harvesting in snow

mediajunkie2003

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I tossed a couple of seeds out back and this girl came up. Only budding about 2 weeks. So it is looking like it would not be ready until December. It is going to snow before then I bet. Illinois central area. Anybody ever waited that long into the year to harvest? Of just chop it and forget it if the snow flies early. Thoughts?
 

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kgp

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I tossed a couple of seeds out back and this girl came up. Only budding about 2 weeks. So it is looking like it would not be ready until December. It is going to snow before then I bet. Illinois central area. Anybody ever waited that long into the year to harvest? Of just chop it and forget it if the snow flies early. Thoughts?
Forget the snow, it probably wont make it past the first or second frost. We are losing day light rapidly now. If the leaves on the trees are falling, you dont have a chance with that plant unless you bring it inside.
 

mediajunkie2003

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That's too bad. I really have no place to put it if I dug it up. I had another plant that finished and it is drying now. Oh well. I am not too upset since we are just a couple months away from legal sales here. Hard to imagine going to a dispensary and buying legal over the counter weed in Illinois. All I can say is thank you to our new governor JB! It will be a wonderful thing for the state and the Midwest in general. When legalization was announced I sold my HPS on ebay and got rid of an old cabinet I grew in. The outdoor plants were just a fond farewell to my growing days. January 1, here we come!
 

BrewersToker

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It's more about sunlight hours and less about temps.

In SE Wisconsin I'm lucky if my plants get 3 hrs of direct sun this late in the season.
 

Roger A. Shrubber

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That's too bad. I really have no place to put it if I dug it up. I had another plant that finished and it is drying now. Oh well. I am not too upset since we are just a couple months away from legal sales here. Hard to imagine going to a dispensary and buying legal over the counter weed in Illinois. All I can say is thank you to our new governor JB! It will be a wonderful thing for the state and the Midwest in general. When legalization was announced I sold my HPS on ebay and got rid of an old cabinet I grew in. The outdoor plants were just a fond farewell to my growing days. January 1, here we come!
i know you're excited, but.... i've never bought weed from a dispensary. i've had some edibles people brought me back from trips. my edibles are better. everyone i know who buys dispensary weed is disappointed in it, both the quality and the prices. i don't want them to legalize here. not only would it at least temporarily hurt my business, but it will be spreading bad weed...i know the hillbillies around here, they won't give a shit about quality, they'll pump out as much garbage as they can for as long as they can, till they choke themsleves on piles of garbage weed that no one will buy anymore...and they'll fuck me over while they're doing it....at least till my regulars get tired of the horseshit and come back to me....and my new, higher prices
 

Roger A. Shrubber

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It's more about sunlight hours and less about temps.

In SE Wisconsin I'm lucky if my plants get 3 hrs of direct sun this late in the season.
actually it's both, nightime temps below 60 slow growth, and daytime temps below 70 don't warm the plant up enough to get through the colder nights...you'll see very little if any growth once it drops below 70 days and 60 nights
 

xtsho

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i know you're excited, but.... i've never bought weed from a dispensary. i've had some edibles people brought me back from trips. my edibles are better. everyone i know who buys dispensary weed is disappointed in it, both the quality and the prices. i don't want them to legalize here. not only would it at least temporarily hurt my business, but it will be spreading bad weed...i know the hillbillies around here, they won't give a shit about quality, they'll pump out as much garbage as they can for as long as they can, till they choke themsleves on piles of garbage weed that no one will buy anymore...and they'll fuck me over while they're doing it....at least till my regulars get tired of the horseshit and come back to me....and my new, higher prices
I have several friends that go to the dispensaries so I've tried a bunch of the stuff they're selling. I haven't been impressed. When they come over we end up smoking weed I grew because it's better.
 

