Yep! You'll reflect quite a bit of the sunlight with white paint. Black absorbs the sunlight (and the heat).

Yep, the heated black pots have been accused of several types of plant problems, leave curl and wilt, using excess water, etc.

I did find that shading black pots from the colorado sun improved plant health.
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I might add that you don't have to use white, as any light color will do the job. Just thought I'd add that for the fashionistas amongst us, lol.

Shade cloth is also fairly inexpensive. While I have only seen it in green and brown and not white, it may or may not be more effective since it would provide a layer of insulation.

I was thinking about trying the light "faux stone" spray paint on my black pots until I can get better pots for transplanting. Any thoughts on whether it might harm the plants to spray paint the containers while they are occupied? I would of course shield the plant with a sheet while painting but...

Shield the plants and no harm will come to them.

Shade cloth comes in tan, brown, black, white, green, purple, and shiny aluminum. It comes in many different weights and % of sunlight admitted.

Best and cheapest place to buy shade cloth is a green house supply company.

Shade cloth is like magic for acclimating seedlings to the outdoors.

Hello, i am new to this site. i have 2 black containers that i bought at home depot are these considered landscaping containers? If so,i have painted them white after reading this post. Will they work also to take some of the heat away from my plant? Thank you, Lisa

lisa, we have no idea what kind of containers you've purchased without seeing them. If you purchased them in the garden area of Home Depot, then I guess you can presume that they are suitable for outdoor use.

As said earlier, painting black containers a light color will reflect much of the heat causing light rays.