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Off Topic I had a bit of an "oops" moment, or "What was that crash-bang-wallop sound from the other room!?"

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Just a quick one - I heard this rather ominous and drawn out series of crashes and bangs from the other room over the weekend.
All members of the household rushed to see what had happened - even the family pet had been startled.

A quick look around the room showed nothing out of place.... Until I looked inside my small grow "tent".

Opening up, it was oddly dark inside - that was when I realised that the lights were nowhere to be seen, until I started looking below the canopy...

Yeah you've guessed it - both sets of LED lights had come down from the ceiling, crashing into my two plants below.

Nothing broken,  some torn leaves, and the lower-most first "fork" from when I pinched out the top a few months ago was ALMOST cleaved clean apart.
I'm so glad that LED lights are so much more lighter (in mass/weight) that "legacy" lighting setups.

After untangling the lights from the plants, and re-installing with a more robust setup, I turned my attention to what was left of the "twins".

Remembering discussions enjoyed on the podcast, I carefully taped and cable tied the damaged branches back together.
I don't know how well the "first aid" bandaging will do, but a few days on I'm pleased not to see any wilting as of yet.

I just wanted to say that the relief is palpable; and that as always, I owe it to the fabulous people of Percys and HOHG podcast that I didn't just give up and go back to square one after months of caring for my two plants.

Thank you one and all.

NS.

 

 
Posted : November 15, 2022 2:32 pm
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@noodlesoup sounds like a close call ! What gave out on the lights ?

Time to grow old disgracefully.

 
Posted : November 15, 2022 3:20 pm
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@noodlesoup Fingers crossed for you. I bet they bounce back!

To see a World in a Grain of Sand, And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, And Eternity in an hour.
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Posted : November 16, 2022 2:17 am
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@toploader I'm not too sure. I have two light units, both hanging from cup-hooks screwed into wall plugs, that are in the ceiling above. Both lights had come down, as they were daisy-chained. One of the cup hooks had been pulled out.

So I don't know whether the cup-hook wall-plug failed first, causing that ligh unit to pull the other one down, or the other way around.
I wish that I had a camera set up to monitor it!

 
Posted : November 16, 2022 6:55 pm
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"bounce back" ha ha ha 🤣
Yeah, the twins are looking ok so far. Mackys' tape solution seems to be "holding up" so far.
I guess that if they are ok by the end of the week then it's worked out ok 😀

 
Posted : November 16, 2022 6:58 pm
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@noodlesoup sounds like you need a set of sky hooks !! 😆 😆

Time to grow old disgracefully.

 
Posted : November 16, 2022 7:36 pm
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Glad to hear your plants ok lol it must have been one of those horrible moments to see your lights in your plants .

And hey you got to tape your plants up with a tip from percys lol 

I once tripped over in my tent and face planted my bubba kush . No real damage and was glad no one saw lol I like to get close to my plants but not that close 

 
Posted : November 17, 2022 12:54 pm
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@hashimoto haha yeah that sounds "intimate" 🤣

 
Posted : November 17, 2022 1:08 pm
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I wasn't sure who was more shocked me or my bubba 

 
Posted : November 17, 2022 1:10 pm
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