Advice for upcoming deluge of rain...

The forecast is calling for rain starting tonight and continuing every day through Sunday. Temperatures are expected to be highs of 17-19 (mid 60's F) with nighttime lows of 13-14 (mid to high 50's).

My plant is outside in a (very heavy) container and I'm worried about all this moisture. It's definitely too early to harvest.

My options are:

• Get rid of some fan leaves for help with airflow (im not a defoliation proponent, but desperate times...)
• Move the plant into the garage with a fan going - no windows - can't leave it in the dark for four days obviously but maybe at night?
• Rig up some kind of a tarp system with clear plastic... doable but worried about stagnant damp air under that tarp
• Do nothing and cross fingers

Any input is greatly appreciated. This will be the first major challenge I will have faced this growing season.

Thanks all

I'm in the same boat. I plan on doing the latter though, leaving them alone and letting nature run its course... It's been such a great year for outdoor growing. They grew themselves to this point with minimal interference from me, I have faith in them finishing the job.

Option "C", tarp them up. Remove tarp after rains. \
TMB-

treemansbuds said:

Option "C", tarp them up. Remove tarp after rains. \
TMB-

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what TMB said...the tarps are temporary, they don't need to be clear, just water proof....good luck

Tent? or some kind of cover over the top to shield from rain.

Kidbruv said:

The forecast is calling for rain starting tonight and continuing every day through Sunday. Temperatures are expected to be highs of 17-19 (mid 60's F) with nighttime lows of 13-14 (mid to high 50's).

My plant is outside in a (very heavy) container and I'm worried about all this moisture. It's definitely too early to harvest.

My options are:

• Get rid of some fan leaves for help with airflow (im not a defoliation proponent, but desperate times...)
• Move the plant into the garage with a fan going - no windows - can't leave it in the dark for four days obviously but maybe at night?
• Rig up some kind of a tarp system with clear plastic... doable but worried about stagnant damp air under that tarp
• Do nothing and cross fingers

Any input is greatly appreciated. This will be the first major challenge I will have faced this growing season.

Thanks all

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sounds ridiculous, but these help with botritus attacking the main stem.
not much for a guerrilla grow though..

https://www.amazon.com/So-Beauty-Separators-Protectors-Applicable/dp/B010RWRJ3G/ref=sr_1_10_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1475093804&sr=8-10&keywords=foam+for+painting+nails



gently pull each nug off the cola, place a foam thingy between it, and the stem.
it helps..
and yes, its stupid looking..
but beats the shit outta botritus

Also you could very easily leave the plant in the dark for four days, it just won't grow

greasemonkeymann said:

sounds ridiculous, but these help with botritus attacking the main stem.
not much for a guerrilla grow though..

https://www.amazon.com/So-Beauty-Separators-Protectors-Applicable/dp/B010RWRJ3G/ref=sr_1_10_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1475093804&sr=8-10&keywords=foam+for+painting+nails

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gently pull each nug off the cola, place a foam thingy between it, and the stem.
it helps..
and yes, its stupid looking..
but beats the shit outta botritus

Also you could very easily leave the plant in the dark for four days, it just won't grow

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pink of course

Uberknot said:

pink of course

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damn right!
and your bug-thingey has got me to touch my screen a couple times now...

Kidbruv said:

The forecast is calling for rain starting tonight and continuing every day through Sunday. Temperatures are expected to be highs of 17-19 (mid 60's F) with nighttime lows of 13-14 (mid to high 50's).

My plant is outside in a (very heavy) container and I'm worried about all this moisture. It's definitely too early to harvest.

My options are:

• Get rid of some fan leaves for help with airflow (im not a defoliation proponent, but desperate times...)
• Move the plant into the garage with a fan going - no windows - can't leave it in the dark for four days obviously but maybe at night?
• Rig up some kind of a tarp system with clear plastic... doable but worried about stagnant damp air under that tarp
• Do nothing and cross fingers

Any input is greatly appreciated. This will be the first major challenge I will have faced this growing season.

