Fox Farms Flushing Schedule
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bird mcbride
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As in just plain water no ferts on same watering schedule?
ksmirov
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Yes as on the schedule where it says "Sledgehammer Flush" using just plain water and no nutes. Do you guys do that or just wait till the last 2 weeks for the final flush?
ksmirov
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Ok, Do you flush during the watering, where u only feed them plain water? And how do ur plants react? Im prolly about 4-5 weeks from the final flush.
Sorry not understanding your ?. If your feeding your plant nutrients it is good to flush your plants every two weeks to rid the soil of built up salts and any unused stuff. I flush by watering my pot with triple the amount of it can hold and let it run out the bottom. Then let it drain until it stops and mark in the journal as H2O. Depending on size of pot it will take a little extra time to dry out. Then commence with the schedule. Repeat in 2 weeks. As for harvest I guesstimate within two weeks of my desired ripeness and do a final flush of the soil (personally I put as much water through as I have on hand to get rid of any trace of shitty tasting fish guts and bat shit) and only give it pure H20 until harvest. I hope I answered your ?
ksmirov
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I understand, but I heard most people don't flush if it is absolutely necessary since it will shock the plants and take em a few days to recover?
bird mcbride
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It depends on whether you're hydro or dirt. with dirt follow the ff instructions. The soil will retain much fertilizer that the rock and coco etc won't. No one on RIU understands me but for taste I do an after chop roots off flush in RO water. There are many types of flushes and people get them confused. By cutting out on the ferts a week before harvest will help very little for taste and in hydro will not do your plant(s) any favours.
Cpappa27
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Depending on how long your flowering time is, when your 2 weeks before harvest you can flush with only water. Most people don't use and nutes the last two weeks. That feeding schedule looks quite complicated. I use foxfarm nutes and I looked at that schedule and said fuck that. Theres way too much shit on there. You don't need half of that stuff IMHO. I gave them just the trio and I used a PPM meter to figure out how much to give them and they are huge.. Each plant has different tolerances to different strength nutes. Once you find what your plants can handle run with it. As far as all those other things on there, IDK I think they're a crock of shit. Give them NPK and some Micros and they will love you. After you flush, for the last 2 weeks use some molasses and plain water and it will sweeten them buds right up. Good luck brotha
greenlikemoney
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The only time I would ever flush is if the plants developed a nute burn/nute deficiency. As stated by multiple people above, to each his/her own.
hydrogreen65
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I'm not one for flushing, but with all that shit on that schedule. Damn at the snake oils.
topfuel29
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So your not using the Nutrients in Orange. Just the Solubles.... Open sesame, chaching, beastie bloomz.
If your just using those 3 I wouldn't worry about flushing with the Sledge Hammer or plain water.
If your Using the whole Fox Farm Line, and following the feeding schedule. Then use the Sledge Hammer when it tells you to.
It removes salt build up in your soil.
If your plant shows signs of stress, color irregularities your supposed to flush the growing medium with sledge hammer, and grow big at twice the volume of water to remove salt build ups.
When your using the whole line, at 100% those nutrients are potent chemical nutrients. That's why your plant grows like crazy.
They don't tell you to flush with sledge hammer just for the fun of it.
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Sade
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leads are called terpenes and flavanols profiles that bring out the taste and smell. Also dont mix soda and candy in soil. That absolutely does not work at all.
Sade
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Super old thread but guess what my man. With legalization and people able to do scientific research on plants have found out flushing is an old myth. Those last 2 weeks plant is starving living off just water. I feed every watering too
Dontjudgeme
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I tried to follow that chart, worse mistake I ever made. Flushing first of all doesn’t do anything. Secondly, why would I flush everything I just put in my plant while it’s still growing??? I never understood that on their feed schedule. On my next run I decided to do things my own way. Feed/water/feed/water all the way until I chop. This time I harvested exactly what I thought I should have, and guess what, no deficiencies or toxicity. I’m not sure of the science behind flushing on their chart, but don’t follow it, it will do more harm than good. The only thing I used on that chart was how much to feed per bottle, and I even used less than what they recommended.