Is it to cold to start plants outside in my area right now?

georgiagrower

Active Member
I have a good amount of beans to plant outdoors here and I want everyones insight into whether or not its to cold yet. I will bring them indoors at night of course but the daytime temps are ranging from 65-70 degrees. What do you all think? Any advice or recomendations would be appreciated. I never tried this early in the season.
 

SCARHOLE

Well-Known Member
Temps sound ok during the day, if its cold out leave em indoor.
But bringing em back into your grow rm can lead to bugs, thats how i got spidermites last year.
 

plantvision

Active Member
Great temps I wish I had that in my area. Still below zero and snow everywhere. I would sprout them in house. There is a couple good ways of sprouting seeds. One I just use a standard 10x20 flat filled with potting soil, put seeds in, water and put in a continuiosly warm area around 75 to 80 degrees. Watch closely when they sprout and get a little root transplant them. I work in a greenhouse and we transplant tons of plants this way. In a flat you can sprout 150 plants easily. Young sprouts and plants are alot tougher than most people think. Another way is to wrap them in a wet warm cloth, I don't like this way because the root hairs can get stuck in the cloth. After transplanting build your self a little hot house. That way your plants can be at there optimum warmth for good growth. I could get some pictures of mine. I also built myself a pvc greenhouse for $60 that is 10 x 12, this is so great for plant growth. With no heat on now I was in it yesterday, outside was 5 degrees inside was 55. The sun has great power. Damn I can babble on and on. Just really passionite about growing. About when you can go outside, let the soil be the judge, get yourself a small soil tempurtare probe. When the soil maintains 50 to 55 degrees plant your heart out. Good luck, keep us in touch how things are going.
 

yoquierotacobell

Active Member
your temps are fine. What you're going to have to worry about is the amount of light they're getting. They'll go straight into flower if they don't get about 16 to 18 hours of light.
 

georgiagrower

Active Member
I have my beans sprouting inside right now. I am worried about the sunlight. i am taking them outside in the morning and keeping them moving around as the sun moves. I am unsure of the day/night ratio as of now tho. I hope im not wasting my time now. I got 10 GDP beans going.
 

yoquierotacobell

Active Member
i am taking them outside in the morning and keeping them moving around as the sun moves.
... ha ha, me too. Due to the season right now you're only getting about 12 hours of sunlight right now; which will make your plants go into flower before vegging first. The solution is simple and will only cost 12 bucks. Go to Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart; whatever and get a "daylight" bulb that has light in the 6500K range. It says it right on the package so don't worry. Your beans will need about 18 hours of light a day in the veg stage.

Something like this:

http://www.homedepot.com/Electrical-Light-Bulbs-Compact-Tube-Fluorescents-Compact-Fluorescents/h_d1/N-5yc1vZbmat/R-100687002/h_d2/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10051&catalogId=10053
 
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