Harvest Before or After First Frost?

GrowThrive

GrowThrive

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Vapekush said:
In order to kill your plant with cold, it's got to be really cold out like 33-40 Fahrenheit. A frost or 2 will not hurt a fully grown plant.

Cooler temps tend to bring out purple colors but the plant also wants to protect itself from the cold so it produces more trichs. Think of it as a sparkling THC sweater. Clearly there are limits to how many trichs a plant will produce so there is no point in letting them go for more than 1 or 2 frosts.
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Thats a good point. ^ . If you can get a 60X+ scope and look at the trichs themselves , your ladies might be ready before first frost , pending strain and or if there an earlier flowering strain, I always say you never know until you Magnify Trichs wont lie, But Hairs will! and yeah usually after the first or second frost pending how temps fluctuate in your area! Happy Grow Lucky!
 
GrowThrive

GrowThrive

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and another thing bro, you keep talking weeks, when growing out door Ive just recently learned its totally different then indoor the photo period and all thats different , thats why they state with seeds both indoor and outdoor flowering , indoor goes by weeks, outdoor is time of year
 
JayTrinity

JayTrinity

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Hit 41 last night. Plants shit thc all over, what a mess. Sadly the blue dream is still blue not purple.
 
poplars

poplars

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mine usually go through a frost every year, I say harvesting after a frost with completely done bud is gonna be a LOT more potent than harvesting before a frost.
 
HydoDan

HydoDan

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How many of you have actually seen what a heavy frost can do to a plant.. I have.. let it freeze if you like black slimy leaves, totally ruined buds and a waste of time.. happened once.. never again!! Just my 2 cents...
 
seanmace54

seanmace54

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Vapekush said:
In order to kill your plant with cold, it's got to be really cold out like 33-40 Fahrenheit. A frost or 2 will not hurt a fully grown plant.

Cooler temps tend to bring out purple colors but the plant also wants to protect itself from the cold so it produces more trichs. Think of it as a sparkling THC sweater. Clearly there are limits to how many trichs a plant will produce so there is no point in letting them go for more than 1 or 2 frosts.
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I live in Vermont and you don't get frost until its 32 degrees. Hard freeze is mid 20s. I feel it's safe to assume that water freezes/crystalizes at the same temp everywhere. If u say 33-40 is frost n will kill plants my northern vt plant must be Superman cause we for frost this morning n will again today. Its been in the 30-40s everyniggt for a week. Mines still got clear trichomes. The pistils r 50/50. Still a good healthy plant
 
Happygirl

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Dankenfest said:
IMO when to harvest has much more to do with the state of the trichs than the temperature. Weather can be totally random, your first frost could come weeks earlier than you're expecting, making your harvest too early if you harvest based on the frost schedule, or you could hit a warm spell and the trichs could degrade too far while your waiting for that silly frost to come already. If it comes early I recommend (if this is possible in your situation) covering the plants with as light a plastic garbage bag as you can find so you can keep the plants going a few more weeks. Good luck!
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Yup what they said!
 
CriticalCheeze

CriticalCheeze

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I take precautions and have a portable green house i put over them. frame is wrapped in plastic. sun during the day keeps heat trapped inside. when its 30-35 out my plants enviorment stays about 50-55. Just build a big frame to put around them and wrap them in plastic. just dont let any plastic touch the plants or buds.
 
mojoganjaman

mojoganjaman

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I grow 20+ per year in my yard...I cannibalized a swamp cooler to make a big squirrel fan...moves the air over my yard, and frost is a non-issue....mind you, living on a lake does help....hth




mojo
 
Happygirl

Happygirl

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CriticalCheeze said:
I take precautions and have a portable green house i put over them. frame is wrapped in plastic. sun during the day keeps heat trapped inside. when its 30-35 out my plants enviorment stays about 50-55. Just build a big frame to put around them and wrap them in plastic. just dont let any plastic touch the plants or buds.
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We had contractor bags thick didn't really do any damage but don't think the girls liked the bags. Tough love
 
Happygirl

Happygirl

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Ahhh that was the disgusted drooping leaves (toxic build-up) they gave me when I removed the bags lol. Got a good 7 day forecast night temps good also the girls will be happy about that. Thanks for info.
 
Bud Farmer

Bud Farmer

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Harvest when the plant is ready. I like milky trichs with a few Amber here and there. Maybe 10 percent Amber.
I always felt frost and wind blowing while my plants are frozen would cause trichs to start falling off like crazy. Think of bubble hash. When you throw iced water to the trim, buds or whatever you're using, this causes the trichs to break loose. Wouldn't the frost covered plant catching some wind cause the same effect?
 
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