FROST: general rules from experience....

That is true about the purpling. last years harvest handled the frost quite well. Every leaf and hairs turned purple. This years offspring surprisingly turned pink with a slight red-rose tint but the leaves are true green,although the stems are deep purple...

Thanks for this thread. Last year I pulled my plants early due to expexted frost. This year I am going to try and stick it out. We already had one frost where I covered the plants and the did fine except for a few places where they were touching the plastic. The buds are really getting fat but most of the pistols are still white

oldster said:

Thanks for this thread. Last year I pulled my plants early due to expexted frost. This year I am going to try and stick it out. We already had one frost where I covered the plants and the did fine except for a few places where they were touching the plastic. The buds are really getting fat but most of the pistols are still white

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i hear you, this is my first time growing cannabis and i am constantly bird dogging ladies...

i live in maine, and had my second frost last night. first we had a wind storm that almost claimed the life of my fat blueberry, and then two days of frost back to back! no signs of damage from these frost's though. i wanted to pull my ladies immediately after the frost, but the plants are not ready yet.


i think i too will take my chances and leave them in the ground at least until 30% of pistols are orange/ brown. my trichs are cloudy as well, hoping for some amber soon.

This is not the frosty buds i had in mind

i just moved from sunny so cal to the south USA it gets cold, thankx for the info i mad notes in my planner for the next grow season, but how cold can a new transplant stand,

reason for asking ill start mine indoors and transplant outdoors, the seasons seem to change slow so i would like to get them out ASAP

Still got my 4 plant percy patch going, I live in Canada so I'm getting worried. My Sativa Doms have been surviving 2 degree nights no problem. I think the important thing is that fact that its so sunny and warm in the day. We have a 2 day no sunshine rain fall expected tomorrow, the buds are decent but not ready. Should I wait it out? or not risk the possibility of rott?

heres my 1 plant been out doors,started the seed on july 4th vegged indoors for 2 weeks then set out side,,im kinda new here and found this topic very helpful as its not getting cooler at night here in tn.already desided this girl will stay out side through the next 2 weeks,she is only now getting a few red hairs,still pushing out whites and pink hairs,nice hard packed buds that still growing,ill keep you guys posted bi daily as to how she holds up to the cooler night,thanks for all the great info on this subject,shes 9 week in flower,only fed with rainwater and nice mixture of 2 soils,25 inch tall,not a big plant but forsure a potent one.this came from my bother in co,sent me a few seeds from one of his mm buys,he said it was called purple crush,so thats what i call it,lol
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There was a pretty good frost here last night, 0*C for about 6-8hrs and the one plant that didn't get chopped last night survived just fine. Some of the leaves that were half dead looked rough but other than that she was basking in sun till she got chopped this afernoon. I didn't chop due to the frost, it was just time.

grower1717 said:

I understand , i used a 10X to see the trichomes and 80% of them are grey not clear , should i allow few days ? i noticed that in my last grow that was pulled to early that the trichomes can become from cristal clear to a shiny amber in the drying and curring process . Should i chop them or allow another few days . I am worry about the thing that they result in a strong couchlock .

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lol,yeah,just watch them,my plants about 2% amber,60 cloudy and the rest clear.maybe 2 % red hairs,some yello,some pink,some green maybe a touch of purple,and alt of pink,,guess that why its called pink crush,,btw,i plan on letting her go 2 more weeks,now is in week 9,possible 10

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Supposed to go down to 25 tomorrow nite... My girls (Deadhead OG & Black Cherry) did fine 2 weeks ago when it dipped to 27 - I covered them w/ an old patio umbrella w/ sheets/blankets hung from the sides. Anybody have thoughts on adding a few pavers stones heated in the oven for a few hours to the tent for the 25 night? I'm trimming as fast as I can... lol SO much out there - a blessing and a curse @ this point in the season!!!! Thanks for any thoughts, this is my 2nd year growing, and 1st time posting Such a wealth of great info on this site - thanks to all who take the time to share their experience w/ us newbies

it hasnt been under about 50 here few nights so far,im hopeing it dont get below about 40 for the next week or 2,i have heard about the hot rock trick,supposed to work pretty good,a large garbage can would fit over my plants,only im hopeing i wont have to use them,mine should finnish off in next 2 weeks,there about 10 week in flowering already,still growing

If they are still shooting out new green pistols and growing should i just let it keep going as long as the weather permits? I had unusually warm October here in Michigan so my couple girls are still growing.

id keep it growing till it starts to turn out about 50 to 60% amber tricombs, and most the hairs have changed colors,depending on the kind of high you want

if i pull it before all the pistols change, will the finish changing while in the drying process?

they will cure fine,as long as u cure them right,the white hairs will trun red or diffent colors,cure it right u be fine

the younger buds is longer process,if u want them to grow more in cure,min 6 week,in my experience

if u cure right u will lose alot of weight,but if done right,u will gain some back,ive seen 3/4 weight gone,before going into jars,and 1/4 comeing back after about a 10 week cure

rule should be,how ever long they been in flower,is how long u need to cure it

im sure all the real grower will back that up