Plants in wind storm

CA MTN MAN

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For those of you in central California, your know how windy it is right now, for those who aren't, it's crazy windy lol. Does anyone have plants outside right now ? If so how are they holding up in the wind and what are y'all doing to keep them up ?
 

saiyaneye

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I mean, i would keep inside. Wind can help strengthen the shit out of your plants....think of supercropping. Where you bend the branch. It will most likely heal.
 

757growin

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I mean, i would keep inside. Wind can help strengthen the shit out of your plants....think of supercropping. Where you bend the branch. It will most likely heal.
Think of windburn. Where the water is leached faster from the leaves then the plant can uptake from the roots. I got windburn 2 weeks ago. They recovered. Not the 1st time it's happened either
 
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Humanrob

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I don't know what scale your grow is, or if your wind is an infrequent random thing and you're looking for a temporary fix, or a regular part of your weather patterns and you're looking for a solution?

I'm in OR not in CA, but I am in a micro-climate with "wind events". Mostly ours come fall and winter, so they can take almost finished plants heavy with buds, and minimally knock them over, if they really get going they'll break them or uproot them. Last year was my first season living at this property, my first time growing outside, and my first time growing alongside the Gorge. I learned a few things.

This year everything will be different. Of the six I can have, I'm growing four in pots to keep them smaller. Two I'm digging holes and dropping the pots into the holes to keep them low, and I'm going to have sturdy PVC hoop houses over them from late-September on. Our falls are totally unpredictable weather-wise. So I'm going to be prepared to finish two others in the garage under HPS if we're having an especially cold/wet/windy fall. The last two will go in the ground and hope for the best.
 

vostok

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a lot tougher than you think

always give them a good drink at days end

allows then to recover for the onslaught the next day

good luck
 

Larry {the} Gardener

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My wind events are not like the ones you West Coast guys have. But last fall I had a stalk break in a thunderstorm. I had it tied down to a nearby tree, but when I went to check on them, the haystring was holding it up. It finished like that. It was either CP3 or 4. Can't remember which.
 
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