Organilush
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I got some clones a couple days ago.
This is the first time I've worked with clones this early in the season and the first time I've had them with roots only in rock-wool (and not already running through soil), and the first time I've had clones coming from 24h of light/florescent and not already under natural sunlight.
Do any of you have some advice or tips on how to go about transitioning them to sunlight and keeping them in veg?
How do ya'll go about working with baby clones outdoors early in the season?
Here's my "plan" at the moment...
What I've done so far since I've had them is placed them in some small pots with soil (maybe 3/4 of a quart in size). I've kept them under a flood light outdoors at night and during the day time the I've had them in a bucket outside located in partial sun/shade (in a bucket to protect them from the gnarly winds the past few days).
I plan on keeping them under 24 hours of light by placing them underneath a flood light (outdoors) around sunset through the night and then in the morning I'll move them into a location where they are receiving partial sun with a little bit of full sun each day. And I'll keep doing this until I transplant them into their bigger/final pots.
Once their roots start to expand from the rock-wool well into the soil in the small pots they're in, I then plan on transplanting them directly into their final 30gal pots. (assuming this will be 10 to 14 days from now at most?)
Once they're in the 30gal pots I'm not totally sure on what I'm going to do as far as supplementing light...I'm thinking at that point I'll stop giving them light all night long and I'll either give them a few hours of light around/after sunset, or give them some light in the middle of the night for an hour or two to interrupt the dark period. Then by June 1st I'll cut out the supplemental light entirely.
Does that sound like an effective plan?.
One of the clones was a little droopy the first 24 hours that I had it but it has perked up since last night. So far they don't appear "stressed" to me...I think they're all doing alright so far considering they've had a somewhat dramatic change in environment....going from being indoors with 24 hours of florescent light in the 70s with some humidity, to their roots being exposed to soil for the first time along with sunlight for the first time and wind and day temps in the upper 80s and relatively cooler temps at night with dry air/humidity down in the teens.
If they're still looking good by tomorrow morning I feel pretty confident they'll "make it"...then my main concern is keeping them in veg and how I'm going to go about that.
Curious to hear how you fellas go about working with clones early in the season/transitioning them to the elements of the outdoors.
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This is the first time I've worked with clones this early in the season and the first time I've had them with roots only in rock-wool (and not already running through soil), and the first time I've had clones coming from 24h of light/florescent and not already under natural sunlight.
Do any of you have some advice or tips on how to go about transitioning them to sunlight and keeping them in veg?
How do ya'll go about working with baby clones outdoors early in the season?
Here's my "plan" at the moment...
What I've done so far since I've had them is placed them in some small pots with soil (maybe 3/4 of a quart in size). I've kept them under a flood light outdoors at night and during the day time the I've had them in a bucket outside located in partial sun/shade (in a bucket to protect them from the gnarly winds the past few days).
I plan on keeping them under 24 hours of light by placing them underneath a flood light (outdoors) around sunset through the night and then in the morning I'll move them into a location where they are receiving partial sun with a little bit of full sun each day. And I'll keep doing this until I transplant them into their bigger/final pots.
Once their roots start to expand from the rock-wool well into the soil in the small pots they're in, I then plan on transplanting them directly into their final 30gal pots. (assuming this will be 10 to 14 days from now at most?)
Once they're in the 30gal pots I'm not totally sure on what I'm going to do as far as supplementing light...I'm thinking at that point I'll stop giving them light all night long and I'll either give them a few hours of light around/after sunset, or give them some light in the middle of the night for an hour or two to interrupt the dark period. Then by June 1st I'll cut out the supplemental light entirely.
Does that sound like an effective plan?.
One of the clones was a little droopy the first 24 hours that I had it but it has perked up since last night. So far they don't appear "stressed" to me...I think they're all doing alright so far considering they've had a somewhat dramatic change in environment....going from being indoors with 24 hours of florescent light in the 70s with some humidity, to their roots being exposed to soil for the first time along with sunlight for the first time and wind and day temps in the upper 80s and relatively cooler temps at night with dry air/humidity down in the teens.
If they're still looking good by tomorrow morning I feel pretty confident they'll "make it"...then my main concern is keeping them in veg and how I'm going to go about that.
Curious to hear how you fellas go about working with clones early in the season/transitioning them to the elements of the outdoors.
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