FROST: general rules from experience....

and hers my update for last few days ,first 3 pics was yesterday after low of 36,4th pic was of one bud today,after low of 32 last night,last 2 pics is of a main top off the lowest part of plant,i cut it and trimed it so i could better see what it looked like with no leaf.Its solid hard and weighs about 1 oz as show in pic,so i decided it needs about 5 to 7 more days,therefore its inside tonight as it will be 30 and i dont want to stress her more if im going to try keep her going 1 more week,tomm it will start to warm up more agian,lows in 40s n 50s,high of about 70 by wensday,iill put her back out for 5 more days after tonight,,


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This is my first grow in many years,im trying to make it the best too,shes still pushing out white and pink hairs,so ill push it up to 1 more week,trichs are just perfect 50/50 id like more amber for my use,so here we go,push it to perfect

kstub said:

Hey Freda, glad you got your girls in! I don't think they would have liked staying out in that weather - the fact that it wasn't going to warm up for shit the next day. A forecast like that prob would've made me decide to pull too! 1 weather report in my area said it may go down to 9 or 10 on Monday!!! CRAP!! Not enuf umbrellas or Snuggle Safes in the world for that shit!!!! I'll be trimming 'til further notice...

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and please give us an update on your grow hun,and tell this girl or guy im right,lol

Just went back, and what JoOb stated was correct - those were not his words. Would tone it down just a tad with accusations too, talking shit about the skill of another knowing nothing about them is more than a bit of bullshit, and you're going to punch the hornets nest until you get stung for doing so - fair warning.

Some people's kids.

All BS aside, it's going to be in the low 30's here in a couple of days. I'm putting up tarp to cover the plants and I'll be sticking a small ceramic heater near by the plants to help a bit. 2 weeks or so till harvest so I need a little luck and heat.

Alright! FINALLY got all the trimming done Google weather is smoking some serious crack - said it was going to be 9 degrees, actually was 31!!! Stupid panic-inducing Google Oh well, it was a good excuse to get it all in, and now I don't have to worry anymore!! I think all told I'm going to end up w/ about 1 3/4 #'s from 6 plants - most of that was on the Black Cherry & Deadhead OG, the others just gave me an oz or 2 each I'm set 'til next harvest, YEAH!!! Here's my fave pic - a 1 gallon jar full of Black Cherry

Pass that Cherry jar.

Congrats. That's a fat jar.

ULEN said:

Pass that Cherry jar.

Congrats. That's a fat jar.

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Thanks Ulen - I almost hate to get into it, as I know I will get sadder & sadder as it gets emptier & emptier! lol

Bubba Kush from Greenhouse Seeds is pretty frost resistant, let it go deep into October up here in Canada. You're better off starting them indoor late March or early April at the latest if you use seeds like I do, lights on when the sun rises & off when it sets. Or keep a mother plant & clone a few branches in the early spring. I put my plants out first week of June because the spring storms are still pretty wicked until then, and start introducing the bloom nutes at the summer solstice. The best thing to do is to try to beat the frost.

All right guys I still have two plants outside right now. One is a mulanje andthe other is just some bag seed that looks like it is some type of pure sativa as well.

We have had quite a few nights now in the upper 20's but all but one having relatively light frost. One night dipped down to 23 after it was forecasted to be 17. It never got that cold but it did get down to 23 with a northerly wind around 5 mph. That means of course no frost. Around 3 days or so ago it got down to 28 and had a pretty heavy frost. This dinged up the mulanje pretty good as it burnt off all her fan leaves. The bag seed sativa it didn't harm at all.
These babies are out in the woods in a clearing so during growth they received a lot of sun. They got big! Both around 15ft tall and 10 ft wide. About the size of doublejj's plant that was a big one. Since the sun is down on the horizon it is not getting enough light to fill out properly and finish. It is close to finishing right now as I will cut them inthe next few days. But I thought I would give you guys some thought on not just how cold it is going to get but also is their any wind? Is the ground warm enough to draw heat from? What can I feed them to help withstand the cold? Any surrounding structures like a brick building or trees that could give off some heat to keep them healthy when the temps get low. Certain varieties of the same family can take the cold better than others.
Oh my plants have no purpling in them at all and smell so fruity.
This is the first time I have let plants go this long outdoors and it was this thread to got me to thinking of trying on a couple of plants that didn't matter. Don't know about you guys but sometimes here it will go down to freezing and go back up in the 70's and low 50's for a month before the cold sets in.
I'm hoping for a harvest of around a couple pounds each. If you saw them like a couple of buddies have you would think 5-7 but they didn't receive enough direct sunlight the last 1.5 months to put on serious weight, too many foxtails.

My c99's were half as big and will yield as much, also my Wonder Woman yielded very well and is a nice smoke but not near as strong as some Violator Kush but a nice sized plant only yielded 4.8 oz. It will make your toes curl.

Wanted to update my outdoor plants, I cut my mulanje and hauled her back last sat. That night it got down in the low teens, went out that afternoon which never got above freezing and that darn bag seed plant was still kicking!!!!
It had some limbs on her that looked gone but the fan leaves were dead and the sugar leaves still nice and mushy! Buds felt all right as well! Very very impressed with the hardiness of this mystery plant.
I ended up toting her back with me anyways. I cut her in 3 pieces and hauled her out like a lumber jack toting his saw. Wore my ass out I could hardly walk she was so heavy. I'm a big boy and I was ready for a breather! My estimated guess on how much she weighed total with the main stalk, stems etc was around 90lbs. This was with next to no fan leaves. The stalk on her is the size of a mans calf. Lot of weight! And smells so good like Mango! Im going to try her out in the next week after she dries a bit to see how she tastes. Don't expect a lot but you never know.

Btw how do you post pics here w/o getting busted for this fictional story??

If you think about it, if Cannabis is planted at the right time of year in the right climate with near to accurate light and dark intervals it can work just as well as someone growing hydroponically

while I have no personal experience to confirm this, I see absolutely no reason why the plant would lose all it's potency just because it died. just harvest it as soon as you can, when it's done its done!<<<<<tru dat

poplars said:

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.

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Awesome info! So the cold speeds up flowering?

I'm all for some good ol outdoor cool temps when it comes to indicas, brings out some real nice purple resinous plants. no deal with the pure sativas though, temps under 5-6c degrees(Celsius) start to slow them down a bit for sure, especially temp sensitive tropical strains like thai,colombian etc. some stop growing if the daily temps aren't over 18c.

Someone told me their plants handled a -5c degree night fine, but lots of freezing nights will kill your plant eventually.

Pakistani Chitrali mountains(kush) have some of the coldest temps around. My Afghani could handle frosts and still thrive.

We got 16" of snow last year on dec.10. I still had 2 sativa strains in the greenhouse. Temps well below freezing for 3 days. The tomatos I had in there turned black overnight, but the pot was fine. smoking some oil from it right now. Dont worry there pretty tuff if they grow up outside-------------mike

Damn that gives me some hope for the Malawis. I get mid 60's daytime temps in may with late 40's to early 50's at night, is that all good for pure sativas?. Malawi is pretty hardy.

We try to grow a strain of sativas every year. Sometimes I run out of weather here in mariposa. The strain we grow needs mid dec. to finish real well. Much harder to keep happy that late in the year. It worked out this year. That snow scared me though I think as long as they have been out in it all there life they do better than shut'ins. 40 seems just fine----mike