Howdy Everyone, I Was Just Wondering How Much Direct Sunlight Does A Plant Need Thats Being Grown Outdoors. The Planned Circumstances Are That I Have An Atrium Inside My House That Isn't That Larger. (An Atrium Is A Place Outdoors That Is Surrounded By Your House On All Four Sides). It Is Approx About 25 Feet By 25 Feet, Therefore My House Casts Shadows Upon The Open Space Of The Atrium During The Day.

Will This Be A Problem Growing Outdoors Starting April In So. California? ,Do Plants Feed Off Simple Sun Light Or Direct Sunlight? All Advice Would Be Appreciated.

I'm A Pretty Smart Guy And I Catch On To Stuff Fast, I Just Want To Keep My Learning Mistakes To A Minimum.

I Was Also Thinking Of Vegitating In My Backyard And Then moving the plants into my atrium during Flowering (when The Plant Becomes Valuable And Smelly.) Would This Work? ,I Would Love To Take Advantage Of My Atrium In My House, Since The Atrium Would Block Neighborly Views, Potent Smells And Thieves.

well, lets just say I've planted a seed under a tree, and I got a quarter ounce off of it. They're definitely a hardy plant and can make due with what they're given. I think your atrium would be fine.

For many ( most varieties) the more the better. I give my outdoor plants about 9-11 hours/day direct light.

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Since you are planning for the vegetation stage to be away from the atrium, you don't have a problem. The minimum amount of daily sunlight cannabis needs is 6 hours. Flowering stage in the atrium should be fine as long as the plant gets access to the daylight cycles. It can survive the flowering stage in the atrium.

By daily sunlight I mean 6 hours direct sunlight. 16 hours a day minimum for the vegetation stage.

How do you get 16 hours of sunlight a day??? I cant seem to get the sun to not go down at night = 0


You should be fine growing in your Atrium, but you are going to want to try and get the most direct sunlight you can. For instance, what you could do is, put the plant, so that it is all the way up against the WEST wall in the morning. The sun rises in the east, so the WEST wall will see the sun first. You see what I mean?? Then in the middle of the way when the whole Atrium is geting lit up. Move it to the East side, so you get the most direct sunlight when the sun starts to dip below the Atrium.

I hope you understand, if not then I will try and explain it better again.

Basically its just moving the plant from on side to the other. It would be a bit of work on your part to do this, but even an extra hour or so of direct sunlight a day, will give you a much better plant.

Good luck to ya mate <3

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Thanks. Yeah, I like the idea of vegetating outside the atrium. I would really like to use the atrium during flowering because that is when my plants will become valuable and smelly.

Thanks a lot crackinthebox. That's a good idea. I kind of thought of that, but if I forget a day or two will it ruin the plant, since I'm giving it inconsistent cycles? Now that I think about this, this atrium is so cool. It's like my moat for my plants. Thanks a lot.

I must have been unclear.

Of the 16 hours of daylight recommended during the vegetation stage, at least 6 hours must be direct sunlight.

the names jackinthebox... not crackinthebox lol.

Anyways, if you forget to move the plant its not such a big deal, the plant will still recieve sunlight, just not direct sunlight, which wont be as beneficial. Just think about in nature, some days are cloudy, some days are sunny, some days are rainy. Sunlight is never going to be consistant in an outdoor grow, but giving your plant the most direct sunlight possible, would help it out extremly

Goodluck to ya mate <3

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