them out now, I have the ability and materials to erect a small, open ended hoop house, to protect from rain or a late frost. Although I would prefer to hold off on the GH until the weather says its necessary. That's my first question, what would be best of the plants? Inside in the controlled environment, or outside, with lower temperatures, but natural lighting?
My second question has to do with the size of the pots I transplant into. Ideally I would like this to be the only transplant that I do before the plants have sexed, and are ready to go into the ground for the summer. I'm figuring about mid may. I'm trying to decide on a pot with the size range of 1 to 3 gallons. Please tell me what you think. Any answers, questions, or comments would be very much appreciated :big grin: ! I really want to have the biggest, healthiest garden possible, and I know that any input from this community will help me reach my goal.
Thanks in Advance!!!
First off, I've been quietly reading on this site for the last two years. I'm extremely grateful for the abundance of knowledgable individuals who converse and contribute to this great site. Hands down, this website is the best!
I have a small collection of Blue Dream Seeds started, and I'm trying to come up with the best game plan in regards of what to do next. They were germinated on the 20th of March. I have them in approx. 1/4 gallon starter pots. They are 4 to 6 inches tall, pushing out their 4th set of leaves, and the furthest along plants are ready to be transplanted. The question I am wrestling with is whether to expand my indoor lighting for now, or put them outside once they are transplanted? My indoor lighting is 4' 8 bulb t-5 lights. I run the lights from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Pretty close to the lighting cycle outside currently. I am new to the 530 foothills, with a elevation of 1800'. The weather is calling for partly cloudy tomorrow, but then all sunshine for the next ten days, with temps ranging from the mid 40's to the upper 70's. If I elect to start putting them out now, I have the ability and materials to erect a small, open ended hoop house, to protect from rain or a late frost. Although I would prefer to hold off on the GH until the weather says its necessary. That's my first question, what would be best of the plants? Inside in the controlled environment, or outside, with lower temperatures, but natural lighting?
My second question has to do with the size of the pots I transplant into. Ideally I would like this to be the only transplant that I do before the plants have sexed, and are ready to go into the ground for the summer. I'm figuring about mid may. I'm trying to decide on a pot with the size range of 1 to 3 gallons. Please tell me what you think. Any answers, questions, or comments would be very much appreciated :big grin: ! I really want to have the biggest, healthiest garden possible, and I know that any input from this community will help me reach my goal.
Thanks in Advance!!!
