Good temperature to move plant outside ?

Good temperature to move plant outside ?#93197

By protocarnivorous 61 -  Thu Mar 10, 2011 5:01 am
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- Thu Mar 10, 2011 5:01 am #93197

Hello everyone ,
I am waiting impatiently for spring to get here in Utah . I was wondering what temperature range would be good to move my VFT outdoors ? that would be average day temps to average night temps ? As it is now indoors , it is around 60 - 70 degrees F . Current weather conditions in my sig . Thanks in advance for your help .

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Re: Good temperature to move plant outside ?#93202

By dan f - Thu Mar 10, 2011 6:04 am

- Thu Mar 10, 2011 6:04 am #93202

im by no means a professional but from what ive read on this site if there is enough sun getting to the plants (eg 5-6 hrs) then daytime temps around that temp should be fine. maybe bring them in from the cold overnight. i hope i havent missed the mark too much!

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Re: Good temperature to move plant outside ?#93219

By dantt99 -  Thu Mar 10, 2011 2:46 pm
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- Thu Mar 10, 2011 2:46 pm #93219

protocarnivorous 61 wrote: I was wondering what temperature range would be good to move my VFT outdoors ?

You can start to move them outdoors once the temps get into the low 40's at night. I see that now your weather is in the low 30's, once it gets up to about 40 at night you can put them out

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Re: Good temperature to move plant outside ?#93224

By Matt -  Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:45 pm
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- Thu Mar 10, 2011 3:45 pm #93224

The rule of thumb I went by when moving my plants outside permanently for the year was to wait until the chance of frost had passed. I didn't base it on any particular temperatures.

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Re: Good temperature to move plant outside ?#93238

By victor -  Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:13 pm
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- Thu Mar 10, 2011 8:13 pm #93238

For me I live in zone 6. Hear we take them out of dormancy around early to mid march. But it's
still to cold to put them outside so we leave them inside our homes till April.

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Re: Good temperature to move plant outside ?#93319

By Daniel_G -  Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:35 am
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- Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:35 am #93319

I've been putting my plant's out in the day and taking them in at noght, and they love it!

I did manage to leave a FlyTrap out, and it was fine, until it got blown into my pond (i Still havn't found it) But otherwise, in a week or so, they should be able to start staying out

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Re: Good temperature to move plant outside ?#93665

By tommyr -  Sun Mar 13, 2011 2:06 pm
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- Sun Mar 13, 2011 2:06 pm #93665

victor wrote:For me I live in zone 6. Hear we take them out of dormancy around early to mid march. But it's
still to cold to put them outside so we leave them inside our homes till April.

Yup, that's what I do here in N.Y. Mine are in south and west windows. I have more to move out of the fridge yet.

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