Cold Temps and Seed Making

M48

Super Active Member
I'll let you know I pollinated a couple concrete shoes ...big dick energy and another couple with a mcslurry male like right before this freeze ...lost lots of leaves and some tops froze solid ...lost electricity for 2 days so like I say let you know in a couple weeks 🤮
 

H.A.F.

a.k.a. Rusty Nails
Scientifically I would think moisture and how far along the embryo's in the beans are would be the factors. If it's dry and freezes everything stops. If it's wet and freezes ice crystals form. If there were little moist seed innerds doing their "I wanna be a bean" thing then freezing might do damage and effect germination. And there's probably a full spectrum of possibilities between. So if they make beans, I think a germ test should answer the question.
 

J.James

Seed Slingin' Outlaw
Breeder
Cold temps really slow down the plant's ability to do just about anything. There are a lot of strains that can go down to freezing temps and survive as long as the pots are relatively dry. Having an overly wet medium before a freeze is normally a death sentence. Just expect the plants to take some extra time to finish up and water in small amounts.
 

NoWaistedSpace

PICK YOUR OWN
Cold temps really slow down the plant's ability to do just about anything. There are a lot of strains that can go down to freezing temps and survive as long as the pots are relatively dry. Having an overly wet medium before a freeze is normally a death sentence. Just expect the plants to take some extra time to finish up and water in small amounts.
I haven't watered for a good while. They are fine.
I am making those seeds we talked about. lol
I think they will be fine.
Maybe harder shells to break open or something like that was what I was worried about.
I just want to end up with a good bean or 2.
 

Fiddler's Green

Just a regular vato
Cold temps really slow down the plant's ability to do just about anything. There are a lot of strains that can go down to freezing temps and survive as long as the pots are relatively dry. Having an overly wet medium before a freeze is normally a death sentence. Just expect the plants to take some extra time to finish up and water in small amounts.
He ain't lyin'

Week 4 of flower on these over-wintered girls. The temps were mid 40s at night and high 50s during the day for the last 3 weeks.20210222_191259.jpg

I pollinated a few branches last week and have yet to see any pistles darken (that's what I noticed when I pollinated some last year).
 

Cabl3t3ch

Member
Scientifically I would think moisture and how far along the embryo's in the beans are would be the factors. If it's dry and freezes everything stops. If it's wet and freezes ice crystals form. If there were little moist seed innerds doing their "I wanna be a bean" thing then freezing might do damage and effect germination. And there's probably a full spectrum of possibilities between. So if they make beans, I think a germ test should answer the question.
Any thoughts that maybe this temp change will bring out some interesting traits in the seeds should they be viable?
 
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