Had to move plant outdoors from indoors, some questions.

My dad recently decided he was to uncomfortable with my pot plant in my closet and told me he would really prefer it if it went outside, so I decided to respect his decision since it is his house, and now it is moved to the back of my backyard. I am leaving it in the pot it was growing it in indoors since I don't feel like shocking the plant transplanting it outdoors, plus it is growing in good soil (3/5 generic potting soil, 1/5 vermiculite, 1/5 peat moss). Because of this I have not added any Veg nutrients, I figured the nutrients in the soil would be enough to hold it over until flowering, when I will add nutrients). I live in NJ and right now it gets to about 80-90 degrees outside which worries me because the temperatures in the closet were around 75 degrees with the lights on.

I haven't been keeping track of how long I have been growing the plant indoors but it has been going under 3 27 watt CFL's and 3 14 watt CFL's. It is about 8 1/2 " tall with very dark green healthy looking leaves. It has already entered the pre-flower stage and showed it was female, and it has shown numerous budding spots already (7-, and has about 7-8 (probably more, not sure) alternating nodes. It was still in veg in my closet when I decided to move it outdoors and it was getting around 18/6 light. Right now from sunrise to sunset in my town the sun is out for 15 1/2 hours a day.

I have some main questions

1. Will the hot temperatures affect the plant that badly? It is camoflauged well in my backyard around other plants which give it some form of shade but it is still in direct sunlight for most of the day.

2. Will the plant have any trouble adjusting from the indoors to the outdoors? I'm honestly expecting it to adapt fine and I am still expecting it to flower fully.

3. Should I transplant the plant directly into the ground or leave it in the pot? I know I would be filling the hole with more good soil but I feel much better knowing I can control the amount of water and nutrients that enters my plant. I was thinking on bad thunderstorm days I could just carry the pot to where it wouldn't get much water so I don't overwater the plant.

4. Will I get a sufficient yield? Is this a sufficient time of the year to transfer it outdoors or is it to late?

5. What is the best way to keep animals and bugs away. I know this one is up in the air, but I am really dead set on finishing this plant.

Thanks for your help in advance

I always start outdoor plants inside then move them out.
As with any plant you should condition the plant by taking it out everyday and placing in a spot that does get direct sunlight for a week then move her to a good site with some sunshine and plant in the ground, I dig a hole twice the size of the potted plant and fill with good quality mix. usually plant deeper to grow stronger root system and water with a root stimulator to help the transplant shock. Then I go on the regimine of water, water then feed... mostly just use miracle gro or if I am changing hydro water, will use the old water... waste not!

Thanks for the advice, but I decided I am just going to leave the plant in the pot it has been in and not plant in the ground. In NJ we get bad thunderstorms especially in summer and the last thing I want is to overwater the plant when it is flowering. With it still in its pot I will be able to move it around as necessary. The pot is a 5gal so I doubt it will outgrow it.

Another question is will the plant begin flowering right now? Its getting about 14 1/2 hours of pure sunlight and about 15 1/2 hours with shade but other then that its in the dark.

does your father know it is still on your property? Because moving it out into your yard might be more conspicuous than your closet. Just my thoughts. good luck!

Yes he knows, he just wanted it out of the house. It is not visible in the yard, it's in an isolated part of my backyard and the camoflauge is perfect and you can't see it until you get within 10 feet

oh ok, then cool, pretty much no way anyone will see it if they are not trespassing then

anyone else

you're going to get great results.

everything should go smoothly.

Leave it in the 5 gallon bucket.

Just be certain that you don't have anyone that comes on your property to do maintenance. I had to move my plants when it was pointed out to me that we have people that visit the property to treat the lawn and a tree guy that comes to treat the trees. If your Dad has anyone that comes to do service while the family is away it might need even better camouflage.

Just a thought- I hadn't thought of it until it was brought to my attention and it's an issue with growing in backyards sometimes.

My best friend does all the maintenance on my lawn and I had to let him know so he already knows about it so I don't have to worry there

Today I put another inch or two of compost (sphagnum peat moss + vermiculite) in the pot since it looked like the soil settled and was stale. Then I gave the plant some water I have pH'ed to 6.5. I did all this in the morning. I took a look at it just now to see the plant is JONESING over the outdoors. It honestly couldn't look any healthier or better and it even grew a noticeable 1/2"-1".

Pics once I find my charger for this digi cam

I topped the plant just right now. Hopefully it reacts to it well. It wasn't to late to do this was it?

So I topped the plant 3 days ago and its been slow growing the new tops in (they have started, should take another week), but the sides have grown new shoots and it is getting much taller. Plus its branching out a lot. I also clipped 2 fan leaves one that was healthy but blocking a shit load of new shoots and one half dead one.

Quick question. Was it to late to top the plant?

I'm going to probably only use black strap molasses as food for it when it is flowering, when do you think I can start feeding it?

Here are some pics of how the plant came out before it turned male on me . The pics are from around 3 weeks ago when I killed it off. It would have been beautiful right now if it was a female





Where my hand is in the last pic is a couple inches above where they were topped so you can see they grew a lot

i'm alil late to reply, but you should have started flowering early Aug- atleast for us in NorCal. it will take several wks for it to start showing, but the days get shorter.