marijuana tolerates frost just fine, it is not the severe theat it is thought to be by some, in mid october temps will start to dip below 32, when they hit 25 that is what is called a hard frost and for many plants that will kill them immediately, but mj can survive even a 25 frost no trouble, but about the time of frosts, late october, it will be colder with lower sun, shorter days and growth will slow to a halt anyway, in the mid-atlantic, then you have to worry about mold, which can happpen with cold, wet late october weather.