GarryFroker
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We are looking at 100 plus in heat for the next week. Can anybody tell me how I can keep my pots cool? That dirt gets well over 100 so I have to put my plants in the shade. So far they are doing ok, no burning or dead leaves.
How to beat the HEAT
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Chewwy1234
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Double or triple pot em 
GarryFroker
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You mean like in empty pots?Double or triple pot em
KushKing949
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you can also get a spray bottle and spray ur plants with water thru out the day tooo.....
Chewwy1234
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Yes,What kind of pots are you using?
GarryFroker
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I'm using 3-5 gallon pots. My plants are around 2 1/2 feet tall and into the third week flowering.
Chewwy1234
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Check out Orange Shovels post I think its on page 2 or 3 he's triple potting his and theres pics of his triple potted 
Chewwy1234
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Sorry page 6
Orange Shovel CAGrower
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page 13*
Angus
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Yeah, but that would just about kill the stealth factor. Browns and blacks and greens blend in pretty well in the bush. White sticks out like a sore dick.
Orange Shovel CAGrower
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well you could use her idea, just do it with green construction paper possibly. really, anything that blocks direct sunlight on the pots is good.
GoodFriend
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bury the pots in the ground my friend...
Seamaiden
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Ouch. I didn't realize stealth was a factor here. It's not my worry, click my sig line and you'll see, I keep COMPLETE control of my babies. Ok, not complete, no one can completely control everything unless it's... like sealed in a bubble. But you know what I mean.
GarryFroker
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Aw yes. How is that working?page 13*
Angus
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I'm not sure that it is, he didn't really say. I know that the only reason (most of) mine are in pots is so I can move them, so I figured if he was trying to 'beat the heat', the most obvious thing to do would be put them in the ground. Since he hasn't I figured it was for security reasons which led me to believe (my third assumption for those counting along at home) that stealth was a factor for him.
But I could be completely wrong, in which case yours is a marvelous idea
I know I'd wrap mine up quick if I wasn't worried about jackers. 
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Angus
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It's not really about blocking direct sunlight, it is that most pots are black, and black absorbs heat whereas white reflects it. Like they taught you in art class, black is really the absense of color because it absorbs all light, white is all colors, because it reflects them all. So green (especially a dark, earthy green) absorbs all colors except for green, and therefore wouldn't be much better than black.
That is really an oversimplification, but it's basically right.
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GarryFroker
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I'm doing the same thing you are, I'm moving the plants around so I can get more sunlight to them. I'm not worried about the stealth aspect since I have a wooden fence and my neighbors are clueless. They are not getting as much sunlight as I'd like because of the heat......but this was an accidental grow anyway so I'm doing the best I can. They are saying tomorrow it will be around 106 so that means in my area we'll be around 100. Looks like morning sun (around 5-6 hours) and shade the rest of the day.
I'm not sure that it is, he didn't really say. I know that the only reason (most of) mine are in pots is so I can move them, so I figured if he was trying to 'beat the heat', the most obvious thing to do would be put them in the ground. Since he hasn't I figured it was for security reasons which led me to believe (my third assumption for those counting along at home) that stealth was a factor for him.
But I could be completely wrong, in which case yours is a marvelous idea
Thanks also for the help guys, I will try your advice and pass it on to other folks when I can.
This board has been a big help in educating me along with Jorge Cervantes' latest book. Thanks to everybody!!!
Seamaiden
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Garry, my suggestion based on something South Texas told me.. I think it was him.. anyway, he was having problems with heat, as they do in Texas, and he said something about how much better his plants were doing in dappled shade. So, it's not like FULL direct sunlight, but there is still direct sunlight getting to them, and it's not full shade. Does that make sense? I'll try to find the post.
Orange Shovel CAGrower
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i did this on tuesday so i havent checked on them yet. i was planning on going tonight, but im just going to see tomorrow morning. ill let you know