Here are pictures of two of my three plants. There was a frost the other night and the night before (not sure exactly how cold it got, but I thought they were light frosts) and quite a bit of rain yesterday. The small-ish buds are still in decent shape, though the plants started flowering really late (they're in the middle of a field and get a TON of sunlight). Obviously I'd like to leave them as long as I can to let those buds fatten up, and there will be warm weather for a few days now, but the leaves look like they're in pretty bad shape.

Should I let them go until the next frost and then chop them the night before, or should I just cut them now, based on the fact that most of the leaves look pretty sickly and dead? Will the buds even get much bigger if the plant is in this kind of shape?

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oh, here are the pics

edit: it's too bad these are the only real pictures i took of the plants, they looked so good a few weeks ago... they were just getting way too much sunlight and the buds started late. that coupled with harsh weather leaves me where i am. oh well, not bad for a first grow i guess. i learned a lot and i'll end up with some decent cannabutter.

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O_O ummm doesnt look good it looks like a frost tonight I hope my baby is ok she is a monster anyway should be ok!

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let them go and see what happens , worst case they die , best case they recover and finish ..

i mean, they look sort of dead already... you don't think it'll ruin the buds in any way by letting them go on like this?

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let em go for sure. and it's not getting too much water is it?

it rained almost all day yesterday, which would explain the wilting. that's not what i'm worried about though, it's mostly the volume of dead leaves.

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the crispy yellow leaves look like they are worn out old leaves. the plant has bolted looking for water i think. needs some nutes but its prolly too late now if you harvest soon.

isn't that the goal? unless you meant something other than "bolt"

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If the buds are not mouldy as a result of too much moisture, there will be no harm done letting them try to finish. This is especially true if you have some good weather on the horizon. You are going to cut it down anyway. Why not give it the opportunity to allow some good at the end of the run. Although they are smallish, they have been growing outside and it will take a real 32F night to create the hard frost that will kill the root system. I vote for letting them try to finish!

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