How to place them outside ?

[SADE2020]

Hello again,

I need some advice ....I have my Cats in door and I am planning to take them outside to a new garden 🏡 garden area I have prepared for them. My question is ..should I just move them at once or there is a process to follow ??

Thank you!

[rbarata]

Use you min. temperature as your threshold. Below that, not a good idea.
Beware of light levels. Start to put them in a location with levels just a bit higher than where they are now. No direct sun, unless in the early morning and late afternoon. After a week, increase you levels just a bit again.
Take attention to the levels each species/hybrid can handle.

[estación seca]

As rbarata mentioned, the commonest problem making the move is sunburn. It can happen in five minutes. It can happen to any plant people bring in for the winter, even cactus. Our eyes don't notice huge differences in light because our brains adjust what we perceive, but the plants experience the changes.

Sun on leaves heats them, even on cool days. If there is enough wind, or a fan, to carry off the heat, the leaf never rises above ambient temperature. But in still air the leaf may burn. With gradual increase in light plants adapt somewhat, but some kind of shading is necessary for most orchids outdoors in still air.

[SADE2020]

Originally Posted by rbarata

Use you min. temperature as your threshold. Below that, not a good idea.
Beware of light levels. Start to put them in a location with levels just a bit higher than where they are now. No direct sun, unless in the early morning and late afternoon. After a week, increase you levels just a bit again.
Take attention to the levels each species/hybrid can handle.

I am waiting for my minumum to be around 18º C (65ºF)
¿Should I wait for high than that?

---------- Post added at 08:43 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:37 PM ----------

Originally Posted by estación seca

As rbarata mentioned, the commonest problem making the move is sunburn. It can happen in five minutes. It can happen to any plant people bring in for the winter, even cactus. Our eyes don't notice huge differences in light because our brains adjust what we perceive, but the plants experience the changes.

Sun on leaves heats them, even on cool days. If there is enough wind, or a fan, to carry off the heat, the leaf never rises above ambient temperature. But in still air the leaf may burn. With gradual increase in light plants adapt somewhat, but some kind of shading is necessary for most orchids outdoors in still air.

Thank you. The place I am setting up will be cover by a tent and the sun will not be direct in any case. That brings be to the next question Indirect sun ligh should work fine? or should I make sure to expose them a little bit to sun (early morning or evening) to better bloom. It is an open garden, ventilated ..I live very close to the sea as well.

[estación seca]

A little early or late sun is fine, but you need to be careful of it. My Cattleyas get morning sun through a window. I put 35% shade cloth in summer outside the window. I have a fan blowing on them. They would all burn in summer without the fan, but not in winter, even though I take down the shade cloth.

Brassavolas, terete Vandas and Cymbidiums don't mind the sun through the window.

[SouthPark]

True ------ sunburn is something to be avoided. There sometimes can be days or even day in one year, or in certain years where the power from the light can be higher than usual ------ where even nicely sun-hardened orchids can get burned if they happen to be growing with direct sunlight.

It may not necessarily destroy the orchid - but can result in some scorched portions. Just being aware of those possibilities can help with making decisions about what to do for the growing area - such as either allowing a limited amount of leaf-scorch, or use shade-cloth that prevents light intensities from ever getting to scorch levels.

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by SADE2020

Regarding orchids species, I think I am having an issue with some dendrobium hybrids that shivering for a dryer setup.

Any comments on this? Is it just me? or has anyone experienced low progress with Dend?

It depends on the Dendrobiums. Those in the Den-phal group tend to like it warm. Some others with ancestors from tropical areas need warmth too. Others, with ancestors from more temperate areas, don't care. "Dendrobium" is such a huge and varied genus, you have to go to the details to decide who needs what.

[Roberta]

I moved the thread to the SH forum... it is a new thread, but if all of the posts get added to the "short course" it will be rather long... will this work?

[SADE2020]

Originally Posted by Roberta

I moved the thread to the SH forum... it is a new thread, but if all of the posts get added to the "short course" it will be rather long... will this work?

Oh, don't worry, and many thanks. Basically, I mean I have a thread on SH where I basically ask questions about SH stuff.

Nevermind. Sometimes I am not sure if only for a question I should open a new thread all the time.

[Roberta]

For new questions, a new thread is better, For me. it is a lot easier to navigate shorter threads unless everything in the thread is related. Other people may see it differently.