Advice on Consistency of Light Source

[dkparker]

Hey everyone, got a quick question. I have a grow started, around the third week, which is a Dwarf Low Flyer Auto. The plant has started out a little slow but seems healthy. I have a cheap 150 watt LED that I was using to start the seedling with the intentions of moving the plant outside and this being an outdoor grow. The past few days I've been moving it outside a few hours each day for full sun, and in the sun it seems to be wanting to take off and thrive.

I was planning to size up the pot today and night temps are now warm enough at my location that I feel I could go ahead and leave it outside. The predicament I find myself in is this: I just learned that over the next two weeks I will be having company at my house and I don't need my plants exposed. I ordered a grow tent that I can put in an upstairs room that would be completely safe though, however it won't be here for another several days.

So I get to my question now, would it hurt the plant to go ahead and allow it to live outdoors for the next week until company arrives, and then when I get the tent set up transition to an indoor grow? How much flexibility would I have going back and forth like that?

 

[Spitz]

Luckily you have an auto. It should be fine. I’d try and keep your day/night cycle fairly consistent. I’d be more worried about bringing pests into my indoor setup from outside.

 

[dkparker]

Thanks, that's a good point about bringing in pests, I hadn't thought of that. If I do bring it in I'll try to keep the day/night consistent like you suggest. I'm also considering maybe just putting it out in a secluded area (I live in a fairly remote area) and tend to it when I can.