Got down to 29 F — what to expect?

[Rob Roy]

I’m trying to think, but I might have read somewhere that plastic in contact with leaves will hurt the plant?

so should it be hot to the touch, warm, lukewarm?

not autos, tho I may try those next year to avoid all this hassle with bud rot and frosts!

About the temperature of a six pack of good beer on the way out.

 

[Mrs. Weedstein]

About the temperature of a six pack of good beer on the way out.

LOL, seriously? That will save me some trouble if I can just take a leak on the roots... Would all the nitrates and shit hurt the plant or is it too late to worry about that now?

 

[grapenut2457]

Spraying plants with a mist of water can protect plants from a light frost. But then you are left with moisture on a plant which can promote bud rot. Pick your poison...

 

[Rob Roy]

LOL, seriously? That will save me some trouble if I can just take a leak on the roots... Would all the nitrates and shit hurt the plant or is it too late to worry about that now?

 

[Mrs. Weedstein]

Spraying plants with a mist of water can protect plants from a light frost. But then you are left with moisture on a plant which can promote bud rot. Pick your poison...

I’ve decided I’m just gonna let them tough it out. I harvested a couple colas as a hedge but figure if the plant withstood 29 F once, they can probably do it again.

 

[grapenut2457]

Get a cloth drop sheet... a tarp of something.

 

[Mrs. Weedstein]

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Ok, I am going to give this a shot! I am coincidentally drinking a six pack... (not much of a coincidence since I do most nights, but close enough...)

 

[grapenut2457]

Everybody has old bed sheets they are never gonna use... get them all nice and resining smelling.

 

[Weouthere]

I’m trying to think, but I might have read somewhere that plastic in contact with leaves will hurt the plant?

so should it be hot to the touch, warm, lukewarm?

not autos, tho I may try those next year to avoid all this hassle with bud rot and frosts!

I think the plastic maybe might touch it, but I basically put a long ass stick in the dirt and put the bag over it, like a boner in the blankets.

 

[grapenut2457]

Up here in Canada i am used to protecting tomatoes and stuff to 26F with towels and tarps and bedsheets. The worst parts of frosts are between 6 and 8AM... in the early autumn.

 

[grapenut2457]

I think the plastic maybe might touch it, but I basically put a long ass stick in the dirt and put the bag over it, like a boner in the blankets.

Yup...boner in the old PJs...

 

[grapenut2457]

One thing I like about my plants being in pots this time of year as I move them in and out of the frost ...my arms get to smell like the sticky buds....

 

[mytwhyt]

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[Mrs. Weedstein]

I think the plastic maybe might touch it, but I basically put a long ass stick in the dirt and put the bag over it, like a boner in the blankets.

Whoa, that’s super vivid, dude. Thanks, I guess... I now know what you mean but will always have to associate it with boners in blankets, sooo...

 

[Weouthere]

Whoa, that’s super vivid, dude. Thanks, I guess... I now know what you mean but will always have to associate it with boners in blankets, sooo...

Sorry.. that’s the best way I could come up with to visualize it

 

[Roger A. Shrubber]

Thanks. What do you consider the “do not cross” threshold temperature-wise?

when it starts getting into the 50s at night..that really slows down the plants metabolism, it's only really worth it to keep going if the days are still getting over 75. if it's dropping into the 50s at night and only getting into the 60s in the day, progress will be so slow as to not be worth it anymore, to me, any way

 

[Mrs. Weedstein]

when it starts getting into the 50s at night..that really slows down the plants metabolism, it's only really worth it to keep going if the days are still getting over 75. if it's dropping into the 50s at night and only getting into the 60s in the day, progress will be so slow as to not be worth it anymore, to me, any way

That’d be tough going here in Oregon — it drops into the 50s at night even during summer. We’re known for warm days and cool nights. But yeah, now that daytime temperatures are in the 60s, I’m basically getting zero development. I’ll probably chop most of my stuff tomorrow before it starts raining again.

 

[printer]

It has been 50 F at most here for the last while, I still left the plants out because of the sunny days, at 40F I was bringing them in as they are in pots. If we still has sunny days at this temperature I would still keep them out but it looks like they will be going into my indoor grow space. Forecast is saying freezing temperatures in the daytime with no sun for the next week.

 

[Mrs. Weedstein]

I’m thinking next year I will keep my plants pruned like bonsais to a very specific size and shape, so I can just slip a garbage can or mini-greenhouse over them if it’s cold or rainy. I don’t need a huge amount of weed so I don’t mind the lower yield — would be nice to have it more manageable and not deal with quality problems like this year!

 

[grapenut2457]

Here in Eastern Canada it is 63F today and it was 32 over night. 2 weeks to go...