how cold for how long ?

[littlemountain]

Well, like many of us I am watching the ice storm approach. I live in the mountains, many trees and if there is freezing rain I probably will have a power loss. My grow is in an out-building, would it be possible to remove the plants and bring into my house where I have emergency heating,. That would mean I would have to take outdoors put into my station wagon and bring into house. Temps are in the teens. is it possible for the plants to be exposed to these extremes for a few minutes? If not I will have to camp in my outbuilding and constantly monitor a propane heater which has no thermostat. To complicte things I had some surgery earlier this week and I am almost worthless as a being. I know if I bring into house I will have a bitch of a time keeping them in the dark as needed. I know there will be opinions on this.

littlemountain Reviewed by littlemountain on 01-09-2011. how cold for how long ? :(Well, like many of us I am watching the ice storm approach. I live in the mountains, many trees and if there is freezing rain I probably will have a power loss. My grow is in an out-building, would it be possible to remove the plants and bring into my house where I have emergency heating,. That would mean I would have to take outdoors put into my station wagon and bring into house. Temps are in the teens. is it possible for the plants to be exposed to these extremes for a few minutes? If not Rating: 5

[GaGrown]

Damn! Little,
Hate to hear you gotta do all that! You got any black poly or blanket? Drape it across some chairs and make a make-shift room,try to keep your schedule by giving just the light from the room.Don't sweat! Your gonna get through this.It's coming my way,too. We are in the severe area of target. I feel your pain!!:jointsmile:

[littlemountain]

Damn! Little,
Hate to hear you gotta do all that! You got any black poly or blanket? Drape it across some chairs and make a make-shift room,try to keep your schedule by giving just the light from the room.Don't sweat! Your gonna get through this.It's coming my way,too. We are in the severe area of target. I feel your pain!!:jointsmile:

GA, I will wait and see what is delivered and give it my best effort . Hope you stay on the grid as well. Can my plants stand a few minutes of freezing temps, do you know? Also ,you are growing Big Bud and Skunk , I am also growing those strains at moment, are they from Sensi seeds and if so what kind of finish time have you had from 12- 12- I know a lot of people rag Big Bud but I find it has a good taste and buzz :jointsmile:

[RAINHAZE]

Hey littlemountain,
Sounds like your just a short distance SSW of me. I'm watching this storm approaching myself, but I'm not quite in the same dilemna as you are.
Since plants have a good percentage of water in them, and since water changes temperature faster than most matter I would be concerned with moving them from one building to the next. BUT, If you can do it, say, in just a couple of minutes I think you will be ok though. Can you get some help with this? (Recent surgery and all.)
GaGrown has a good idea about making a "chair tent" to keep the integrity of your lighting schedule.:thumbsup:
Good luck, ...wish I was closer, I'd give ya a hand.

[GaGrown]

GA, I will wait and see what is delivered and give it my best effort . Hope you stay on the grid as well. Can my plants stand a few minutes of freezing temps, do you know? Also ,you are growing Big Bud and Skunk , I am also growing those strains at moment, are they from Sensi seeds and if so what kind of finish time have you had from 12- 12- I know a lot of people rag Big Bud but I find it has a good taste and buzz :jointsmile:

I like the Big Buds taste and high as well!!:thumbsup: It has a 6 week finish time.Then add 1 day for luck! The skunk is a 6-8 week finish time.I think 8 would be a little long, but 7 weeks has finished fine for me.

I think people rag on it is that it's a commercial cash crop strain. Guess they think it don't have the high one looks for. Thats cause the ones that buy it (the dealers),shake it on a screen and collect the trich's to make hash and sell it for the same price if it had not been done.

Like Rain said,The quicker you can do it the better chance they will survive.10-20 minutes in the teens will kill them. You'll be good with a couple of minutes.Make sure your wagons heat is on..

Wish I could do it for ya! I think me and Rain could get it done in less than 30 seconds.

[littlemountain]

Wish I could do it for ya! I think me and Rain could get it done in less than 30 seconds.[/QUOTE]
Yes I bet you 2 could, so could I on a better day. Nice to know people want to help out, Only one person here knows what I am doing and he lives above 3000 feet on one hell of a driveway. Let us all just hope for snow, I have had snow on the ground most of the past 3 weeks. I guess I am a little paranoid before the storm :thumbsup:

[GaGrown]

Wish I could do it for ya! I think me and Rain could get it done in less than 30 seconds.

Yes I bet you 2 could, so could I on a better day. Nice to know people want to help out, Only one person here knows what I am doing and he lives above 3000 feet on one hell of a driveway. Let us all just hope for snow, I have had snow on the ground most of the past 3 weeks. I guess I am a little paranoid before the storm :thumbsup:[/QUOTE]

Skid off the littlemountain?LOL You know I got nuttin' but LOVE for ya!

[GaGrown]

Everything went good lastnight. We got 3 inches of sleet and ice. Hope you got through this as well!

[littlemountain]

Everything went good lastnight. We got 3 inches of sleet and ice. Hope you got through this as well!

I have 10 fresh inches of snow this morning- no ice last night , thank goodness, but we are suppose to get some later this afternoon.As it is, it will be 3 days before anyone drives up my driveway, it would make a good bunny run for skiers today. It has been 18 years since there has been this much snow here.Thanks for your input and care , love back at you :hippy:, as you say "its a southern thang" :thumbsup:

[RAINHAZE]

Glad your doing ok :thumbsup:
..I moved here in '97 and never seen this much snow since I been here.
Some people might think I'm crazy, but this kind of weather makes me want to break out the tent and do some snow camping. I used to snow camp in the Rockies in Colorado a lot and in the Catskills in New York years ago. The coldest was in NY at minus 7f. If you know your stuff you can stay warm and still enjoy it. I remember our beer's turning to slush before we could finish 'em!:glugglug: and we had to keep em near the fire.:stoned: