Quote Originally Posted by GrowingInGeorgia
I did it. :wtf: It was all my fault.

I turned the fans off last night just after the lights came on so I could use the microscope without having to fight the wind. Then I forgot to turn the fans back on, sooooo.... I let the heat get to the plants. They're currently under 12/12 of 400w MH and with my old unit the bulb connects directly to the ballast. It's a vertical job in which the bulb hangs under under the ballast and the whole thing connects to a chain. This configuration creates so much heat that heat still becomes an issue even with all the fanning I can do - which is a 20" box fan!!!

As you can see below, they're drooping real bad. I 'might' have cooked them. I dunno. I'm not going to give up on them without at least trying to save 'em. I do have 6 weeks or so invested in vegging, and topping them. But then, what would you expect? As my signature says, I can screw up ANYTHING!

I moved the microscope out of the room, so at least that excuse for turning the fans off will be removed. Of course I've turned the fans back on, and be damned if I'm going to turn them off again for ANY reason. I'm pretty sure the plants will survive, but now we go into "Shock Recovery" mode for a week or so.....

Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn!

Needless to say, I am NOT a "happy camper"... I've just watered them well, (watered, not fed) turned the fans on and now all I can do is wait. All of the wilting seems to be predominately at the bottom, so maybe.... just maybe.... I'll be lucky enough to save them.

Oh well, shit happens and if they die - well... that just gives me a reason to get some Master Kush planted a little earlier than I expected. The MK seeds have been ordered.... I'm just waiting for them to arrive.


Happy Thanksgiving everyone!
GIG,
You can solve some of the heat issues,other than neglect.. Not funny,huh? You can turn that Hig Bay ballast into a remote ballast. Seperate the mogul from the ballast body and mount it to a hood. Wire the hood and the ballast back together with 12/2 wire. Then you won't have the ballast heat. Set it outside the room. That magnetic ballast has different temps. at different times when it's on.

They'll pull through! I got faith in ya!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to you as well!
Ga.