FROST: general rules from experience....
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2d9s
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yikes!!! same thing happen to me...
hard frost (had to pull them) and now a week of very warm weather...
MeanGreenFarmingMachine
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trouble27
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What part of the central valley are u from I'm from the 209 and it freezes pretty often at night.I have also wondered the same thing guess the only way to find out for sure is to throw a few out and hope for the best .
kittylovesmeow
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Is there a frost in southern california??
newbie9
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It CAN frost there but usualy no it will not. The higher elev counties usualy get the frost.
kittylovesmeow
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Yeah I thought so. Thanks
mikeandnaomi
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Its 11/12/2012 here outside of Sacramento. I still have an OG plant growing. I have it i a nice big bucket and I take it into the garage at night. I see that its still adding bulk and the trichomes looking excellent.
If your growing HAZE(s) you'll have to get them through at least November.
Nice thread NEWBIE9
If your growing HAZE(s) you'll have to get them through at least November.
Nice thread NEWBIE9
charliedog8
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I've had a couple of frosts so far, but the girls are still looking good. Most of the fan leaves are gone. I have noticed that, at least where I am, the frost is only in the lower elevations. Also, although you can really see the white frosty pasture, it doesn't seem apparent in the woods. Maybe its warmer there. I am also wondering if my girls are acclimated to my area as I used seeds from last year's harvest.
wantssumfuk
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this is grate news for me! i live in colorado were at the end part of are cold season so i know i can handle a late freeze if i have to 
Colorado here as well, Steamboat Springs. I do notice that my chives last a lot longer thru repeated coldness than do my cilantro and wife's flowers. It would appear that various plants fare better than others. Genetics and "weeding" out the weaklings as to genetics would appear to have merits. I am focused with auto and fem traits being this high and getting snow in June and as early as late August. At 7000ft cold temps are a given. Choose wisely your strains and grow like a champion. Fast and furious up here with sick sunshine and great new legislation. Wish you all a prosperous and private grow this year, Merry Christmas in advance.
Shaggn
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Due to unforeseen reasons, I had to put my blooming ladies (4weeks in) outside. Temps were around -6 (18-22) range. I put them inside a couple large packing boxes with some blankets to block the cold as best as I could. They were there for about 5 hours and showed minimal (most no damage at all) signs of damage due to the extreme cold temps. The more Sat dom ones turned a darker green but none of them lost any leaves. We will see if the roots managed to make it as they have only been back in the tent for 1 day. I think they can handle some pretty extreme temps as long as they have some cover, and obviously only exposed to this environment for the shortest amount of time possible. Peace!!
Walter9999
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My girl is finishing up now outdoors and her fan leaves turned a purplish color after recent high 30s temps. It's a blueberry and she's 45 days into flower.
Next time that happens get some rock or brick, put it in the oven @225 or so for an hour. Then wrap in a cheap cloth and put in with the ladies. We do that back in Nebraska for an early frost when we still can get extra tomatoes. I have do it here in Steamboat with something like your rig for the wife's flowers and my oregano and basil. Make sure the box is fairly airtight.
I can't say enough good things about Holland's Hope or similar strains. I THANK the wonderful people in the NLands that developed this strain & her relatives for us "northerly" folks. I was able to get some HH seeds from a friend studying abroad in Amsterdam when I was in school in VT many moons ago (HH had taken the cup that year I believe) and I couldn't believe how AWESOME Hollands Hope did in the VT mountains climate. My crop that year took on 2 frosts & kept beating. I was also growing off an old logging trail many miles up an old mountainside, and the area surrounding my crop was boggy and wet (but WELL hidden hence me choosing it after many scouting missions). Boggy & wet means BUGS and MOLD, NEITHER of which played ANY factor with my HH plants. Again, I was LUCKY & BLESSED to not have those problems, but I feel I owe a BIG RESPECT & LOVE to the Dutch guys who made that possible. I wouldn't push my plants like that now as I have a more controlled outdoor growing area established that i can "protect", but doing your research about which strains CAN handle early frost, etc will do you wonders. Sorry for ranting, this thread just reminded me of this. On a side note, I've also heard that covering your outdoor plants with black garbage bags or paper bags on frost-possible nights MAY save them. If moistures not allowed to gain access to the buds or plant, the cold is nothing for them to survive! Again don't push it but it CAN be done with care & preparation!!!Lots of strains of cannabis can handle a pretty strong frost. I've had plants handle frosts as low as 28 degrees F without killing the plant.
Things to consider, some strains are more sensitive to frost than others, if they are in pots this can make them more sensitive.
Sativa strains tend to be more sensitive to frost than Indicas. Indicas and Indica dominant hybrids are capable of handling frosts as low as 28F. but there have been reports of sativas handling frosts just as well.
I'll leave this sticky open to discussion for other experienced users to post their experiences, I will compile it into this. I felt this was needed as this question gets asked a lot when a frost comes by.
you can protect the plants if they are of manageable size or if you are handy enough to build a sturdy setup.
this can be as basic as a pvc greenhouse with plastic wrapped around, or even sheets if properly secured to not touch the plants... or as large as a full car port with greenhouse grade plastic secured.
how much the temperature rises the next day also tends to define how the plant deals with the frost. if it frosts and it rises up to 65 degrees+ with sun in the daytime, the plant is much more likely to take the frost and keep growing vs a plant that takes a hard frost and sees a 45 degree day with clouds....
cooler temperatures (55-40 degrees F) will definitely bring out some purpling in some strains, and cause flowering to speed up, nights that dip into the 35F zone boost this even more, bringing out even more color.
sorry for the organization of this thread, guess I'm too much of a stoner after all