Frost Warning Tonight What Should I Do???

D3adH3ad said:

No actually he is right, when i grew outside i would leave my plants in the first frost and cut em all down right before the dew hit. When it gets extremely cold, the plants realize its time to start producing as much as they can before they die to try to get fertilized and they just take off in a matter of a few cold days. Time and family tested technique, produces very nice results.

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I have never heard frost being good for a plant but like I said I'm not an outdoor grower so ill take your word for it. But what if he is not ready to harvest?

k i cant help but chuckle at some of these responses.

No...frost is bad, you want to chop em all down before the dew hits, which is what freezes into frost - go out at about 12-1 am to be safe.

And chuckle if you want hip hop but i don't see how you can laugh at something as time tested as this method.

D3adH3ad said:

No...frost is bad, you want to chop em all down before the dew hits, which is what freezes into frost - go out at about 12-1 am to be safe.

And chuckle if you want hip hop but i don't see how you can laugh at something as time tested as this method.

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From the sounds of it , they are not ready to harvest

Originally Posted by D3adH3ad
No actually he is right, when i grew outside i would leave my plants in the first frost and cut em all down right before the dew hit

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ok

No...frost is bad, you want to chop em all down before the dew hits, which is what freezes into frost

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now im confused

so which one is it??
cut before frost?
Or
Don't worry about it.....
They need the rest of sept and most of oct before they will be mature..
as for the washing the frost off thing they said that frost will dry out your leaves washing the frost off (after the frost warining is gone) will help put some of the moisture back into the leaves..
I got some tent poles from an old tent going to build somethign today to cover them up.... Sounds like garbage bags which don't absorb moisture are the way i should go..
Bedsheets seem like they would work to me as long as they arent actually touching the plants....
i just dont wanna go to all the trouble if the frost is gonna make them more potent or not hurt them at all...

A regular fan will work as well as a heater because the moving air will prevent moisture from forming on the plant and then freezing. i dont know if it would work but the same company that makes those chemically activated hand warmers, make a larger body warmer that provides 12hr of heat and i was thinking if you put one on the soil below your plant it might be enough heat to ward frost away. Just a thought, might be worth an experiment. I think they were $2-4 a piece.

i wouldnt cut a prematured plant before frost. id leave it out there. Plants can surely survive frost. we leave it out 2 frosts and they dont die.

ya man i had an Ak 47 and skunk#1 out last year till early november and they were fine, i had to bring em in my car hold at night i think twice due to really low tempatures thoose two nights, but other than that they were fine!

joedirt420 said:

A regular fan will work as well as a heater because the moving air will prevent moisture from forming on the plant and then freezing. i dont know if it would work but the same company that makes those chemically activated hand warmers, make a larger body warmer that provides 12hr of heat and i was thinking if you put one on the soil below your plant it might be enough heat to ward frost away. Just a thought, might be worth an experiment. I think they were $2-4 a piece.

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great idea +rep (does that even work)

all ya gotta do is plant ak47 around your plants and they will open fire on any frost that tried to attack your plants.

Hip Hop Grower said:

all ya gotta do is plant ak47 around your plants and they will open fire on any frost that tried to attack your plants.

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lay off the 50 cent mr hip hop

Im just joking lol come on

most outdoor plants can handle light frost a couple of times.as long as it does not get lower then that i think u will be ok .

yeah my plants surived the first frost just fine... which means if theres another one... maybe it will survive that one too. also a lot of my biggest fan leaves have turned dark purple as well as my buds are all dark purple now too.. Im not worried about this im just curious.. is this because of the cold temps?

yea, they turn purple becuase of the cold temps, mine have been in colder temps the last week and so far all the fan leave stems are purple. kinda looks cool when the leaves turn purple tho.

yeah man and the whole bud... i cant wait to show you.... unfortantually it wont be for at least a week

i have plants indoor and the stem and leaves stems are all purple.

The right genetics will give you beautiful color in 80 degree weather

ya i read somewhere if your plant gets frost burn it will turn purple...
But the majority of the advice i have received says that i do not want my plants to get frosted on.. At the least it's gonna slow down there growth & they wont be mature before the big frost which will kill them