theres way of cheating the ecosystem to a point.
The fact that I don't want to run heat and a/c to save money has led me to growing the more landrace type plants indoors. They seem way more tolerant to my frequent lack of care.
They won't grow. The sap becomes thick when cold. They will tolerate the cold(depending on the strain and how healthy) and continue to grow when the temp rises again and warms the sap. I live in Michigan and frost is by far the number one issue(aphids, gnats and mites.. and piece of shit thieves are a close second)
this sounds futuristic to me. Very cool! Zone 4 and figs and citrus have to come inside for winter.
not at all its actually known technology its just no one want to put in extra effort/work to make it so. there is building to some degree. that and a little basic math
what did you use to make it? 5x5 is the size im looking to make.
Most the post hear seem to be coming from northern growers who face frost at the end of their bloom. Dose anyone have experience with frost in the early flower cycle? I would like to try a spring harvest in 2024 and would like to start the bloom as early as possible. Weather reports are decent about 2 weeks out qnd I can monitor for the best start time but how much resistancey will they have at week 3 or 4 of flower?
Have you learned anything in the last 10 years that you might like to expand on if you're still on here. I'm curious I live in northern Canada
I've gotten black on my leaves too haven't gone to frost. Wondering if this is similar to mine looks like itthe first frost of the year was on sunday night, i checked my pumpkin patch today - tuesday - and everything seemed fine. the temperature dropped to -1*c so it wasn't a hard freeze - the weather network also posted a frost warning. the only difference i found was that top colas were 'browned' and withered a bit but the rest of the plant parts (colas underneath, leaves, stems, roots etc..) seemed intact.
here are two photos of the top cola of one of the plants. the first one is from friday (before the frost) and the next one is from tuesday (2 days after the frost).
hope it helps as i had no idea what to expect as well...
How'd she hold up. She drying yet?
