Heat Damage
My bloom room took a hit from a fan failure a couple days ago. Air temp was 109 degrees when I discovered the problem. The plants were subjected to this heat for the most about 8 hours.
Bud damage:
You can see some premature browning of the pistols. The plants stopped growing for a day or so. I got some leaf tacoing and burn spots as well. The good news is that the plants have started putting new flushes of flowers on.
Root damage:
The roots got a little cooked. They get a little tan from the floralicious, but should not be this brown. I have changed out the rez, slightly reducing nutes while bumping the Zone.
Leaf damage:
Younger plants in the room got their growth tips roasted and leaf damage was evident across the bloom room.
I use a large inlet fan that brings in air conditioned air controlled by a thermostat. When the fan died, my new CO2 generator conspired with the summer heat to create this mess. For now the CO2 generator is off until I can complete the rez upgrade for it.
I obsess over my plants and this is quite painful. The younger plants in the room have plenty of time to recover and should be largely unaffected in the end. The challenge buds are going to loose some growth - they are the oldest in the room. However there are still 25 days of bloom left and this plant has plenty of vigor.
As I said at the beginning of this thread, I’m in this to the end, no matter what happens. I figure I have a couple more days before going back to full strength nutes.
To prevent this in the future I’m going to upgrade the CO2 controller. I need one that shuts down the unit at a set max temp. I am glad I keep a fully stocked backup shelf. I keep extra spray lines, pumps, and fans for every critical system. This has saved my ass more than once.
One step foreward and two steps back seems to go with the hobby. You have to take these kind of things in stride and just try to learn from the experience. I felt sick about it, but what matters is what you do - not what you feel.
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- Swampwater
I quit using bottle CO2 a couple years ago when I could no longer move large cylinders around. The reservoir for the CO2 cooling is in another room.
- vanilla moon
I know I'm not going to do as well with this damage. But I will continue to do every thing possible to max these plants out.
- Randall Stevens
I can exchange the total air volume of the room in minutes - when the fan works!
Thank you all for your questions and comments.
-AK
My bloom room took a hit from a fan failure a couple days ago. Air temp was 109 degrees when I discovered the problem. The plants were subjected to this heat for the most about 8 hours.
Bud damage:
You can see some premature browning of the pistols. The plants stopped growing for a day or so. I got some leaf tacoing and burn spots as well. The good news is that the plants have started putting new flushes of flowers on.
Root damage:
The roots got a little cooked. They get a little tan from the floralicious, but should not be this brown. I have changed out the rez, slightly reducing nutes while bumping the Zone.
Leaf damage:
Younger plants in the room got their growth tips roasted and leaf damage was evident across the bloom room.
I use a large inlet fan that brings in air conditioned air controlled by a thermostat. When the fan died, my new CO2 generator conspired with the summer heat to create this mess. For now the CO2 generator is off until I can complete the rez upgrade for it.
I obsess over my plants and this is quite painful. The younger plants in the room have plenty of time to recover and should be largely unaffected in the end. The challenge buds are going to loose some growth - they are the oldest in the room. However there are still 25 days of bloom left and this plant has plenty of vigor.
As I said at the beginning of this thread, I’m in this to the end, no matter what happens. I figure I have a couple more days before going back to full strength nutes.
To prevent this in the future I’m going to upgrade the CO2 controller. I need one that shuts down the unit at a set max temp. I am glad I keep a fully stocked backup shelf. I keep extra spray lines, pumps, and fans for every critical system. This has saved my ass more than once.
One step foreward and two steps back seems to go with the hobby. You have to take these kind of things in stride and just try to learn from the experience. I felt sick about it, but what matters is what you do - not what you feel.
--------
- Swampwater
I quit using bottle CO2 a couple years ago when I could no longer move large cylinders around. The reservoir for the CO2 cooling is in another room.
- vanilla moon
I know I'm not going to do as well with this damage. But I will continue to do every thing possible to max these plants out.
- Randall Stevens
I can exchange the total air volume of the room in minutes - when the fan works!
Thank you all for your questions and comments.
-AK
. More about the journey than the destination.
Good luck!
