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Sarah Samurai

Iā€™d like to hear how you let your indoor house plants get some sunshine in spring-summer-fall. Iā€™m in hardiness zone 8, and many of my philodendrons and pothos are supposedly ok outside in May-September. But Iā€™ve never tried it. I have over 200 houseplants and wonā€™t move all outside. Maybe half? Maybeā€¦ So do you just pick a day and move plants outside? Do you move some outside for daytime at first, bringing them in at night, just like hardening off young garden starts? And do you ā€˜layerā€™ them so ones at the top shade ones below? Or just place them near your house for shade? I donā€™t want to experiment with a bunch and lose them all, or cripple them.

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  1. Sunny

    Iā€™m in zone 9a, high humidity and high heat in summer. I move at least 80% of my 140 plants to my north facing covered patio. The others are too small or are in a south facing window. They get 4 hours each of morning and late afternoon light. I move some out when nighttime temperatures will stay above 50 Ā°F. I move out the tropical plants when nighttime temperatures are above 65 Ā°F. I donā€™t move them back in until autumn. I have a large covered area to protect my plants from sunburn. I recommend providing cover from the sun until the plants get slowly used to sun exposure, for the ones that like full sun. šŸ€šŸŖ“

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  2. Amy

    I have my philodendron outside on my north-facing covered porch and only bring it inside when the temps go below 50o. Iā€™m in zone 8b. Same for my pothos except itā€™s on my south-facing covered back porch. Both are thriving.

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  3. John G Amero

    Iā€™m zone 7, which with climate change means Iā€™m now zone 6 maybe, anywayā€¦ I try to put all plants that can be carried outside once frost is no longer an issue. And out of the direct sun to start. I even put them out front of my house where everyone keeps getting their Amazon purchases stolen because they are not too bright. (They might as well put a $20 on their stoops daily instead of leaving packages outside daily.) For pathos plants, I tend to try to not leave them outside just to reduce insects getting into their soil. Plus the pots are just too big and my stairs are steep to get to the outside. But all other plants, by March I treat them like kids in the house all winter. GET OUT! GET OUT! GET OUT! Go outside and let Daddy see his bedroom without a forest of plants to bump into daily.

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