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I did look in the forum to see if my question was already answered, but wasn't.

I rescued my VFT Harold at a local Lowes last Thursday. Since I don't know what lighting environment he was in before I got him, I was weaning him on sunlight for a week. I have him at my window to get some sunlight. I wanna try starting growing him outside, but will he be ok to even being outside at night? As of now, the days are staying at 50 60 degrees, with the temperature dropping high to low 40s at night. Dew point is ok since there has been April showers, and humidity is comfortable. I'm a little worried that he'll go into dormancy which I know its not the right time. Thanks to those who answer!

You're correct, acclimating your flytrap is the first step to his survival. Give your flytrap more light, little by little. By the beginning of summer (or sooner), he should be able to handle full sun easily. Also make sure you repot him if you got him from a Lowes death cube (you can find out how to repot flytraps from posts in this forum or at FlytrapCare.com). The soil mix should be 50:50 (pure) peat moss and perlite (with no minerals or fertilizer).
Flytraps go into dormancy naturally (in winter) and temps in the 40s won't force dormancy.
Hope this helps.

These are very helpful answers! And yes, I will be transplanting him in a bigger clean plastic flower pot with drainage holes so that he can grow better than in the tiny pot he's in now, and I will look into repotting forums that's here so that I'm doing the right thing. I had to order a bag of Sphagnum moss/perlite through Amazon because Lowes doesn't sell the right and safe mix. It's 60:40 of Sphagnum moss/perlite.

I also bought another VFT, Vinnie, from a different local Lowes yesterday. I will transplant him as well and do the same sunlight weening process for a week.

I appreciate the responses!