My First Grow
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Miyagismokes
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Do you get any direct sun there?
Kush55444
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Yeah I took the pics around 3:30 in the afternoon that's when I shade them from the heat it's bad here
Kush55444
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They get direct sun from around 7 am to about 2 pm then from 5 to dark
ChevySwish
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From the looks of the scenery and description of weather it sounds like you're near me in NorCal it's been 100-110 all week. I'd recommend maybe throwing straw around the base of the plant to retain some moisture in the top layers and keep it from drying out too bad, water real early so she has time to use everything all day, check again after the 5pm sunbath and see how the soil is. It IS a weed, I've seen some plants grow in crazy extremes, harvest reflected but grew nonetheless. Looks good though man, doing great for your first time!
socaljoe
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Where I'm at in socal, the sun gets very intense. I'm using a 40%, white shade cloth. My plants get full, filtered sun all day and love it. A 10'x10' piece ran me like $15 shipped on eBay. Definitely a good option in my opinion.
Miyagismokes
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Makes sense. Top her, she looks good, but a little tall.
My trick is to plant on the edge of the canopy of a tree. South side, but in a spot that breaks up the midday sun.
The tricky part is to put it in a place that gets basically 100% spring sun, but summer sun is shaded at midday.
socaljoe
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The trick to that is having a tree to shade it.
The way I've got my setup going is I'm using an ez-up frame, replaced the canopy with shade cloth. I'm on a southern exposure, so all the plants get full morning and evening sun, but when the sun is at its most intense, like 12-4 pm, it gets filtered through the shade cloth. Pretty good setup I think, and so far it's working well.
Miyagismokes
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I do it because it minimizes heat stress.
Kush55444
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I'm just using the trees that are right behind them
I haven't topped ant of them the plant in the last pic
I want to top them I think one is autoflower and I starting to bud and I don't want to screw anything up trying to top them
Kush55444
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That's why I'm doing it it gets pretty hot here
Dmannn
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What are some of the highest temps there?
Its about 103 and 30% humidity. At around sea level. Flat, no mountains.
I have noticed that the plants love the heat as long as the roots don't get too hot. the 100 al pots seems to keep the root temps stable. The felt pots i use are tan. We had some garden variety plants in our front yard but the afternoon sun was baking the containers. The evenings do cool off to about 60s for now.
Miyagismokes
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I seem to be dealing (this year) with a particularly sensitive to heat strain, but these pics should serve as a primer as to why I do what I do...
First pic is a well rooted clone top. Note the leaf burned into a claw.
Sure, small black pot on a white surface, it was bound to get burnt, right? Maybe.
Enter item two-- same strain, the clone was the top of this plant.
Higher leaves heat stressed, the top (leaning right) looks like it's being devoured by russets, to me. But it isn't, it's sunburnt.
All today's damage.
Currently in a 100 gal tan smart pot.
I'm in the mountains, the higher the altitude the worse the UV.
ChevySwish
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I have the exact same layout and was thinking of doing this, thank you I think you were the last bit of convincing I needed (I'm stubborn)The trick to that is having a tree to shade it.
The way I've got my setup going is I'm using an ez-up frame, replaced the canopy with shade cloth. I'm on a southern exposure, so all the plants get full morning and evening sun, but when the sun is at its most intense, like 12-4 pm, it gets filtered through the shade cloth. Pretty good setup I think, and so far it's working well.
socaljoe
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Hope it works out for you. I think you'll be loving it come late July and August.
ChevySwish
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I think so, I'm battling taco leaves with almost underwatered soil because the heat and humidity up here this year.
socaljoe
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I should've mentioned this before...I got my shade cloth on eBay from a seller called smartshade8. Pretty reasonable price-wise and a lot of options regarding size. I went with white at 40%, but I just bought another 10'x10' piece of 30% white.
Miyagismokes
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Yesterday was hot enough to melt empty plastic pots....
