*Indoor Farm Electric to be off for 1 day! How to mitigate issues/stress???*

Overgrowtho

Well-Known Member
Hi y'all. I got 140 plants growing indoors in a controlled environment. The government will be shutting off the electric from 9 am to 5 pm on Friday due to maintenance/repairs work in the area of the town.

I live in a very hot and tropical environment. My plants are in flower but got flipped only 2 weeks ago, so luckily we do not have thick buds growing at the moment that will risk molding during the day's outage.

The light schedule is currently 7 AM to 7 PM.

My question is: what can I do to mitigate negative effects or stress of this power outage? Obviously there will be no light, water pumps, no dehums, and no aircon during the outage times.

Should I change the light schedule or something? Go in there with a fan on a battery? Relocate my recently trimmed 10 KG to a spot with climate control?

Any advice is much appreciated and valued!!!! Thanks!
 

OldMedUser

Well-Known Member
Just chill. One day won't mean a thing to your plants. Even if they were near to harvest you're not going to have mold break out all over the place. Keep everything on the same schedule and carry on.

Maybe open what you can to allow for better natural ventilation but you don't want bugs getting in either as that would be a lot more problem than what amounts to 1/3 of a day without power.

If you can run a fan off a battery that is big enough to circulate air around the whole crop that would probably be a good idea. Most growers with heat issues schedule light's on for the nights when it's a little cooler.

:peace:
 
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