I have a plant or few outside in the cold, I did not plant them, they came up on their own. Seeds the chickens didn't find, and I just left them there, this one has been frosted on several times, I am not covering, washing the frost off, it lives or it dies, a test of my Wet Teddy Beers auto, how cold can they go? So far they have survived 18* F with a much heavier frost. This one is in the pot the others are not and have no soil to grow in (dust on a sand rock). I'll post another pic once the frost is off, maybe I can get a clear pic LOL.
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Nice, this shows just how tenacious these plants can be. Surviving below freezing temps and still trying to grow on! Makes you wonder what it might be if it were to mature. Very interesting!Grow # 3 50/50 S/I Critical Mass photo fem
Seeds drop in water 1/8/2022
Medium: FF Coco Loco plus 30% Perlite in 7 gal cloth bags
Space: 30x48x62 DIY cabinet lined w/space blankets
Lighting: Bloomspect SS1000 Quantum board x 3 - 300 watts actual draw
Soil Supplements: Worm Castings, Crab Shell, Oyster Shell, Neem and Karanja Meal, Volcanic Basalt Dust (for minerals), Recharge root micros. Grow 3 is with reconstituted super soil to which I've added several additional minerals and supplements. A more complete list based on Cackamas Coots super soil recipe can be found in my Auto Toka thread
i don't grow plants anymore, I grow soil that my plants can thrive in!
My filtered tap water runs over 7.5 pH but the soil microbes
make pH correction unnecessary
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And just a few hours later she looks like this.Comment
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Cool! Are you going to at least protect it from your chickens? It looks like just the sort of thing my girls like to taste.5x7 closet with reflective mylar on the walls
2 UF-4000 LEDs (set to 25K Lumens at the plant)
150 CFM bathroom vent installed in ceiling exhausting through a roof vent
Elitech STC-1000Wifi Temp&Humidity Controller
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I am sure this is one confused plant, highs near 80 one day and another about 40 with lows in the 50's down into the teens. Humidity ranging from near 0 to near 100% (rain will be coming next week?).
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colder weather like that can produce rot so be wary of that...I hope there is an afterlife...there are a lot of friends and family I'd like to see again, one day.Comment
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dilvish These were not planned, and I am surprised they have lived this long, I mean 18* F with heavy frost! Sunday morn is another we'll hit 20*F, and then we have rain coming.
Just how long can she live uncovered in the cold?Comment
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