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plantgeek

advice needed!!!!! i'm in zone 10a central florida, and my thai con has been chopped because it was etiolating while in front of a west window. i don't have a grow light large enough for it, and no south facing windows, so outside it goes. i have two patios, one east and the other southwest, both of which receive more than 5 hours of direct sunlight a day. what should the acclimation process look like? i've moved it to a completely shaded spot on the east patio today after the sun set so it has some time to adjust to the heat and humidity before morning, is that the right move? how long until i can start introducing a few hours of early morning sun? i can't find an in-depth guide, nobody makes them for direct sun in zones 10-12 because they "can't handle it", which i think is total malarkey considering i see deliciosas in my neighbor's yards that bake in the sun all day and love it. any tips appreciated

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  1. ABagel

    I’ve seen monsteras on palm trees on the west coast that pretty much get sun all day but they weren’t variegated Thai cons. I think the east patio would be safer since midday and afternoon sun seem to be more harsh. I have a neighbor who has a deliciosa that gets north west sun in zone 9b and the leaves are scorching and we’re not even getting temp in the 90s this summer. I keep mine on the north side of the building in shade, I consider it leggy but the leaves are huge and happy. You could keep it under a patio umbrella for a while to acclimate it. I’d be concerned with the light spots toasting.

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  2. Tracy Lee

    I think you could absolutely acclimate her. Just take it really slow and definitely east side morning sun. Godspeed!! 💚💚

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  3. Nikiller

    I have a neighbor here in Tampa with a 15 foot tall alocasia sitting in full northwestern facing Florida sun, a monstera can definitely acclimate to it too, but don’t make the mistake I did. Any direct exposure to the sun instantly burnt my leaves in less than 20 minutes. I would start by having it in full shade with bright bright light, then gently ease it into a slightly sunnier spot every week or two. You’ll definitely end up needing to water more outside unless it catches rain because the heat will dry the soil faster. Ive been slowly acclimating a bromeliad to eventually live in full sun all day but its been taking weeks between adjustments because its not as hardy as a monstera at all

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    • Nikiller

      This was my sunburn, he moved back inside afterwards. 18 minutes of direct light did that.

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    • Nikiller

      I chopped that leaf after about 3 weeks and left the whole petiole as there’s a new leaf forming on this petiole. The leaf didn’t need chopped as it was still healthy everywhere it wasn’t burnt but I wanted to have it stop using energy to repair and maintain the variegation on that leaf

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    • plantgeek

      yess i love seeing everyones huge colocasias and alocasias in their yards!!! thank you!

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    • Nikiller

      You can see about 3 feet of their leaves above the hurricane privacy fences. I want to eventually get some corms from my regal shield and get some living out there like that

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