Flush or not

204Kush Master said:

Yup the old saying you can read a book on how to grow or you can grow and wright the book lol

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UH? you can read a book by someone who already wrote the book a thousand times, with science, or you can ignore the science and just be ignorant. good luck with that bro.

i am not telling you not to not flush, just trying to help you understand that it isn't nutrients that causes bad taste and harshness. OK?

I grow perfect weed because im an exp. grower , books are typically written from someone who writes books.

Nate Dogg said:

ill try another experiment not flush one and feed all the way through then with the other one ill try just gibing regular waterings for the last week

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Going water only the final week is not flushing. Flushing on this site is defined as giving 3X the pot volume of water.

I love experimentation but your experiment is going to be anecdotal at best. How well your plant are grown and how well you know how to dry/cure are very important. If going water only the last week or two makes a significant improvement in your product, it may be that you are not as good a grower as you think you are.

204Kush Master said:

I grow perfect weed because im an exp. grower , books are typically written from someone who writes books.

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good for you bro, BUT growing great weed really isn't that hard

The improvement is the final product. Goto your room week 7 grab 1 plant flush it put it back finish your grow and then comment on it .

your right chuck follow your schedule don't over feed and don't do crazy shit you see on the internet to your babies

Nate Dogg said:

Yes i did 2 green crack side by side i flushed one one good time and then gave it straight water for a week the other one i gave nutes all the way to harvest the one i flushed was definitely smoother a little bit sweeter not much i did notice i harvested 3 grams more with the one i didnt flush but it was harsh on the throat i used maxsea for veg and sea blast for veg and the hydroplex every now and again and of course cal mag but i stopped using the cal mag 2 weeks before harvest on both they were grown in 707 soil bags with holes popped in the bottom from drainage

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That's good to hear. Do you credit the result of the heavier yield to not flushing? Or is there a chance the plant got better light? I think the flavor difference is worth a smaller yield. I'd rather have less herb that doesn't burn the shit out of my throat than a bumper of harsh stuff.

Bugeye said:

Going water only the final week is not flushing. Flushing on this site is defined as giving 3X the pot volume of water.

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I like to call water-only feeding "cleansing" to differentiate between abrupt 3x flushing. I've seen this term used on other sites.

204Kush Master said:

I grow perfect weed because im an exp. grower , books are typically written from someone who writes books.

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Wait a second..
You mean to tell me that " books are typically written from someone who writes books?"

Great Scott.
Mind: Blown.

Alright I have the solution!!! Let's all meet up flushers and non flushers, roll em up and we'll all get baked!! Bam problem solved!

204Kush Master said:

PK is very food sensitive feed , feed , water some times feed ,water ,water and a good rule to follow is 15,10,5 in veg 5,10 ,15 in bloom 3 part food slight tweaks to your stain from there and I then flush 10 to 14 days with a 15g/pot flush week7 day 1 then regular water let the plant eat the nutes it has stored in it till its done and the plant has nothing left in it and the buds are swollen and full of crust about 90% cloudy or first sign of amber
smoke is smooth high is almost narcotic like lol

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No more like a 3-1-4 from start to finish for cannabis. High levels of P are not needed in peat/and or coco based mediums.

204Kush Master said:

I grow perfect weed because im an exp. grower , books are typically written from someone who writes books.

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People who write books also tend to get paid better than people who are only experts at growing weed. (I wonder why)

About the black ash thing, use some common sense. I use synthetic salts. They're all white salts, except for the iron sulfate which is green.

When I burn the salts, they stay white, so why does weed turn black sometimes? Carbon is black. The carbon is from the starches, sugars, and structural carbon like cellulose, not the salts.

That carbon is pulled straight out of the air. The ash is black because the carbon didn't burn completely. Dry your weed out more. Your joint keeps going out because it's wet.

Now guess what makes white ashes white? It probably has to do with the fact that all the synthetic salts I use are white.

Although it's theoretically possible if the vacuoles of the cells are higher in potassium than usual, they will do a better job at retaining water and thus possible to still be moist when smoking.

caherbgrower said:

That's good to hear. Do you credit the result of the heavier yield to not flushing? Or is there a chance the plant got better light? I think the flavor difference is worth a smaller yield. I'd rather have less herb that doesn't burn the shit out of my throat than a bumper of harsh stuff.

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nah same amount of light and everything this test was outdoors

Bugeye said:

Going water only the final week is not flushing. Flushing on this site is defined as giving 3X the pot volume of water.

I love experimentation but your experiment is going to be anecdotal at best. How well your plant are grown and how well you know how to dry/cure are very important. If going water only the last week or two makes a significant improvement in your product, it may be that you are not as good a grower as you think you are.

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WTF this is what chuck suggested i should try instead of what i usually do when i flush i give 1 gallon of water to 1 gallon of soil thats a proper "flush" that was just a method chuck said i should try the dispensaries love me when i bring bows and ive never been turned down on one the only thing flushing effexts is flavor imo your absolutely being grown properly and curing are very important and you can ask all the patients that buy my herb from the disp. i know how to grow and cure homie only thing i see flushing does is make the smoke smoother black ash and not staying lit is due to an unproper cure all my smoke burns white

Your absolutely correct*

lmfao at these references about flushing.

Aunt betsy said flushing is good.

Here's the article. She is a veterinarian.

I believe betsy's gardening tips.

And id say yea less nutrients your basically starving your plant as its ripening so imo flushing does lower the yield just a little bit but if your a good grower losing a couple ounces wont matter when your pulling 350+ off one garden

I know some people that even do 3:1 ratio 3 gallons of water to 1 gallon of soil and they pulled 120 off 30 in 200 gal smart pots