We’ve had a cold front move in and so I’ve brought all my potted plants indoors for the night. I ideally would like to put them back outside tomorrow morning before I leave for work so that the can get some good sun while I’m gone (the sun is basically off my patio by the time I get back home).. but it’s still going to 42 degrees when I leave in the morning but then getting to 45 the next hour and 50 the next on up to 66.
So would it be better to just leave them inside all day tomorrow and just accept they’ll get little to no direct light.. or will they be okay going out in the AM at 42? Particular worried about my tiny okra and smaller squash ones that I’m not even confident are going to survive/thrive yet.
by Katdog272
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They’ll be fine for a couple hours. These are plants that evolved to live outside, you don’t have to treat them like Faberge eggs
You could leave them inside for a day, they’ll enjoy the spa. Be sure to lock up the liquor.
Leave inside. I’ve had basil that was more than double that size killed by 43f.
Curcubits and okra like warm soil, and im skeptical that youd get any more progress by putting them out at the size they are (they seem to mostly have 1 maybe 2 sets of true leaves?) than if they were just resown a few weeks later.
Plants that size i would put out on the weekend for a couple hours around the high temperature, but would probably not leave them out for the full day unless they were either significantly bigger, or it was set to be a particularly warm day.
this is the perfect scenario to have one of those mini cheapo greenhouses that turn into saunas in the sun in those temp ranges that you can potentially overnight stuff in
Looks like a sunny window – my instinct would be to leave them inside a couple days (presuming you’re in the northeast) until the cold moves through
Don’t put them outside. I had mine outside (temps in the 40’s) for just a few min this weekend to rearrange them in their trays and shift things around without getting dirt all over inside, and they didn’t fare well.
Leave them inside. They will get no benefit from being out in the cold.
I personally think it’ll be okay
As long as it’s in the sun. I’ve been leaving mine out and it’s gotten down to 45 the past two days and haven’t had any issues.
Thanks everyone for the feedback!