Leaching my plants in pot or not?

CannnaGrower

New Member
My plants are in the third week of the flowering stage and i never made any leeching. I read that it should be a regular maintenance activity to reduce the salt buildup that comes with the fertilizers. Are you leaching you plants it pot? Do you use an additive like Clearex?
 

GrowinDad

Well-Known Member
I think you mean flushing. I don't unless it looks like they need it. I say if a plants is happy, don't fuck with it.
 

CannnaGrower

New Member
From the reading i done, the leaching is normally referred to be used to dissolve the accumulated salts that could block the absorbtion of fertilisers, and the flush is usually described as the technique used in the final week or so of the flowering to eliminate the ferilizer in the plant that give the harsh taste when smoked.The leaching itself is recommeded by some grower as a preventive maintenance is soil to prevent the fertilizer block problems. Some say that plant should be leached with 2 times it's volume of water. Somebody did that before?
 

CannnaGrower

New Member
I just leached one of my plants with two times the pot content, to eliminate the salt build up, and after i added a normal fertilizer dose, because i don't want to starve my plant in the flowering phase, I will update the thread in maybe one week when I will be able to compare the result with the other plants. At the base the problem is curling leaf drying from the tip.
 
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