Thanks all

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I would do the garage with fan hang couple cfls on it or at least by a window

Get yourself some 2x2 lumber and bang together a quick frame and cover it with visqueen leaving lower gaps for airflow...

Weather report here is the same...I cover em up for rain and remove for sun...

Thanks everyone. I think I'm going to go with thumper's suggestion here and stick it in the garage with a fan. I have a 45w and 65w cfl 5500k that I can put on it during daylight hours to at least give her a bit of light. They are photographic lights but should at least give her a bare minimum to get by for a few days, yeah?

Kidbruv said:

Thanks everyone. I think I'm going to go with thumper's suggestion here and stick it in the garage with a fan. I have a 45w and 65w cfl 5500k that I can put on it during daylight hours to at least give her a bit of light. They are photographic lights but should at least give her a bare minimum to get by for a few days, yeah?

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just match ya hours to out side

Done.

Just need to set up the cfls in the beams overhead to be turned on in the morning. I happened to already have green Christmas lights strung up and I also put green cellophane over the main bulb so I can have light to work by at night without affecting the plant .

I have an oscillating fan going in behind the plant there. It's not blowing directly on the leaves.

I did some light defoliation too just for airflow purposes. Took off about 40 leaves all together.

So I'm all set for whatever momma nature throws my way over the next 4 or 5 days.

Thanks for all the suggestions and help guys.

Cheeeeeers

Kidbruv said:

Done.

Just need to set up the cfls in the beams overhead to be turned on in the morning. I happened to already have green Christmas lights strung up and I also put green cellophane over the main bulb so I can have light to work by at night without affecting the plant .

I have an oscillating fan going in behind the plant there. It's not blowing directly on the leaves.

I did some light defoliation too just for airflow purposes. Took off about 40 leaves all together.

So I'm all set for whatever momma nature throws my way over the next 4 or 5 days.

Thanks for all the suggestions and help guys.

Cheeeeeers
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She's a beaut!

Awesome! It's almost like Christmas!

Uberknot said:

Tent? or some kind of cover over the top to shield from rain.

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Dude fuck your little bug thing in your siggy, I'm all trying to mash it lol you got me good.

Kidbruv said:

Done.

Just need to set up the cfls in the beams overhead to be turned on in the morning. I happened to already have green Christmas lights strung up and I also put green cellophane over the main bulb so I can have light to work by at night without affecting the plant .

I have an oscillating fan going in behind the plant there. It's not blowing directly on the leaves.

I did some light defoliation too just for airflow purposes. Took off about 40 leaves all together.

So I'm all set for whatever momma nature throws my way over the next 4 or 5 days.

Thanks for all the suggestions and help guys.

Cheeeeeers
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nice plant well worth the truble

Thanks Uberknot, ktmac (is that a Tracy McGrady reference btw?) and Thumper! And I'm with ya twostrokenut... I tried to flick that damn bug off my screen too.

So here's the setup this morning. I've got a 45 Watt and 65 Watt CFL's mounted over the plant along with a standard light bulb. I put a photo reflector above them to try and maximize some of the light. Fan is running about 4 feet from the plant.

So I'm in there this morning admiring my little setup when POOF! The power goes out. I'm thinking "shit... I blew the fuse". I go to the house and it looks like somehow I blew the power to the whole house! Strange because those lights and fan shouldn't be taxing the circuits much. And why would the whole house be without power!?So now I've gotta go check the breakers which sucks because I've got airbnb tenants in the basement where the fuse panel is. So I go down and knock on their door (luckily they were awake and up) and messed with the fuse panel but couldn't get any power. I went outside and started noticing that none of the houses around had any lights on. Haha yep... it was a coincidental power outage to the whole street. I'm a Dumbass sometimes.

So anyways, power's back on and my girl is probably not happy about the situation, but she should be glad she's not out in gale-force winds and heavy rains.

No....it is a combo of my name and a KTM supermoto motorcycle !

Cheers

Nice. I'm a Honda guy but I do like KTM's.