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Howdy folks, im on my first auto grow, as well as first attempt at outdoors. I have 1 seedling a week along and 2 others that just fully broke dirt and stood up as of today (planted a week behind the other one). I have them in my 3x3 grow tent at the moment. Heat has been kept between 70 and 80 degrees, and humidity has been around 57 to 65% (higher when lights are off, lower when on).
All three are planted in 10 gallon black fabric pots as their forever home (should have went with beige I know). My question is... up till this week we have mostly been in the temp range of no more than low 80's in the day and mid to low 50's at night. Pretty big temp swing. But looking at the weather coming up. It is nothing but mid to high 90's in the day and 60's at night. Ideally I would like to move them all outside after they each have had at least a week to 12 days of growth in the tent. I figure given this situation, which is bound to happen more as we get into later summer, a shade cloth is going to be needed to avoid them getting fried... I was thinking of ordering this https://www.homedepot.com/p/Agfabri...ants-Cover-Black-E3SDR0608B/315684126#overlay which says it blocks 30% of light... but given the heat and what is shaping up to be another hot dry summer... Do you think something more like a 50% light blockage of the same cloth would be better for those 90 degree+ days?
I don't want to over do it on the shade, but too much would obviously be better than them just getting cooked to hell. Even the temps alone seem bad, and if I could just keep them in my tent for another week I would, but we have had such hot summers the last few years I know I can't avoid it permanently and the light I have in my tent is just something like a 380+/- watt small cheap blurple. The pots are too heavy and the distance from the tent room to the outside door is too much to continually move them back and fourth inside and out. Any reccomendations on how I should proceed? Will a 30% shade cloth be enough for those hot ass sunny days or should I go for the 50%? Should I keep them in my tent an extra week just to see if the heat settles down despite the crappy light I have? With their limited veg cycle I want to get them out under that sun to grow asap.
All three are planted in 10 gallon black fabric pots as their forever home (should have went with beige I know). My question is... up till this week we have mostly been in the temp range of no more than low 80's in the day and mid to low 50's at night. Pretty big temp swing. But looking at the weather coming up. It is nothing but mid to high 90's in the day and 60's at night. Ideally I would like to move them all outside after they each have had at least a week to 12 days of growth in the tent. I figure given this situation, which is bound to happen more as we get into later summer, a shade cloth is going to be needed to avoid them getting fried... I was thinking of ordering this https://www.homedepot.com/p/Agfabri...ants-Cover-Black-E3SDR0608B/315684126#overlay which says it blocks 30% of light... but given the heat and what is shaping up to be another hot dry summer... Do you think something more like a 50% light blockage of the same cloth would be better for those 90 degree+ days?
I don't want to over do it on the shade, but too much would obviously be better than them just getting cooked to hell. Even the temps alone seem bad, and if I could just keep them in my tent for another week I would, but we have had such hot summers the last few years I know I can't avoid it permanently and the light I have in my tent is just something like a 380+/- watt small cheap blurple. The pots are too heavy and the distance from the tent room to the outside door is too much to continually move them back and fourth inside and out. Any reccomendations on how I should proceed? Will a 30% shade cloth be enough for those hot ass sunny days or should I go for the 50%? Should I keep them in my tent an extra week just to see if the heat settles down despite the crappy light I have? With their limited veg cycle I want to get them out under that sun to grow asap.
