can you grow in a heavily wooded area or does it need to be completely open thank in advance +rep all answers
The simple answer is yes you can put your plants in a forested area as long as sun breaks through the canopy. but your plants will not grow to their full potential.
Last year my friend and I both got the same clones, I had 5 and he had 12, He put his in a forest with limited lighting and they did not grow to anything special, a few died from animals but the ones that survived only grew to about 2-3 feet. he got a total of 6 oz from his 10 or so from his tiny plants and the bud was not the greatest, he ended up just sellin it all.
But for my clones i found a large opening in a young pine forest, it was about 15 ft x 30 ft, so they got tons of sunlight everyday way more than my friends clones. Mine grew wayyyy bigger, aroung 5-6 ft and bushy as fuck I couldnt even get my arms around them. I ended up getting around 12 oz from my 5 clones, and my bud was way better too smelled better tasted better looked better.
So yes you can, but the more sunlight you get the better quality, i recommend using google earth to get a look of the forest you want to use to see if there are any significant openings in it where your plants will thrive, alternatively you could just plant on the edge of the forest making sure theres eneough light