Heat tortured my plants, can I save them?

[jedubz]

So I returned home from my 3 1/2 Memorial Day trip to find a terrible site my grow closet... the temp was 100 degrees and my plants were severely wilted and burned to a crisp in some areas!

[See Pics Below]

I had poor ventilation and not large enough fan (this will be corrected ASAP!) but I want to know if I can save my plants! There are two Indicas that are well into budding and a Sativa that just began to develop flowers. Branches of the Sativa grew into the lightbulbs but even lower branches on all three plants are crispy (some are still green, but droopy though.)

Can I save these plants?! (Or should I cut them down now and take what buds I have pictured)

If I can save the plants, what techniques do you recommend for reducing the effects of the burn?

1. Trim crispy leaves?
2. Trim the branches from the main stalk that the crispies were on?
3. Water more in the coming days?
4. Water less?
5. Nutes?
6. Remove burned tops from Sativa branches that grew into the lights?

Sorry the pics are kinda dark. If you need more pics for details just ask and I can provide them!

jedubz Reviewed by jedubz on 05-26-2009. Heat tortured my plants, can I save them? So I returned home from my 3 1/2 Memorial Day trip to find a terrible site my grow closet... the temp was 100 degrees and my plants were severely wilted and burned to a crisp in some areas! I had poor ventilation and not large enough fan (this will be corrected ASAP!) but I want to know if I can save my plants! There are two Indicas that are well into budding and a Sativa that just began to develop flowers. Branches of the Sativa grew into the lightbulbs but even lower branches on all Rating: 5

[jedubz]

So I clipped many of the crispy leaves and the stems they were attached to. I might have to do more of this tomorrow...

Any help would be much appreciated!

[jeepboi]

you can bring em back i did that twice it def hurt my yield but something is better then nothing

good luck

[jeepboi]

sorry i just watered like natural and watched them closely

[warfrat73]

Water them really well, they should bounce back. We had one really hot day here last week and the temps in my closet got up to about 101. I woke up in the morning and they were wilted something fierce. A good watering and they were all perked up by the afternoon.

[Mr. Clandestine]

Don't water any more than you've been watering in the past... just water like normal and the leaves should get their turgidity back like everyone else mentioned. Keep a closer eye on them in the coming weeks than you would have, because it might hermie from the stress. You can either pick off the pollen sacs individually if you happen to find some, or there's a product called 'Reverse' that reportedly does a good job at reversing the effects.

Take care. :thumbsup:

[jedubz]

Thanks for the positive words guys. I pulled the trays that came attached to my pots off to let water drain out (been reading that can cause bud rot.)

Here's pics of the plants after some trimming of dead leaves and just before bed time. Hopefully they are okay!

The large "top" bud on the Indica in the close-up (picture 4) looks healthy but the hairs on the buds that were in close to where the hottest lamp (picture 5) look mangled. Is it ever wise to pick a bud?

[jedubz]

Two of the plants (the Indica and Sativa on the right) are recovering, but even after the mass trimming of the Indica on the left, the plant is still looking crispy.

Leaves are more yellow than usual and are curling upward! See Pic 3.

Any suggestions?

If the Indica on the left (Pic 3) continues to show no signs towards recovery I might just cut it down to use the extra space and lights for the last two. The Sativa is still in the early stages of flowering and I'm moving in 33 days so everything will need to be harvested by then!

[killerweed420]

Give them 2 days and they'll perk up. The yellowing will be normal. It appears they are within 3 or 4 weeks of being harvested. Next time if you have to leave for a few days, either pickup some of those water globes or make your own by using pepsi bottles and turning them upside down and stick them in the soil.

[jedubz]

Give them 2 days and they'll perk up. The yellowing will be normal. It appears they are within 3 or 4 weeks of being harvested. Next time if you have to leave for a few days, either pickup some of those water globes or make your own by using pepsi bottles and turning them upside down and stick them in the soil.

What tells you that they are 3-4 weeks from harvest? They will all be harvested by June 30th although I'm wondering if I should harvest the dry/crippled Indica on the left immediately...


Some of the buds on that Indica have no green leaves on them and the buds are turning a yellowish color. See pics.

Also could you provide more info on this Pepsi-Bottle watering system? I will be leaving the plants for 3 day stretches until harvest.