outdoor grow in 5 gallon bucket- can it sit outside? help

I have a couple girls that I need to put outside ASAP. They are in 32 oz cups, and are 3 weeks old. The leaves are starting to droop, because either I am over watering, or are root bound. Other wise my other girls are all healthy.

Do you think they are root bound, or over watered with the droopy leaves?

Also, if I put them in 5 gallon buckets with FF ocean soil, and vermiculite or petrelite, and I drill holes on the bottom of the bucket, CAN I LET THEM SIT OUTSIDE DURING THE RAIN????? If anyone has done this PLEASE let me know.

Thank you

I would say over watered...only because I can keep a plant alive in a 16 Oz. cup for days! lol Just keep the moisture level correct. My strains are pretty hardy though...they just kind of stop growing until I give them more room to stretch their legs.

You might want to get two 5 gal buckets and cut the bottom out of one. Or get those bags of soil you can plant right into?? I still wanna try that...lazy man's outdoor.

ya i'd say your over watering them. but ya you could put them in 5 gallon buckets and leave them out. just make sure you got proper drainage.

buckets for shure . also top them to make them bush out and keep relatively low if privacy is paramount . i wood suggest perlite , ffof is sort of heavy and has wormcastings that add to it when saturated . do u have nutrients ? im vry satisfied with my ff threepack . feed at 1/2 strength if u follow their schedule , it is too rich i think 2 feed full strength .