Growing during summer in the south?!

[madeline]

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.

madeline Reviewed by madeline on 04-26-2007. 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? Rating: 5