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Basement flooded

Discussion in 'Sick Plants and Problems' started by stanKystanK9, May 2, 2019.

  1. #1 stanKystanK9, May 2, 2019
    So, I just recently started an indoor grow in early April. My first actual grow, as I tried last year outside in a pot with absolutely zero experience and a few bagseed. She did okay, but we got an early cold snap and I could never get her to recover.

    Well this time, I wasn’t playing around. Read every book I could find, then moved to forums and the search bar. I bought a tent on amazon, fabric pots, lights. Actually just got everything the way I was happy with it.
    My plan was to just plant some bagseed I had been saving, so I planted 12 seeds and 7 sprouted. In that time I also got some autoflower seeds, planted two. So right now I have 9 plants in a 2x2 tent - crowded.

    NOW for my problem. Our city had a crazy downpour, the pumps failed and all the neighborhood basements were flooded with sewage water. My problem, my grow tent was in the basement and my plants were soaking this nasty water. Do I cut my loses and pitch them? Do I just start over? I have no more bagseed, but I do have more autoflower seeds. Should I try to replant in new soil? I’m also using organic soil that I made and cooked myself.

    My two auto flowers, tangerine dream and critical purple, just sprouted on the 27th in peat pots. I repotted those immediately as they were floating. Do I pitch those? Bagseed I can try to convince myself they were all male but I’m not sure if this could be a problem in the future. Certain areas were testing positive for all sorts of bacteria like e. Coli. I’ve attached some pictures of what it looked like before the flood, and then the carnage. Not gonna lie, a little devastated. Our basement has never flooded like this ever.
     

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  2. #2 cigarjack, May 2, 2019
    Sorry for your loss, but I wouldn't smoke anything that was fed with sewage.
     
  3. #3 stanKystanK9, May 2, 2019
    I know, I have fabric bags too. Around Easter I had an issue with underwatering, and it stunted their growth. Now with this, I’m sure they’ve been so stressed out. The autoflowers aren’t too big of a loss, only a few days above soil. My bagseeds I was growing attached to.
     
  4. #4 Cactus Ed, May 2, 2019
    I really doubt it would cause a problem but as small as those are you won't lose much by starting over. Why is sewage water flooding your basement vs ground water? E. Coli is also in ground water but it sounds better than calling it sewage water.

    I think seeds are about the cheapest part of the grow, invest in some known genetics and feminized seeds makes things easier, especially in the beginning. I know there has been some good pot grown with bag seed but you don't know what you'll be getting. I liked knowing I was growing and smoking OG Kush, White Widow, or whatever.

    Speaking of flooding basements, where I lived in Colorado during the spring irrigation season sometimes I could hit water by digging a posthole. My cellar flooded every year and when the sump pump would break or the power go off the cellar would be like a swimming pool. It made good storage for the rest of the year though, especially for root vegetables.
     
  5. #5 stanKystanK9, May 2, 2019
    We had a downpour and supposedly a transformer blew causing the city’s pumps to shut down. We’ve never had a problem, not in a flood zone but the perfect storm this run.

    I did buy seeds from Growers Choice, those are my autoflowers. I may just let them grow outside until they show gender at the least.
     
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