# Sun or shade for my autos **URL:** \ **Category:** Seedling\ **Created:** [June 3, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/sun-or-shade-for-my-autos/101598 "2023-06-03T17:58:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tim5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Tim5](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Tim5)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 5:58pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/sun-or-shade-for-my-autos/101598/1 "2023-06-03T17:58:21Z")
My autoflower seedlings have emerged,they are in grow bags outdoors.Can they go int o direct sunlight? ---
**Author:** ![LateNightGardner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/latenightgardner/32/999445_2.png) [@LateNightGardner](https://ilgmforum.com/u/LateNightGardner)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2023, 7:26pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/sun-or-shade-for-my-autos/101598/2 "2023-06-03T19:26:19Z")
I’d wait until they get a couple nodes of sun leaves before full sun. Depends on the intensity you’re getting at your location. A week of indirect sunlight and then increase to 4 fours for another week. If that hardens them up go direct sunlight. ---
**Author:** ![Caligurl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/caligurl/32/597950_2.png) [@Caligurl](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Caligurl)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/sun-or-shade-for-my-autos/101598/3 "2023-06-04T04:09:10Z")
Agree… you could harden them off very slowly… at seedling age, I wold only leave them in the sun for about 10 minutes a day… gradually increasing each day. Be diligent and keep an eye on them and pull them if they start to wilt even the slightest bit. ---
**Author:** ![noddykitty1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/noddykitty1/32/1178224_2.png) [@noddykitty1](https://ilgmforum.com/u/noddykitty1)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 6:58am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/sun-or-shade-for-my-autos/101598/4 "2023-06-04T06:58:01Z")
Morning or evening sun is more mellow since it’s lower in the sky. The mid day sun should be avoided the first first few days. I have found a week is usually enough to harden them off for the sun. I try to double the exposure every day. If you are at work all day just stick em in the morning sun a week. Then you should be good to go. But where they are shaded from the mid day sun. Even if the burn a little the new growth will be just fine. A good spot is on the NE side of a structure or house. Morning sun only. Or against an east fence line near a tree for partial shade. Same idea the fence. I have found the morning sun (temps) more mellow than the evening sun for outdoor sun hardening. ---
**Author:** ![Tim5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Tim5](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Tim5)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 11:53am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/sun-or-shade-for-my-autos/101598/5 "2023-06-04T11:53:43Z")
That’s actually what I have been doing…a little morning sun,then filtered through the trees seems to be working fine…this is my first grow,and so far so good…thanks for the help. Get [BlueMail for Android](https://bluemail.me) ---
**Author:** ![StonedCold13](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/stonedcold13/32/1094279_2.png) [@StonedCold13](https://ilgmforum.com/u/StonedCold13)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 11:57am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/sun-or-shade-for-my-autos/101598/6 "2023-06-04T11:57:57Z")
Just don’t be like me and start hardeing off to early in the season. I’m revegging now 🥴 ---
**Author:** ![noddykitty1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/noddykitty1/32/1178224_2.png) [@noddykitty1](https://ilgmforum.com/u/noddykitty1)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/sun-or-shade-for-my-autos/101598/7 "2023-06-04T15:42:11Z")
@StonedCold13 , If they seem stalled out, trim off the floral clusters at the tops. It will remove the flower hormones from the plants faster than they can themselves. I have done that so many times. Ha ---
**Author:** ![StonedCold13](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/stonedcold13/32/1094279_2.png) [@StonedCold13](https://ilgmforum.com/u/StonedCold13)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 4:08pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/sun-or-shade-for-my-autos/101598/8 "2023-06-04T16:08:42Z")
Headed out there now then 🤘💚 ---
**Author:** ![CaliRob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/calirob/32/883642_2.png) [@CaliRob](https://ilgmforum.com/u/CaliRob)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 4:21pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/sun-or-shade-for-my-autos/101598/9 "2023-06-04T16:21:22Z")
I moved mine outside in April 😬 They are definitely flowering, I’m just going to let them do their thing. ![IMG_3483](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/5/4/e/54e82e4b144b69db7f27cf83bf2003caa4f37581.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![StonedCold13](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/stonedcold13/32/1094279_2.png) [@StonedCold13](https://ilgmforum.com/u/StonedCold13)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 4:34pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/sun-or-shade-for-my-autos/101598/10 "2023-06-04T16:34:49Z")
I did that last year, went almost a month longer before setting these out this year. Looks like I S the P again 🥴 ![20230604_112459_113300](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/6/e/5/6e5bdafc0fb157f6d6287ff9216b29a08c07f33d.jpeg) Hard to see from that pic. It’s full of bud. Gonna see if I can snap a better pic ---
**Author:** ![CaliRob](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/calirob/32/883642_2.png) [@CaliRob](https://ilgmforum.com/u/CaliRob)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 4:36pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/sun-or-shade-for-my-autos/101598/11 "2023-06-04T16:36:31Z")
Oh man that is really really budding. You have sugar leaves and everything. That’s crazy ---
**Author:** ![StonedCold13](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/stonedcold13/32/1094279_2.png) [@StonedCold13](https://ilgmforum.com/u/StonedCold13)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/sun-or-shade-for-my-autos/101598/12 "2023-06-04T16:44:31Z")
![20230604_113648_113803](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/4/7/0/470977c8aeeea5d80831d2b2e816bdbf7bfed4f7.jpeg) A little better pic ☝ Found this 2 plants down… ![20230604_113601_113908](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/9/a/3/9a397df37b19e0b52d0bdfa58a24b9b8b49c1f8c.jpeg) ![20230604_113608_113835](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/a/9/0/a90d93f8ad48d5998849308d405322c1f4278275.jpeg)