shit shit, Tropical Storm Fay may do me in :-(

Tropical Storm Fay made landfall some time last night and all day, even though I had been thinking about moving/protecting my plant, I didn't get around to making the trip out there.

We've gotten about 8-10inches of rain in this pretty short period, and a lot of 40-60mph winds over the last couple of hours. I don't bring water out to my plant, I just let it rain and once a week or so I add some bone meal tea and molassas+epsom salt solution.

How much excess water would it take for the roots to rot? Over-watering is not just a one-time thing, it's watering the plant too much over a period of time, correct?

How worried should I be about my little girl being out in the woods during a storm like this?

(i just remembered that since she's tied down (LST), I hope the winds don't tear her apart )

I'm scared to go check on her tomorrow.

in the WOODS??? branches might fall on her alot of shit man but dont think of that ya know??? think of the best for ur bitches n they will be ight i pray for yas maryjane man and depending on the way the WIND is blowin ur plant might be safe and were ur plants budding??

what part of fla. you at!!!!

burjzyntski said:

Tropical Storm Fay made landfall some time last night and all day...

How worried should I be about my little girl being out in the woods during a storm like this?

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To answer your question: you shouldn't be worried at all. There is nothing you can do at this point. Just go check as soon as possible and see if things are alright. You'll be surprised how tough these plants are.

You shouldn't have to worry about root rot as long as the plant is in the ground or in a pot with good drainage. Just let the storm pass.

If it is of any comfort, I lost 6 of 8 plants to a flash flood (when I had them in pots, before putting them in the ground), and I found the two survivors *two full days* later. They were wrapped around the bottom of a thorn bush, were soaking wet, and had lost half their soil. I just put them back in the sun and added more soil. They looked like hell for a while, but came back full strength.

So don't worry... just go check soon so you can help them if anything happened to them.

I think you will be good. The year of Hurricane Katrina I had an outdoor grow. Mine were in the woods in 5 gallon buckets. When Katrina rolled in she blew a good bit of leaves off the plants, knocked a tree over and knocked a foot off the top of one of the plants, and gave them a wind shaken look. When I got back and saw them I never thought they would pull through. Sure enough a few weeks later they started to flower. They all recovered from losing a bunch of leaves and the one that got topped by a tree gave me 2 huge colas.

Thanks for that reassurance guys.
I'm just a bit north of WPB, and yes, it is flowering.
I know there isn't anything that I can do now, but I'm really glad that she is on some higher ground because we had some SERIOUS flooding all around town. I'm pretty sure that the soil drains well enough. If the chickenwire enclosure around the pot gets knocked over, though, she's likely fucked...she's tied (LST'd) to the chicken wire enclosure.

bur,
In 2004 I had a problem with the multiple hurricanes that hit us. Of the nine plants I had in the woods all got bud rot from the excess moisture, on top of that they lost alot of their leafs. I hope it doesn't turn out for you as it did for me. Good luck!

Okay, I just came back from checking on her and I'm both glad and disappointed. She's still alive, nothing landed on her, and the strings didn't snap her main stem anywhere, so that's all good... but she's noticeably yellower than she was before (many more yellowing leaves). It's been about a week since I checked on her last and, at that point, she was doing great (very green, buds getting bigger, starting to smell). I want to add some of this fish emulsion (^N) and bone meal tea (^P) and epsom salt solution (Mg) because I'm sure that all of the rain has flushed everything out of the soil, but the soil is pretty wet already and I'd rather not add any more moisture.

*sigh*...
I guess only time will tell.
If she dies despite my efforts, I'm going to pick those small buds, smoke them and eat the plant.

yellow of leafs during flower is normal man and i woulnt give it that N boost because of all the N that is in the rain water

Thanks, I haven't gone out there again, yet, but hopefully tomorrow will not bring as much rain as yesterday and today, so maybe I'll try to find her some shelter. I really don't want to carry her all the way back to my garage, but anywhere I put her outside is just as hazardous (constant rain, possibility of tree branches, etc) as any other outdoor place.

I guess I'll just let nature take her course and hope for the best.

I'm scared to go check on her again after this morning's rain...how do you know if you've got root rot or bud rot?

I found some information on this wiki page about root rot, and now I'm pretty worried.
I also found some information on this cannabis.com page about bud rot, and I'm even more worried.

When I checked yesterday, she was yellowing more than she has in a long time, so I'm thinking it might be a symptom of root rot The buds were also really wet. I never use foliar methods of delivering nutrients, so these buds are definitely the wettest I've ever seen them...and, IMHO, wet buds are never desired.

If root rot is caused by too much water (read; not enough oxygen), is this something that hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) can take care of? The wiki article says that it's incurable and usually fatal :'-(

I just took some pics of my baby. She still looks green enough to survive, but barely. Maybe the root & bud rot haven't set in yet, but I'm hoping she can pull through. According to mendokid's post (on the cannabis.com link), a slight tug that pulls off the leaf would indicate a bud rot problem...luckily for me, however, it takes more than a "slight tug" for me to pull off the leaves.

Should I snip off the yellow, almost dead leaves?

burjzyntski said:

I'm scared to go check on her tomorrow.

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You in Brevard? They are getting hit hard. I'd put some sandbags around your lady if it's in the ground, and maybe stretch a tarp with some poles or trees. gl.

That is exactly what mine looked like in 2004 after the 3 canes blew through. Two weeks later the buds fell off. What I've learned now? I would dry the buds as well as possible with a soft piece of paper towel (not too soft, you don't want it leaving little pieces everywhere). I would also pray for sun. The reason why mine failed is because those 3 came in a row, which prevented the sun from coming out, so everything just stayed wet for like 3 weeks.

Right now I would venture to say that your safe, and will probably turn out fine, but just keep an eye out for rot. Its BAD. Good Luck. PS were getting hammered by rain up here!