Severe wind burn, any advice?

bibbles

Active Member
So, I was unable to check the garden for a few days, the lights came on about half an hour ago, and I discovered that my oscillating fan decided it was going to break; the fan itself kept running, but without oscillating, meaning that it was pointed directly into the top of a plant... probably for a couple days from the look of things, because DAMN!

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This is NOT light burn, being close to the lamp probably made it worse, but only the plant which was directly under the fan was effected, and everything is exactly the same with the other plants.

At the moment, my plan is to raise the lamp directly onto the crossbar, since the hangers are already all the way up; also, of course, removing all the dead leaves, and rotating the plant 180° to get the severely burt parts out from under the lamp. I've turned off the dehumidifier, and I'd like to spray the plant down, but I suspect I'm too far into flowering. My nutrient solution (changing it today) includes B1, fulvic acid, and compost tea, so that should help.

Does anyone have any advice? :/
 

sikkinixx

Active Member
I had something similar happen just by point a fan to close and the first three plants in the batch got a little burned. Although it sucks and it sure makes the plant not look as pretty, I don't think much damage was done. I removed the really dried out leaves and kept an eye on the rest but otherwise carried on with business as usual and the damage didn't get any worse and all new growth was fine. Your case is a bit more sever but I think you can nurse her back.
Also, I have found that keeping a dehumidifier inside the grow tent has proved to be a bad idea. I would wager money that the plant in the picture is the closest to the dehumidifier, correct? I find that unless your humidity is really high (like more then 65%) a humidifier seems to literally suck the life out of the leaves closest to it. Try putting your dehumidifier by the air intake source on the outside of your tent.
My guess is that is was a combination of the two. Hope she gets better.
 

bibbles

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It's one of four that are equidistant from it, one of two in front of it (so not getting hit with dry air), but the canopy is well above it, and the lower part of the plant it still doing okay. I've tried the dehumidifier both inside of and outside of the tent, I didn't notice a difference, but there isn't really room outside of the tent anymore (that space was taken by moving the filter outside). :/
 
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