Can I put the strawberries back outside?

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I bought some strawberries to put in window boxes (gardenless flat) but couldn't put them straight out because I needed to secure the boxes first and lacked the bits so they've been inside for a few days, do I need to put them out in the day and bring them back in for a little bit or clover them at night or can I just pop them out there and forget about it?

The destined spot is a high first floor, south facing window in london.

It's supposed to get really cold at night for the next week-ish so I'm leaning towards not leaving them out all the time

Help!

My strawberries live outside all year round.

@DobbyTheHouseElk I know they're normally outside all the time but I wasn't sure if being in nice toasty 20° for a bit and then being kicked back out in the freezing cold would do them in...

It might. Maybe put them outside in the day and bring them in for the night.

I'm doing the same. Bought some seedlings last week, but due to the cold and wind where I am Sth East coastal, I was worried about the strawberries. Some already have flowers, so I thought the winds might blow them off! (I'm obvioulsy not a gardener!)

Do you have an unheated room to keep them in, or on the bathroom floor? That way they arent in 20' heat all the time. I agree with hardening them off- sit outside during the day, then overnight inside, but somewhere cool. At least till next week when its supposed to warm up. I'm sure they will be fine though.

I might have an unheated room, I think the valve is stuck closed atm (smart heating... that's broken), the bathroom get cold but if the heating comes on at all the bathroom gets heated (no smart heating in here!)

Might only get down to 16ish in the cold rooms but I guess that's better than nothing, DP will just have to put up with some extra plants in his office for a bit

Just put them out through the day to acclimatise them. It doesn't take long. They'll be ready to go out permanently in a couple of weeks.

It's frustrating this unstable weather. My cucumbers are well ready to go outside but can't risk it yet.