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Send an email to Dan at UC or go find UCMENOW and ask him. It might be quicker.
You could lift the lid and place yardsticks or somethin under the lid across the bucket for support in a cross pattern then tape the seams?
I was thinking maybe lengths of PVC inside the bucket, from bottom to lid, to try and relieve some of the stress.
I suppose its a 'good' problem to have though. Plants are too heavy for the 'heavy harvest' lids. Could be worse.
Well what it comes down to is the previous HH lids design.
The newest heavy harvest lids are shaped a bit differently to help prevent the plants from caving in, the first heavy harvest lids fit good when there was no water in the thing, but when you have water in the module it causes the module to bow out slightly on the sides. The new lids are wider throughout the middle to help this problem.
what was dans recommendation by the way?, cause the first system I got has the original design HH lids, then the lids I ordered a couple weeks ago are the new shape.
Do you know if you have the Original HH lid or the Newest HH lid?
the original are 13" wide, the newer ones are 13 1/2" wide and more rounded.
*edit,
guess u don't have the HH lids, my bad.
Dan recommended putting a little wedge under the sides where they are bowing and lowering my water levels. I lowered my levels but was waiting to see if anyone had an ingenious idea before I just start experimenting. I might make it I just wanted to be prepared if it continues to get worse. I like the idea of tying them to the supports up top but I cannot get a clear line up where its needed. I think I decided to use the boards I have for my next scrog 1x2's and cut them 2 inches over the buckets on each side of the base of the plant and try to tie the base of the plant to them and let the bucket support them. I have a bunch of green stretch tie tape if I wrap it enough it should hold nicely without damaging the plant. I already have new HH lids coming for next time so I shouldn't have this problem again. They only need to hold for another 20 days. Fingers crossed
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