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Originally Posted by Nickhead
given my plants are out in open air, how durable is the plant regarding light frosts, IYO?
got down almost to zero last night for a couple hours. the weather for the next week is zero chance of frost.  |
Plants hardiness to cold all depends on a variety of factors, but at the same time you just can't escape the effects of mother nature to dictate the end of a season.
I am guessing you mean 0 Celcius. If it were 0 Farenheit I would say it's over. A plant can survive a few hours in the cold, but repeated dips of dips below 50 degrees Farenheit are going to cause problems. At 50 degrees the plant is going to stop producing flowers, root growth drastically reduces and the plant goes what you can call survival mode. Hermaphrodite nanners can show by continued stress from the cold. Have you checked soil temps?
Do not rinse flowers with water at such a late stage. You would only be inviting bud rott. If it has frost on it, give it a shake or 2 to see it falls off. It it doesn't and a continued cold is expected. Chop, chop. You could cover the plant with plastic during cold dips to help it survive the cold.