growing under shade cloth any advice would help

[coldog117]

hey this is my first time grow im abit worried that maybe i might not be getting enough light through or should i put the cloth around the sides instead of over the top i just made the little makeshift green house for security and a wind break any advice wouldhelp alot thank you

 

[angryblackman]

I have used shade cloth in the past with great success. You should be getting plenty of light and have no issues as long as everything is stable and propped up.

 

[ruby fruit]

Grown under shadecloth for years no problem

 

[mordynyc]

Here in LV it gets hot af.
What percentage should I use?

 

[ruby fruit]

I use 70%

 

[Tas devil]

Thats good to know...was going to use at start of year but thought it would shade too much..

Has it made the girls stretch more than normal for strain used Ruby...,budding late etc..

Cheers Tas

 

[mordynyc]

I use 70%
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THanks! I assume 30% blockage

 

[ruby fruit]

THanks! I assume 30% blockage

Yes mate about that
Extreme heat shadecloth saves a bit of stress
I pretty much have to add a week to to flowering compared to being done under direct sun but quality is not affected

 

[ruby fruit]

Thats good to know...was going to use at start of year but thought it would shade too much..

Has it made the girls stretch more than normal for strain used Ruby...,budding late etc..

Cheers Tas

Sorry mate didnt see this
Mine do stretch a bit at the start but it's more because my area doesnt have 100% access to the sun...not so much the shadecloth just my fencing

 

[ruby fruit]

Shadecloth about 5ft above this plant... plus west side sun blockage and sth side partial blockage of sun
Getting the soil right is sooooo important

 

[mordynyc]

Shadecloth about 5ft above this plant...View attachment 4296993 plus west side sun blockage and sth side partial blockage of sun
Getting the soil right is sooooo important

Noice must be Sativa! are those Malawi's?
I also have 5' walls covering east and west. In late spring I get 6 hours direct sun as the angle goes higher overcome my house.
One trick is to paint the walls white but I didn't want to go blind so I painted it ivory fresco has a LRV ~80% so I get like 30k lumens bouncing off them. You can plant babies in the shade this way.
I'm thinking when it reaches over 100 (100 feels nice here and the stativas don't care) I can just block the top half enough to only block noon sun since I want the filtered sun other times and the clear sky lumens 90 degrees up.
Here they are at 6pm