So who's put their plants out already?

[Fenrirs_Rage]

Our temperatures have been bouncing around a little too much the last few weeks to put anything outside yet. I've run some of my more hearty plants in and out on nice days, but nothing will be staying out for another week or three.
I don't yet know if I'll risk putting my orchid out, summers get insanely hot here and I'd be afraid of it burning or getting too dry too fast.

[hanzy08]

For fertilizing i use a 1 gallon spraying can you can also get a 2 gallon one. My vandas love it and they spike in no time!

[scardall]

I live in cocoa,florida and my plants are outside 24/7 All year around. If it gets cold enough, I'll either cover them with an old sheet or soemthing similar or put them in my garage.

[lotis146]

Hey guys! So I did some checking up on the outside group today since I have in a couple of days (can you believe that!). To my wonderful surprise my Aganisia cyanea x self has a small spike! I can't say 100% for sure that it started after being put outside b/c it's on the underside of this horizontal new growth however it is rather small yet... I'm stoked (!) & now a bit nervous b/c I don't want anything to happen to it.

Also new growth and fattening of pbulbs continues at I'd like to believe a faster rate since they've been out in this higher humidity (more rain today). A couple of times now I even take the [non-Phals] who are in spike/bloom from inside out just for the rain. Today I even included Prom. silvana who is in bud to get some rain, hopefully I won't be regretting this though I know it's risky I just think it would like a little rain. My Zns. Roquebrune, Zglm. Rhein Moonlight, Paph. Odette's Vision, Tolu. Buck Hollow x sib & Miltassia Shelob are also getting a rain shower today (the first & latter are in spike/bud while the rest are in bloom).

One of my mini Catts had a couple new leaves that hadn't 'opened', then being outside (assuming due to humidity) the leaves have opened. Several others are taking on more red & purple tints on their leaves and new growths. My Propetalums & Batemannia hybrid are also show a bit of increased growth in their younger growths. Vuyl. Melissa Brianne 'Dark Waters' is fattening up its newest pbulbs.

I can say with 100% certainty that my plants are happy outside. I will add however that I followed Ray's advice after re-upping my KelpMax supply and used KelpMax at 1 tbsp/gal with EVERY watering for about 2 weeks. That no doubt also had a positive influence on all my plants. Now I just have to get them some fertilizer but since it keeps raining I keep putting it off.

One downside is next week we've got several days of low 40s, even 30s at night in addition to more rain. I'm concerned that these circumstances will have negative effects on my quite positive results. My instinct is to haul the whole group in (sheesh) as I'm not sure covering them will make up for their being wet and cold as the day time temps will be in the 60s-70s. I don't think they're going to dry out enough in those temps...

Anywho I know this is quite long but perhaps it's also informative, I would love to hear how it's going for you all.

[snowflake311]

I put them in and out. It is spring in Lake Tahoe. One day it is 70 the next it is snowing. The weather is nice again so back out they go for the day time. In during the night it is still cold at night here but in a month they will be out full time.

[rbarata]

My climate here is of extremes...in winter it reaches bellow the freezing point at night (and max temps of 8 to 10ºC) and in summer it goes as high as 35~40, sometimes 42 or 43ºC with a HR of 15 to 20%.
Just to get the idea, we are in the middle of May and today the temp was 33ºC and 24% HR.

In such conditions I have only a window frame of 2 months when the conditions are between these extremes so I don't want to go through the hussle of puting them out and then puting them in again.

So, the only ones that are out all year are cymbidiums...al the rest (phals, oncidiums, phaps, dens) are always in.

[ashley05]

I took mine out about two weeks ago. The long-range forecast looked good.

Then this cold front came through and we're supposed to have lows in the 30's. So I hauled everyone back inside for a few days. Temps looks better later this week, so they'll go back out.

I usually have a few days even in the middle of the summer where the temp drops into the low 40's, so I haul most of them inside for a day or two.

[Leafmite]

We just had a night that hit 37'F. Some orchids/plants camped out inside while others were covered with plastic and left outside. When it warms up a little, I will put all the plants back outside. Hopefully, none of the plants/orchids left outside suffered. The forecast was actually predicting temperatures to be a little warmer.

[My Green Pets]

Here in the Ohio Valley, temperatures swing wildly at this time of year, often accompanied by severe storms and even tornados. Luckily, temps have stayed above 10°C since the beginning of May with no severe weather, so everything is outside except my blooming Phals. I found out last year that their flowers were quickly eaten, stained, or otherwise damaged when taken outside, so I'll enjoy them indoors for now.

[Corsetière]

I put mine out but I ended up having to cover them with blankets last night!