Not flusing is a crazy thing. When i first started out i was like u guys, the plant needs its nutes the final few weeks. True in some respects. Not true in other.
Now my frist year i was all about the flushing solutions with a 3 day flush at the end (soil grow). The friend who taught me was always telling me about poising myself and friends because smoking minerals is BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH. We did a comparison since i was such a disbeliever in flushing. I singled out 4 plants flushed 1 for 7 days with plain water. Flushed another one for 3 days with rinsing solution like final flush. the 3rd one i flushed with plain water for 14 days like jorge and soma recommend. Remember you want to listen to these guys with lifetime of experience not your friend with 3 years experience. Now the fourth plant received no flush.
plant 4 got No flush = garbage weeed the nutes cover up the canabenoids taste and u wont taste the distinctiveness of the strain. imo newb weed which i dont smoke. i puffed ciggs for 15 years so i feal it more than others when im smoking minerals. they hurt my liver after a 2 days of mineral weed
Plant 1 with 3 day flush was a bit beter but the traces where still there and the bu didnt taste like it was supposed too but a bit better it burned nicer than the o flush and didnt make you gag after a big hit.
plant 2 was not so good. i was reading that the guys supplying the garbage coffee shops in amsterdam where doing a 3 day flush with rinsing solution. so i tried it and must say my shit tasted like amsterdams GARBAGE!!!!!!! Rinsing solution and minerals was nooooo god. (final phase is how ever an excellent rinsing solution that makes it tste good.)
Plant 3
14 days flush with new clean water every 2 days. No cracking , no gaging, no head aches, smoothe gaja with smoooooth strongtaste. Was awsome weed.
i must say the everfyone else was right. The plants are too deep into flowering and will not make a huge yield difference if you flush for 7 days. Your not going to go from 500g per 600w to 700g per 600w. Now u might have a 20g difference which in my opinion is not worth damaging your health over.
I am on hydro now and flushing can be achieved in 3 to 5 days. With hydro it is very diffiuclt to get ALL the minerals out but with reading of this forum i have come up with some techniques.
I filll the tank with a fourth of waterand for the firt 3 days i use final phase form advance nutrients. Now i put in fresh water with fresh final phase every day for 3 days.
The last 2 days they get nothing but water, but the water must be changed everyday. I also measure the ppm in the tank before i change the water just to see how much of the minerals are being washed into the tank. when the increase of ppm in the plain water stops and it barely climbs after 24hrs then its ready to be cut. takes me about 5 days.
Dont get me wrong i have cut sick plants with out a flush and it was still smokable its just a matter of how seriouse of a grower are you. Are you a newb well then dont flush and let your friends call you no flush whack weed. Or start becoming a pro and FLUSH YOUR SHIT your healthis worth more than 50g per harvest. Get super good and your plants will have their max size in week 7 and you can star flushing and letting them desne up. they dont need much nutes to become solid. If you want more yield buy CO2 dont leave out the fush.
Id radther not smoke than smoke mineral weed. hope this helps some of you to be convinced. You dont have to listen to me but at least try it. flush a bit more and eventually you will discover which one is better and that your yield doesent get afftected too much.
Just a not since over feeding is so common a rinse every 30 days for 1 to 2 days will make ur plants blossom and open up room for fresh nutes. You can also drop the ph low enough o that Nitrogen is locked out during flushing since nitrogene is the main ingredient in the grabage tste department
