Can wind damage marijuana plants?
Matthew Barrera
Updated on April 04, 2026
Wind is your frenemy. Moving air provides numerous benefits for cannabis. However, when getting thrashed by strong winds, gales, and storms, cannabis can become badly damaged. Plants can be uprooted or fall over completely.
How do you protect your marijuana plants from wind?
Here are a few tips:
- Use a windscreen to reduce wind.
- Tie the plants to a stable base.
- Choose a wind-tolerant container.
- Grow wind-tolerant plants.
- Stick bottom of pots to saucers.
- Grow tall plants that can diffuse wind.
- Protect individual plants with a cover.
- Add a plastic sheet to cover all your containers.
What does wind burn look like on marijuana plants?
Here are the most common symptoms for plant windburn: Leaf edges appear brown and burnt. Yellow spots on new leaves. Leaves curling and clawing.
Will leaves recover from wind burn?
Strong winds can damage or kill landscape plants. Dealing with wind damage promptly and properly can improve a plant’s chances of survival, and in many cases, the plant will recover its former graceful glory.
What does wind burn look like on leaves?
Scorched leaves have brown, desiccated edges or may be entirely brown and dry. Wind scorch may be worst in exposed areas or on the windward side of the plant.
How do you treat Windburn on plants?
A third windburn prevention is wrapping tender, borderline-hardy or wind-exposed plants with burlap. Pound a few stakes around your plants, and staple burlap sheets to make a windbreak or that goes all around the plants. Stuff the burlap protector with leaves or straw to buy a little extra insulation.
How do I stop my marijuana plant from blowing over?
Here are 7 easy ways to stop your potted balcony plants from tipping over:
- Fill Your Plant Pots With Enough Soil.
- Use Plant Pot Stabilizers.
- Put the Plant pots Against the Wall or In a Corner.
- Use Balcony Planters.
- Grow Your Plants in Heavy Containers.
- Screen Your Balcony.
- Tie The Plant Pots To Something Sturdy.
Does wind burn hurt?
Windburn is a condition in which the skin becomes red and painful after exposure to wind or cold air. Windburn symptoms are the same as sunburn symptoms and include red, burning, and sore skin that may peel off as it begins to heal.
How do you treat windburn on plants?
Is too much wind bad for plants?
Wind beats plants up. The wind flails leaves about, tearing the tissues and creating small holes in young, tender leaves. As the leaves grow bigger, the holes get bigger too, looking very much like chewing insects are doing the damage. When the wind is severe, some leaves may actually become shredded.