MrToad69

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Yeah, unfortunately even digging up and transplanting to a new pot can be problematic as it is likely to be shocked/stressed for some time..probably not worth the effort..Just grab some auto seeds for next year :)

Toad
 

JimmiP

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We still have stuff outside. And it is still doing alright. However that has a long way to go. Maybe you could use a makeshift tent and vent some warm air from your house to it. Heck, I have tented more than a few up and kept them warm enough when it got cold early. Last year we even forgot about one that wasn't done. When we did remember it it had already snowed a few times. My buddy went to check on it and it was still there and done. It was pretty dry too. Just hung it to finish it and it smokes just fine lol... Let it go till it dies and see what you get.

By the way not all of the dispensary grass is bad. It has gotten way more expensive though. We used to have great $30 eighths of Alien Rock Candy and other strains too. That same company, Aerīz, now (since legalization passed) thinks the same eight should cost $55. And the quality hasn't gotten any better.... Shame on you Aerīz!

At least come January 1st the medical card holder's of Illinois can by seeds and clones at the dispensary.
 

too larry

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I grow year round in NW Florida. I have decent winter light hours and not too much bad cold. Flowering plants can take a night or two in the 20's. There will be some frost burn, but over all they do alright. But lower 20's down into the teens will kill. I didn't grow last winter because of the hurricane, but the year before I lost all my plants to a week in the mid 20's and two nights down to 16F.

I lost a couple dozen vegging plants 3 winters ago when it was only 28F. I guess they were not hardened off to the cold.
 

mediajunkie2003

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It is supposed to frost on Halloween, so I am going to throw a cover over the plant and hope for the best. Too bad, it looked like it was going to
be awesome but it needs weeks to finish and I don't think we have that much time. Winter could be here early. I did chop a smaller one that is dried.
Plus January 1 here is legalization. Still, it would be nice to not have to stand in line the first day. I expect long lines, high prices, even some areas sold out.
 

Roger A. Shrubber

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if it's in a discreet place, you might get another week or two of grow time in by making a mini greenhouse out of pvc and visqueen (clear plastic, not sure if that's a regional name or not). maybe put a reptile heater in a clamp fixture in there, turn it on if it gets below 55 or so at night
 

RunningAmok

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actually it's both, nightime temps below 60 slow growth, and daytime temps below 70 don't warm the plant up enough to get through the colder nights...you'll see very little if any growth once it drops below 70 days and 60 nights
I know theres no new growth but will the trichomes still ripen to amber if it's 30s-40s at night? My buds have already swelled and grew to there max size but all i want now is the trichomes to turn amber.
 

RunningAmok

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It is supposed to frost on Halloween, so I am going to throw a cover over the plant and hope for the best. Too bad, it looked like it was going to
be awesome but it needs weeks to finish and I don't think we have that much time. Winter could be here early. I did chop a smaller one that is dried.
Plus January 1 here is legalization. Still, it would be nice to not have to stand in line the first day. I expect long lines, high prices, even some areas sold out.
Yup here in Southern Oregon too. They are calling for 19 degrees Fahrenheit tomorrow night. I wanted to get to at least get to Halloween. I plan on cutting all the best tops and maybe taking a risk with the rest. But honestly I think my plants are done. All the fan leaves have died and they swelled and gained weight over a week ago. I really wanted 50% amber though and don't think that;s gonna happen with most! They are all 100% Indicas or at least indica dominant. Are you growing Sativas? Or did you flower later? I started flowering on about August 7th.
 

JimmiP

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It is supposed to frost on Halloween, so I am going to throw a cover over the plant and hope for the best. Too bad, it looked like it was going to
be awesome but it needs weeks to finish and I don't think we have that much time. Winter could be here early. I did chop a smaller one that is dried.
Plus January 1 here is legalization. Still, it would be nice to not have to stand in line the first day. I expect long lines, high prices, even some areas sold out.
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Did this happen to you too? This is what I woke up to at 2 AM. 15723454793993650616944789293546.jpg
If you do tent it up and dont have a suitable heater or a way to get heat from the house you could try sterno. Just make sure to use a heat shield of some kind to keep the flame covered and separated from the material.
 
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