Hardening Off?

[BriarPatch]

My outdoor grow is coming up. My plants are coming along nicely under lights inside. I plan on spinning the clones out after doing a sync with the outdoor light patterns. My question is this. What is hardening off? I have heard a couple people speak of this in posts and have no idea what it is. Is this something that must be done? Does it help?

Any help is apreciated. First outdoor grow and all.

Peace,

BriarPatch

 

[m.steelers]

Hey there - hardening off is the process of getting the plants acclimated to the big HPS in the sky (the Sun), which can be a lot brighter than say a fluoro. Hardening can be done by placing the plants outside for say an hour the first day, then maybe 2 hours the second day etc, gradually getting them used to the greater light source. If you just threw them outside without hardening, they could become stressed/burned/damaged etc.

Hope this helps.

MS

 

[Bigmone357]

I did this to my bog strains yellow/stunted now superthrive & dark energy is bringing them back to life new growth is healthy my point : keep a bottle of superthrive on hand It might increase your success rate if they do go into shock. Peace

 

[dylan]

i have made that mistake too, and my plants wilted up in the intence sun. now i start them outdoors and do fine.

 

[wolfshadow]

You can harden your plants off by just placing them in semi-shade,for a day or two.
No worry's about toting back and forth.Just place them in shade,before placing in direct sun light.
<<ws>>

 

[JustSayGrow]

^^^^I agree with WS^^^^, I leave mine for 4 or 5 days in partial shade, and definitely no direct midday sun too start with.