norcal frosts this week!

hey all, I have 5 plants right now, 2 of them are within a week of being done, 1 of them is within 2 weeks, and the other 2 are not much longer either.

I'm mainly wondering what the effects of frost are on almost finished plants? and are there any other methods of protecting frost that I haven't heard about yet?

edit: one issue I've had with covering the plants is a sturdy way to do so . . . one of these nights it's going to be 31 and windy, so a simple cover wont work as it will cause too much stress to the plant . . .

31 with wind shouldn't be a problem. It's the hard freeze you have worry about. Hell, last year they snowed on mine. Broke a few branches off that weren't tied up, but other than that they were fine.

BLT

well, it's going to hit 27 the day after, no wind . . . and the next day 26.

I'm going to put up a tarp tommorrow that covers them from above alright except a part of a plant is exposed.

I know I can't just settle with that so I could use some idea's here

You can tent it with cloth, like a sheet or something. I'm not one for using tarps/plastic for covering plants cause it traps moisture and sweats. Not sure if they're in your yard or guerilla. If they're in the woods get some fabric dye and camo the sheets.

BLT

I leave mine out just to wait for a frost it bulks them up

they're within a fence on my property. the fence is inbetween a big bush to the south, and a small group of tree's to the right. so those two sides of the fence help a little.

I got an idea from a friend to put up a tarp like I normally would (tieing it to the fenceposts) and then using some fairly long sticks or something to spike into the ground, make it so the sticks circle the tarp, leaning on it. then you lean your material on the sticks and over them touching the tarp and hopefully staying put . . .

the idea is to do this on all sides giving them protection on the sides. hopefully it works.

It depends on where in Nor Cal you live I know where I am at i still have over 30 plants in the ground, doing fine, the frost doesnt worry me at all, marijuana plants are strong, they want to live and produce.They shall make it my friend, cheers

So, from reading the above posts, I am assuming that the mid 40's are of NO CONCERN?

Mid 40s shouldn't be a problem at all !!

no concern to me. mid thirty's either. we've been 35 around here and my plants have no purple or anything on them .


I got them covered well tonight though. and tomorrow night it will be even better. I'm not even worried about the frost anymore, I figured out a good way to cover them.

if I had a camera I'd take pics. but pretty much when I walk in my garden it feels much warmer in there now than outside of it.

HAH, they survived with the rig we made. it was 24 degrees out here last night.

few purple specs on some fanleaves but the buds are fine! .

got them nice and covered again, this time on all 4 sides. they're 100% covered.

froze out here again at 20F this time.

the shelter held up perfectly and I'm going to check the plants in an hour.

Frost doesn't bother the plants at all. I live in Nor Cal at 3200 feet and it has been dipping into the low 30s all week. We get anywhere from 2 to 3 lbs off of each plant had to start last week because of the rain breaking branches. this week they are coming in great and in full harvest. Have plenty if any one is in need. We have a cost delivery service to medical patients.

this frost would. it hits the mid to low 20's here when we frost. you protect them to prevent damage to the bud, such as mildew and frostbite . . .

here's a picture from the outside of the garden, them 100% protected as of tonight (we have one more frost tonight then we're clear for atleast a week.