Very dumb abt plants.

Having said that Ive bought a nice rubber tree and
schefflera at a garage sale.

Can I set them out during the summer? And will it help
them grow and flourish?

Im in north Missouri

Only if you want them to get irreparably sunburnt should you put them
outdoors in the summer.

Don't do it.


wrote in message
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Very dumb abt plants.

Having said that Ive bought a nice rubber tree and
schefflera at a garage sale.

Can I set them out during the summer? And will it help
them grow and flourish?

Im in north Missouri

On Mon, 19 May 2003 17:55:17 GMT, wrote:

Ive bought a nice rubber tree and
schefflera at a garage sale.

Can I set them out during the summer? And will it help
them grow and flourish?

Im in north Missouri

These are relatively low-light houseplants which would probably be
severly damaged in by much direct sunlight. Even in a shady spot, you
may introduce bug problems to your house when you bring them indoors
for the winter. Better to cultivate them indoors.

Even in a shady spot, you
may introduce bug problems to your house when you bring them indoors
for the winter. Better to cultivate them indoors.


OK

Thanks guys

"Cereoid-UR12" wrote in message ...
Only if you want them to get irreparably sunburnt should you put them
outdoors in the summer.

Don't do it.


Do it. They will make energy for the winter and will be more apt to
survive
in a low light part of your house. If you are worried about sunburn,
place them at an open shade location, or better yet, a place where
they get light until
10 am or so. Where I put them, they get about 4 hrs sunlight a day.


wrote in message
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Very dumb abt plants.

Having said that Ive bought a nice rubber tree and
schefflera at a garage sale.

Can I set them out during the summer? And will it help
them grow and flourish?

Im in north Missouri

You are truly one perverted sadist, slimy.

Yours is the worst advice possible and you probably don't care because you
are not the one that will need to deal with the consequences of what to do
with badly damaged and permanently disfigured sunburnt plants.


simy1 wrote in message
om...
"Cereoid-UR12" wrote in message
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Only if you want them to get irreparably sunburnt should you put them
outdoors in the summer.

Don't do it.


Do it. They will make energy for the winter and will be more apt to
survive
in a low light part of your house. If you are worried about sunburn,
place them at an open shade location, or better yet, a place where
they get light until
10 am or so. Where I put them, they get about 4 hrs sunlight a day.


wrote in message
...
Very dumb abt plants.

Having said that Ive bought a nice rubber tree and
schefflera at a garage sale.

Can I set them out during the summer? And will it help
them grow and flourish?

Im in north Missouri

wrote in message . ..
Very dumb abt plants.

Having said that Ive bought a nice rubber tree and
schefflera at a garage sale.

Can I set them out during the summer? And will it help
them grow and flourish?

Im in north Missouri

You need to harden them off so that the surfaces develop a waxy
coating called "cutin" which is the plant's natural sunblock. Set out
in the sun without hardening and the UV light will fry them.
Start them in the shade with protection from the wind and gradually
over the course of a week or two increase their exposure to both sun
and wind until they are in the amount of light they require.
Expect to water them more often than you did indoors, or plunge the
pots in the soil to keep them cool and moist.
On the trip back inside come fall you will need to be alert for pests.

On Mon, 19 May 2003 17:55:17 GMT, wrote:

Very dumb abt plants.

Having said that Ive bought a nice rubber tree and
schefflera at a garage sale.

Can I set them out during the summer? And will it help
them grow and flourish?

Im in north Missouri

I have one in zone 7 in the shade flourishing.

"Cereoid-UR12" wrote in message y.com...
You are truly one perverted sadist, slimy.

Yours is the worst advice possible and you probably don't care because you
are not the one that will need to deal with the consequences of what to do
with badly damaged and permanently disfigured sunburnt plants.



Ah, ultimately plants need light to thrive. I put mine out every
summer, and they are rather healthy. They do well in places of the
house that are too dark for a plant, because they load up in the
summer. Most can take midday sun, as a matter of fact. You must be in
Arizona.