Direct Sunlight

Should my plants be in direct sunlight for most of the day? Even in the socal heat?

yes, just be sure to water often according to container size.

an ideal container size if I was to keep my plants in a container throughout the season?

the ground

porrohman said:

an ideal container size if I was to keep my plants in a container throughout the season?

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10 gallon Has never failed me.

i'm in the ground and i have my ladies where they get morning and early afternoon sun but are shaded during the 4pm heat. Working well so far.

It's 100 + degrees here, and was last summer. No issues long as they have enough water

Awill1818 said:

10 gallon Has never failed me.

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try growing in the ground and then u might consider the 10 gallons a failure. the difference in yield is off the charts. last year i yielded a little over 5 1/2oz off of a 1 foot platinum og in the ground. that would have never happened in a 10 gal pot. u can still get good quality but i always recommend throwing them in the ground if u can.

I can't dig up the yard where I'm staying or I totally would have. My 2nd grow next year is going to be magnitudes bigger than this year. I already can't wait Let's just hope I manage to get something out of this years!

I guess what im trying to ask is should I keep them in a lot of direct sunlight or more in the shaded side?

Stride said:

I guess what im trying to ask is should I keep them in a lot of direct sunlight or more in the shaded side?

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Keep them in as much direct sunlight as possible. If they go from inside make sure to train them to handle the sun during some days - at least 3-4 days. If they go from weaker light to lots of direct sunlight they'll get burned.

^^^ what he said

you want them to get all the direct sunlight that they can get
just make sure you dont let the soil dry out too much

The more sun the better!

Stride said:

I guess what im trying to ask is should I keep them in a lot of direct sunlight or more in the shaded side?

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Use direct sunlight. I live in Hawaii and put my plants directly in the sun, my plants love the sun. I am certain that the sun is a lot stronger in Hawaii compared to N California

Get the biggest container you can. 20 gal works for me. The more direct sunlight the better but a little shade late afternoon can be good.

I don't know what the weathers like in Cali, but direct sunlight all day here in Texas will kill-even with good watering skills.
That's why I do as much full sun as possible till about three or four, then shade/partial shade the rest of the day. Too damn hot after that.

Theowl said:

I don't know what the weathers like in Cali, but direct sunlight all day here in Texas will kill-even with good watering skills.
That's why I do as much full sun as possible till about three or four, then shade/partial shade the rest of the day. Too damn hot after that.

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Same here. MOST of the time it isn't too hot but in 110 degrees and 10% humidity they tend to fry sometimes in the late afternoon sun.

complete full sun all day + lots of water