Thread: Growing during summer in the south?!

I live in the very southern states of the us where the summer temps reach anywhere from 95 to 105 degrees. I have read somewhere on here that high temps tend to cause male plants, so is growing outdoors here pointless?

The high temps will give you lots of problems outdoors. try to find a shady area thats get good sun in the morning when the temps are lower. 4 - 6 hours direct light is about all it will need outside.

im a southern outdoor grower here too....i have noticed my buds have been alot fluffy-er/airy from indoors. But i only had a chance at one strain, this year i will get to see different strains and the density of the buds.

I've been growing outdoors in the desert for over 20 years now and have never had a problem from the high temps here and it's over 100 for months at a time and often over 110! I only give them more water...not a lot at once but a moderate amount 3x's and sometimes 4x's/day and they're fine. They all grow huge and the extra-long growing season gives even the longest flowering time strains a chance to fully ripen.

when do you usually start your outdoor grow madeline & keeko?

i started about 2 weeks ago

ok thanks Keeko. So if i keep my plants in a shaded area will they still get sufficient light? I'm just really asking all these questions because i want to put the plant in the ground but it'll be a nice size before i take it out of its pot.

i would stay away from shaded areas. MJ needs atleast 5 hours of direct sunlight to do well.

will rain water harm my plants and will it flush away my nutes?

Originally Posted by GDS StonerBoy

when do you usually start your outdoor grow madeline & keeko?

I start mine indoors around the 1st of April then move them outdoors about the middle to end of May for AZ so by then they are plenty big enough to handle the critters but usually ground temperature is the determining factor for me. They just don't grow well until the ground heats up and maintains a minimum of 50 degree temp all day and night.
I've grown often in my backyard up against the east-facing side where they only get 3-4 hours of direct sunlight and they get huge and healthy. A friend grows directly under Mesquite trees where they get little direct sunlight at all and he too does very well...it all depends on your ambient light and sunlight is at a surplus out here in the desert SW so growing in the shade might not do as well in other areas of the globe.

If you have a heavy acid rain it might. Last year during one of the Cali forest fires we got a rainstorm and I happened to check the run-off for the hell of it and found it to be barely 3.0! I noticed no harm to my plants from it but am sure if they got a daily dose of such off-balanced PH I would have had some probs! But for outdoor grows I usually don't fix the PH and use it straight from the faucet/sprinkler as it doesn't seem to affect them like it does in an indoor setting...but maybe the ocassional acid rain balances it out?

Been growing outside in the SE US for several years. Summer high temps do NOT negatively affect our grows. High 90s every single day is the common mid-summer temps here. Some 100s are not uncommon.

we haven't had that problem (SW tennessee)

we just start the plants inside, wait for them to show sex and only transplant the females.

in fact our green is said to do better than that grown farther north, because we're closer to the equator and get more direct sunlight