temps for outdoor planting

[DirtDevil]

Can plants survive high 30s and low 40s for lightly lows? I want to get a jump start on putting them out to make room for others. There have been a few frosts with the latest cold front but the weather is changing and it looks like 60s for highs and high 30s/ 40s for nighttimes lows. Im thinking of putting them out this weekend sometime.

 

[Ze w33d Farm3r]

mmm i don't think they can i think they loest the can do is the low 60s but if they exposed to that or lower temps for awhile i guess they be stunted but i'm all to sure myself if you do stick them outside try get some frost blanket or something it looks like a sheet of cotton or something that can be usually bought down the local garden centre!

my 2 cents

 

[Xdox]

Umm well I'm not expert but I have ten plants outside and it gets rather hot out during the day but right around 50 at night and they seem to be doing great. Lots of growth but thats just me.

 

[DirtDevil]

I dont buy that it needs to be 60 for them to survive, last fall they lived through 30 at night. My only concern is that these are younger plants. last year i know I waited untill late may but I just want to know if I could push it a little. Its bag seed so its not like im risking losing expensive boughten seeds.

 

[Ze w33d Farm3r]

wait im all confused now we talkin in *F or in *C? if they are young then yes they are me prone to suffer my best bet is wait till the get a certain height and width but it all really to do withe mind and the eye, do you personally think they are ready? if not wait a lil while longer if you can.

 

[Blowmonkey]

If he meant celcius, then those wouldn't be low temperatures, that would be fucking hot.

 

[badmf]

LOL, too too funny! The deal is since you know it is colder than you like. Use mulch, about 6"s and if you put water bottles out in the day they will heat from the Sun and return the heat slowly at night. Put them next to the plants.You may also cover them with a cone-like tent of clear plastic to prevent colder nights. I have had some exp. in the snow and cold isn't a good idea but if you want a real good idea use 1/2" tubing to make a greenhouse of sorts(hoophouse type)plus the h2o bottles.

 

[Ze w33d Farm3r]

lol i jus noticed that...guess it isn't my day really!

 

[zamalito]

The younger they are the more cold they can handle. I've seen seedlings handle an inch of snow and turn out fine. Above 40 and the growth shouldn't be that stunted. Below that and it's genetics age and soil temperature some can handle more and some can't. I've never heard of 40 degree temps killing a plant and would be very suprised if it did

 

[DirtDevil]

I am talking in F. because... unfortunately.... im american

 

[Blowmonkey]

Yeah, I feel for you guys.. Your dates are all fucked up, instead of cm's you've got inches, no celcius but fahrenheit. Must be a living hell.

 

[DirtDevil]

I dont know about a living hell but it is pretty fucking stupid. People never even call this place the land of the free anymore, they really have stopped. This is now the land of the morons and rednecks. God does this ever suck someone please come save me.

 

[teh_piper]

^^^ Because Bush is a moron and a redneck don't mean we all are

Anyways, my plants are about two weeks old and have been outside since sprout. The past few nights they have handled temps in the mid 40's just fine. I haven't noticed any stunting of growth. In fact they've grown a lot in the past few days.

 

[PHL8T ME]

I will end the argument. Plants will live as long as frost does not freeze the plants cells. Plant cells are 90 H2O, if this freezes, stems and leaves turn to jelly and the plant is dead. If the plants are small, take your empty 2 ltr bottles cut in half and cover the plants.....this should keep them from freezing overnight to a low temp of about 28-29 deg F. This is of course for plants in the ground. If in small pots?--bring'em indoors, hell the garage will work. Someone else mentioned that last fall their plants withstood 30 Deg F. Strong, healthy adult plants have been known (some strains anyhow) to survive a night time temp of 26-27 deg F. Personally, I've had some HK's live through 28 Deg. F. get covered with frost and only lose a few leaves to frost nip.
Good luck, hope this helps.

 

[redrider]

Where I grow it never freezes but it gets down in the lower 40s *F everynight and never gets above 75*F during the day year round and my plants grow fine.
Peace from Colombia

 

[Stoner133]

As long as the temperature stays above freezing, they will be fine.

Forums like this give us the opportunity to compare notes and learn from our mistakes. One of the lessons that we shared was comparing results as the tempetures drop.

During the '04 season, plants were seen to recover from tempetures above -5C/25F and succumb to lower tempetures. My plant took a -8C and failed to survive.

This Spring, I trusted a forecast for moderate frost and nearly lost a plant when it hit -5C. The plant survived, but was heavily damaged. Fortunately, it was a male.

 

[JJScorpio]

DD, you are in the same area as I am and it is supposed to be a great weekend with temps in the upper 60's. But, lol. You are going to have to be careful of the ground temps. Unless your plants have some size to them, the ground is still very cold. An occasional 40 degrees isnt going to kill them, but they are not going to grow very well. I tried it a few years ago and the ones I put in early were no farther ahead of the ones I waited on within a couple weeks. Its like that commercial, "its hard to fool mother nature"........

 

[DirtDevil]

The plants do have some size to them, I could get some pics up soon if requested. The main goal for me is to make room for more plants, just as long as the ones i put out stay alive. I remember a few years back putting some out in EARLY april, needless to say they died within a week, lesson learned. But its practically may now so i have decided i am going to press my luck just a bit.

 

[jaykush]

ivew had some plants that took 40 degree nights and some that couldnt take 50 degree nights, its really strain dependant. the indicas are going to do 10x better in teh cold than any sativa.