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Ever had a power outage?

Had this issue with power outage 2 days ago. Bad storm, lost power just before lights on so fired up my 550 Honda generator fast and got them going a few minutes late. Next morning 2 hours after lights on power gone again. Got power back on a couple minutes later but wondered if the minutes of dark would mess up my grow. 6-1/2 weeks into flower. What do you think?
 
Thanks for the tips! I've never experienced an outage (probably because I live in SoCal - but they can happen anywhere). I used to live in Florida where the summer thunderstorms knocked the power out on the regular. Never considered this problem before but it's great to have some ideas of what to do now if it ever happens to me.
 
Sam, I don't think that you will see any ill effects from the disruption so carry on. I have had a few instances when I lost power during a grow, longest was about 3 hrs until I could get power back and they all did fine.
 
It's interruption of the dark phase that seems to mess plants up, isn't it? I think as long as they get their undisturbed dark phase, they are fine. I was out of power for a week after hurricane Matthew, and my plants, well into flower, got minimal light from a window during that week, but I preserved the dark phase completely. Got a great harvest from that grow.
 
gbauto said:
Sam, I don't think that you will see any ill effects from the disruption so carry on. I have had a few instances when I lost power during a grow, longest was about 3 hrs until I could get power back and they all did fine.
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I'm pretty new to growing but 3 hours would give me a heart attack. Glad to know a healthy plant has a chance of surviving that without issue.
 
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