That's going to have to be your decision, Gina. As Alice said, I have a "mother" fiddle leaf ficus that is 25+ yr. old. She's grown in pots (the same pot for the last 10 yr.) and I had to keep her at or under 7' tall so that I could bring her inside in the fall. I moved from Starkville, Mississippi to Vero Beach, Florida, April, 2018. I spent four months acclimating this fiddle to full sun and yes, she's now growing in full sun. I moved her to in-ground in Nov., 2018. She's grown approximately 2.5' since Nov. You can't tell, but the first photo shows this fiddle at around 7' tall. Approximately 7 mo. later, she's over 9' tall. I'm about 5'10" in that photo.
Since that last photo in May, this fiddle is now over 10' tall.
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Gina, fall and winter is probably the best time to acclimate plants to full sun.
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