Anyone growing on the east coast preparing for Florence?

Just wondering what everyone's plans are for their plants if they get hit hard where they live. I'm more worried about power outages. I don't have plants outdoors. I'd really be nervous then!

So, are you guys putting precautions into place for your plants? If so, what?

Im not east coast but mid east lol
I think my yard is protected enough from wind for my outdoor. Ee rarely get power outages here but fingers crossed.

Craigson said:

Im not east coast but mid east lol
I think my yard is protected enough from wind for my outdoor. Ee rarely get power outages here but fingers crossed.

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It's looking like it's going to pound the Carolinas, parts of Virginia, parts of Georgia. The last update I saw, they had it making land fall at 140MPH.

I'll be keeping a close eye on it. I don't have a generator.

Can you run hid's or cob led's on a regular "non-inverter" generator?

Serverchris said:

Can you run hid's or cob led's on a regular "non-inverter" generator?

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Yeah. It needs to be able to handle the initial ballast strike amperage though. I think it maxes out at around 8.2-8.8 amps on a 1000 watt but that's just me remembering looking at my ballast, I could be mistaken on the amperage.

I haven't done much. Folks around here are tripping. Walmart was outta water yesterday... were about 200 miles from the coast so we wont get it to bad where I'm at in sc. Will prolly still have power outages.

We are dead in the cross hairs of it AND we live right on the coast of N.C. Fortunately I'm not growing anything right now. We're under an evacuation order so we're packed up and heading to the mountains in the morning. I've been through two hurricanes here in four years and rode them out and nothing happened but I've got a bad feeling about this one; first time we've ever ran from a hurricane.

Grew up in FL and rode out plenty of hurricanes. I now live in the N GA mountains and have 5 girls out in the garden that are flowering. All I can do is truss them up with some supports and see what happens. Not really predicted to get really bad here, but for the folks out by the coast stay safe.

Some say Chuck Norris has hooked his lights up to a temporary wind farm made of tent pegs. Others say he's took off all his doors for a flood and drain. All we know is, he's a fucking beast.

gjs4786 said:

Just wondering what everyone's plans are for their plants if they get hit hard where they live. I'm more worried about power outages. I don't have plants outdoors. I'd really be nervous then!

So, are you guys putting precautions into place for your plants? If so, what?

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It's a CAT 5 hurricane im pretty sure, 200mph+winds, biggest hurricane too date, last thing to worry about is plants, houses are gunna be ripped from there foundations. IF YOUR IN THE WORST AREA OF STORM, EVACUATE ATLEAST 250 MILES AWAY

potpimp said:

We are dead in the cross hairs of it AND we live right on the coast of N.C. Fortunately I'm not growing anything right now. We're under an evacuation order so we're packed up and heading to the mountains in the morning. I've been through two hurricanes here in four years and rode them out and nothing happened but I've got a bad feeling about this one; first time we've ever ran from a hurricane.

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better to be safe than sorry

its coming for my 2 girls.direct hit----4 weeks into bud----outside-think i may dig them up an transplant --in buckets

gjs4786 said:

Just wondering what everyone's plans are for their plants if they get hit hard where they live. I'm more worried about power outages. I don't have plants outdoors. I'd really be nervous then!

So, are you guys putting precautions into place for your plants? If so, what?

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a simple 12v dc light bulb/flashlight/torch over your plants

should prevent them falling to flower

or any form of stress with any outage

good luck

PURPLEB3RRYKUSH said:

It's a CAT 5 hurricane im pretty sure, 200mph+winds, biggest hurricane too date, last thing to worry about is plants, houses are gunna be ripped from there foundations. IF YOUR IN THE WORST AREA OF STORM, EVACUATE ATLEAST 250 MILES AWAY

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A lot of folks are just going to be dealing with heavy rain and some wind. I wasn't referring to people living close to the point of impact. At that point, plants are a write-off anyway outdoors. Wilmington is advising their residents to leave if they can, but if they're above the surge, a lot of people are riding it out.

Also, it's not even close to 200MPH winds. It's at 140 right now. It's expected to strengthen to 155, then weaken before it hits the coast.. Some models don't even have it making landfall. I've been watching every update, and in between. Also,you don't need to evacuate 250 miles away. Where the hell do you get your information from? You need to get to a sturdy structure that's out of the flood zone. Tha's all. This is expecting to be more of a rain/flood event than a wind damage event.

vostok said:

a simple 12v dc light bulb/flashlight/torch over your plants

should prevent them falling to flower

or any form of stress with any outage

good luck

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Thanks. I was 2 days into flowering, had my lights on at night. I switched it up today to lights on during the day. If we lose power, I'll just move them from the tent to a room getting light from outside. SHould stress them a little, but not too much I don't think.

cool!

Serverchris said:

Can you run hid's or cob led's on a regular "non-inverter" generator?

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hid dig ballast r fine on my geni

Good luck to anybody being affected by the storm!

LittleT said:

its coming for my 2 girls.direct hit----4 weeks into bud----outside-think i may dig them up an transplant --in buckets

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if u live near the water, your screwed