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satch82

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Flower Week 6 Day 3:

I had a 30-hour power outage five days ago from the hurricane. After this, roughly two days later, I started to see taco leaves followed by twisting, then discoloration/death. My assumption was and still is the power outage killed/is killing my plants. I've checked daily for mold or rot but so far see none (that I can identify anyway). Varying opinions I've received are this is simply fade OR lighting is too high/low, wind burn etc. etc. I want to clarify that I've changed nothing with the exception of running an ozone generator for 5 minutes with my fans running, but the inline turned off. This was done to kill any mites or bugs that may have made their way in during the power outage and/or any mold/rot that may have settled in over the 30-hour outage. The outage itself I had no exhaust or fans. I did hang a 60w lightbulb in the tent during the 12-hour cycle. As far as the plants are concerned, the two near the front are amnesia haze fem photos, the one in the rear is a GSC fem photo. I have fed them in flower 4 out of 6 weeks because I left them in Happy Farm and my ppm kept dropping below 800 via run-off. The most recent watering/feeding was done Sunday @600ppm NPK, and my run-off was 1250 for all three plants with a ph of 6.10 respectively. Anyway, I'm not sure if the sudden leave status is normal or not. Nor do I really know how close I am to harvest. Based on my observation, I am looking at a 9-week flower. I've seen no need to get the jeweler lope out yet. BTW, my 400w LED light is running at 100% starting week 6 @ the top of a 4x4 canopy.

any help is appreciated

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satch82

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FloraBloom/Micro/Gro based on the general hydroponics late flower chart until 10% run-off every 5 days (using a five gallon bucket) but I found this to be too rich so I dilute until my ppm is between 300ppm-650ppm depending on the last run-off readings. I left the plants in Happy Farm 5-gallon pots (a mistake learned) which is why I'm feeding them so often. When I water only, I feed sweet/mag-sul. i fed molasses in week 5.

Light is a vivosun vs4000 at the top of the 4x4 canopy (was running at 80% until week 6).
Temp averages 77-81 during the day 71-73 @ night.
Humidity is averaging 40-55% day or night.

run-off averaging between 850-1250 runoff (most recent watering was 1250). Recalibrated to verify. I'm thoroughly confused.
 
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Cpappa27

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One looks burnt, the other one has some sort of deficiency. What kind of ozone generator did you use and was it exactly 5 minutes? So were your plants perfectly healthy and green before the power outage or were there already yellow leaves and shit before that?
 

satch82

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I used a 9w led (60w conventional) backup battery-powered lightbulb for power outages as I was under the impression that any direct light will keep my plants in their cycle. yes, everything was fine before the power outage. But, that doesn't explain why the third plant is perfectly fine. I bought a generator after this and ditched the O3 generator. I'm confused. Do I ride this out and see where my trichomes land in 3 weeks or admit I jacked this * up and chop 2 of 3 plants? I checked the trichomes yesterday and very few were amber yet. I would imagine if my fan leaves are all dying the cycle will not complete?

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The O3 generator has a timer, I ran it for 5 minutes with the fans turned on, but no exhaust.
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satch82

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I'd go with possible ozone generator damage. A friend had that happen with his plants once. They recovered well.
I agree; given the damage and how fast it occurred, that makes the most sense...I will keep doing what I'm doing for the next 3 weeks of flower. if I do not see any progress ill have to make a decision.
 

Cpappa27

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Just ride it out man, Ive seen much worse make it to finish so you will be fine. Just keep an eye on dead growth in the bud so you dont get bud rot. and dont start plucking leaves either just feed and water like you normally would. If the plant hasnt discarded the leaf then its still using it.
 

Cpappa27

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And that ozon generator is no joke thats a strong one. 5 minutes of that in a room and you would be gagging, eyes on fire.
 
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