Is it bad timing to transplant outdoors in norcal?

[Zarezhu]

Hey all,
Full moon, a week+ of low/mid 70s, I really want to transplant my outdoor crop and be in the ground already.

It's often mid 80s to 90s this time of year in the Sac area. The cool and sunny weather makes it seem like a decent time to transplant.

The only thing that worries me, is that the nights have cooled down as well. Lows of 47-49 for the next week.

Will this stress my plants too much? By the time the nights warm up, the daytime weather will be high 80's.

I'm in 1/2 yard holes in the ground. I have smaller plants, as well as larger plants that will be going in.

The days are really nice and sunny. I'm just not sure if the cold nights will stress the plants enough to make it worth waiting to TP.

I WILL be using supplemental lighting to keep from flowering.

 

[MountainBudz]

Are you using clones or seed?

If using clones, can you deploy and be able to use supplemental lighting to keep them in veg?

 

[MountainBudz]

Damn bro, sorry. Just read the last part about being able to use supplemental lighting.

Yes, I say go for it. If anything you can use some form of protection from the cold (a little pvc and plastic sheeting) or milk jugs, etc... Good luck!

 

[Zarezhu]

Theres 99 of em, so milk jugs may be difficult. Half are from seed. Some bigger than others. Been a little nipply at night, but im hardening em off slowly. I may just transplabt this weekend

 

[trichrider]

i just put my peppers and tomatoes out and i'm 6 or 8 hunnert miles north of you.

if it doesn't freeze it is all good. high forties will not bother them.

good luck and good genes.

 

[throwawayLOL]

I've got my clones in a hoop house in Mendo and they're loving life right now- but obviously I'm slowly bringing the supplemental lighting down until it meets daylight hours. Then I'll put them in their 300ga smartpots.

 

[FenderSuper]

I've got my clones in a hoop house in Mendo and they're loving life right now- but obviously I'm slowly bringing the supplemental lighting down until it meets daylight hours. Then I'll put them in their 300ga smartpots.

Man, I wish I had the room to use 300-gal pots. And the money to build that much soil. But i'm a back-yarder. 45-gal "shorty" fabric pots are all I have room for, and only four at that.

 

[MountainBudz]

Man, I wish I had the room to use 300-gal pots. And the money to build that much soil. But i'm a back-yarder. 45-gal "shorty" fabric pots are all I have room for, and only four at that.

I hear ya Fender.. Unfortunately I am in a non-legal state myself and have to be very careful with plants close to my property. I grow a couple miles away from where I live. I have always wondered what it would be like to be like these growers in NorCal and have 100, 200 or even 800 gallon smart pots.

I am strictly a guerilla grower and I always grow in well amended holes in the ground. However last season just for shits and giggles, I ordered bulk plastic grow bags in 7, 10, 15 and 20 gallons just to give it a shot. The bags were black, went to walmart and bought some camo spray paint and painted them. They blended perfectly into the tree lines, brush and thickets. They grew very fast and yielded very well. The only shitty part about it was every other night i'd have to drive by and ditch several 5 gallon water containers on the side of the fence line, park at my safe place and walk and haul water.

This year I am planning on building a decent sized reservoir and burying up in the woods and for the first time I am gonna see what its like to grow in a 100 or 200 gallon container. Will be a learning experience that is for sure!

Mbz..

 

[BOMBAYCAT]

I'm jealous as it was 34 degrees this morning with light snow falling. The mountains got 2-3 feet of snow from the storm. I have some MMJ outside huddled under garbage bags so maybe they are all right.

Anyway the soil needs to be warm, about 50 degrees is good. I will be lucky if the plants get through the cold without being stressed out.

 

[throwawayLOL]

And the money to build that much soil.

well, we managed to get a pretty solid composted soil for $25/yd, then added a bag of FFOF ($8/bag) per hole. And most of the bags still had good soil from last year, so we're amending and turning them.

 

[throwawayLOL]

This year I am planning on building a decent sized reservoir and burying up in the woods and for the first time I am gonna see what its like to grow in a 100 or 200 gallon container. Will be a learning experience that is for sure!

get ready for monsters.... I hope you kill it out there

 

[20sackzack]

Curious if u plugged em yet? Been pretty warm around sac lately

 

[Zarezhu]

Yep, maybe 4 or 5 days ago. Most are growing incredibly fast/well. The 15 biggest ones I put out still have some wilt, but much greener growth, and decent new growth as well.

 

[caligrownc]

Yup just planted mine too and I'm a little north of sac there just coming out of the shock stage so we'll see what happens

 

[RedACD]

You guys are slacking. I've had a few autos out since March and should be ready in another few weeks or so.

I'm in California with the same climate. Tomatoes and peppers been out since April. Summer's here and its time for the 100 degree days. Still new to the growing thing, learning and I'm sure I'll mess up plenty.

Did an "experiment" and left out a male auto this past winter (Jan-Mar). It hide under a tree, didn't freeze and grew to maturity. It wasn't a prize winner, but I was trying to see how hardy these plants are.

 

[Imagenetic2935]

I'm in NorCal as well and yes it's definitely time to start vegging your plants outside. May 1st is kinda my dedline for our area.

 

[OrganicDisciple]

I'm in sac. The last few nights have been cold as hell though.

 

[OrganicDisciple]

Yup just planted mine too and I'm a little north of sac there just coming out of the shock stage so we'll see what happens

Are you caligrowngc on IG