The weather guy in my city said its 36' tonight. my plants have till mid nivember befor harvest time. Is this to cold of a temp for the flowers? all plants r in ground btw.
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How cold can Mj handel?
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I've seen frost as high as 38 degrees but I think it depends on the dew point. You can throw plastic over em at night to prevent frost or freezing should the temp get any lower between now and harvest. You can drape the plastic over a stick etc to keep it from molesting the glands.
Cold temps can slow the ripening process. But you probably still have warm enough days to finish up.
Cold temps can slow the ripening process. But you probably still have warm enough days to finish up.
I have lost many a crop but if it goes down to 10 this is the lowest I have had my bud in the morning.Anything below this you can kiss it goodbuy and it will depend on the bud some fair better then others peace out Headband707
I was going to say this but it gets kinda mushy lol when you push it this much..... I don't like to see my bud freeze.. headband707
MajLeeStoned
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Cannabis easily survives sub freezing temps. Depends mostly on how cold for how long and if they were planted in pots or the ground. There will likely be no further growth, but what is there will continue to ripen.
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You can wrap them with the anti frost cloth on cold nights, it is exposure to the freezing wind that really harms them, when it gets down to around Zero C, 32 F.
Wet or dew covered buds can be dried nicely with a leaf blower in the mornings.
Good luck
Wet or dew covered buds can be dried nicely with a leaf blower in the mornings.
Good luck
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thunderbunny
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If your plants are healthy, they can handle 36 degrees F. without even breaking a sweat!
My 2009 Calizahr (Chimera Seeds) went through 3 nights below freezing (32 deg F) in early October. The harvest date in my area for this strain is October 15th...Oct 13 and 14 dropped to 27 degrees F with the same temps being forecast for the night of the 15th.
I harvested during the day, on the 15th. The largest fan leaves were definitely curled up dead, but a lot of the interior leaves were still kicking. The buds were all fine, even after those two, very cold nights. The tips of the largest, main colas were definitely "burned". The colas were about two feet long, and the last 1 or 2 inches was burned and turned to a brown color by the frost. Once the weed was dried, and cured, there was no difference whatsoever between the undamaged and the damaged buds...the damaged ones were a little harsher, but the smoke was still grade A and just as potent as the undamaged buds.
Mid November? thats pretty late in the season. Are the plants nearby where you can cover them or even place 5 gallon jugs of boiling hot water in the garden at night...when I have to do the hot water method, I put the water jugs out there at 3 am or later, because the frost forms at dawn. The hot water jugs seem to form a dome of protection around the plants about two feet in every direction from the containers. I only do this in my backyard gardens though, it is kind of hard to haul water out into the woods at 3 am
and very spooky too!
Good Luck
Thunderbunny
My 2009 Calizahr (Chimera Seeds) went through 3 nights below freezing (32 deg F) in early October. The harvest date in my area for this strain is October 15th...Oct 13 and 14 dropped to 27 degrees F with the same temps being forecast for the night of the 15th.
I harvested during the day, on the 15th. The largest fan leaves were definitely curled up dead, but a lot of the interior leaves were still kicking. The buds were all fine, even after those two, very cold nights. The tips of the largest, main colas were definitely "burned". The colas were about two feet long, and the last 1 or 2 inches was burned and turned to a brown color by the frost. Once the weed was dried, and cured, there was no difference whatsoever between the undamaged and the damaged buds...the damaged ones were a little harsher, but the smoke was still grade A and just as potent as the undamaged buds.
Mid November? thats pretty late in the season. Are the plants nearby where you can cover them or even place 5 gallon jugs of boiling hot water in the garden at night...when I have to do the hot water method, I put the water jugs out there at 3 am or later, because the frost forms at dawn. The hot water jugs seem to form a dome of protection around the plants about two feet in every direction from the containers. I only do this in my backyard gardens though, it is kind of hard to haul water out into the woods at 3 am
and very spooky too!
Good Luck
Thunderbunny
thanks for the jug idea Ill have to try this.
thanks to all who stoped by to give there thoughts. sounds like my plants will be fine.
limegreensuit
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what strain were you running?
Im running bagseed crossed that I nade last summer.
1 of the plants is turning a nice purple color.
1 of the plants is turning a nice purple color.
Cannabis easily survives sub freezing temps. Depends mostly on how cold for how long and if they were planted in pots or the ground. There will likely be no further growth, but what is there will continue to ripen.
PPp
Well again I think it might depend on the bud lol.. I have had bud that made it through a winter in BC .. yeah it was a pretty mild winter but it did regenerate the next year which really surprise the shit out of me when I seen the thing growing again lol. It was Pink Skunk as I can remember . Then I had a thia die at 10 degrees so I do believe it's the type of bud or even perhaps the conditions ect. that might determine this. Altitude will play a big role here...There are certian breds that do better in the great white north but that doesn't mean they are great bud lol peace out Headband707
OK so the flowers did fine. now the weather guy says its gunna get down to 37 by midnight which is in like an hour. I wanted to take the ladies to nivember 15th to 18th so they can fully ripen.Cannabis easily survives sub freezing temps. Depends mostly on how cold for how long and if they were planted in pots or the ground. There will likely be no further growth, but what is there will continue to ripen.
PPp
best wishes with the temps and harvest
this is getting me kind of paranoid, i put out so many mini clones a few weeks ago, almost all strains that'd handle pm just fine from the cold and the wet, but if it gets close to freezing i don't think they'd fair too well since they're all sativas for the most part, might need to drag them in now hmmmmmm
thunderbunny
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Mr Cheesebuds:
Did your plants make it through to the 18th or did you have to harvest earlier than that?
Again, cannabis plants laugh at 37 degrees...that is not even below freezing yet, so they would be fine!
Hope everything came out OK for ya
Good Luck
Thunderbunny
Did your plants make it through to the 18th or did you have to harvest earlier than that?
Again, cannabis plants laugh at 37 degrees...that is not even below freezing yet, so they would be fine!
Hope everything came out OK for ya
Good Luck
Thunderbunny
bozga
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g13/Diesel x AmnesiaHaze/Arne
they did just fine. they must be some heave dudy ladies.
https://www.icmag.com/ic/userimages...8c34308b83decc1395b0_519547.jpg?dl=1287998823
best bud i ever grew,they can handle a lot ....
best bud i ever grew,they can handle a lot ....
