Flushing vs. Not Flushing
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woodsusa
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Well I didn't flush my GDPs after all. The taste is great the effects stupendous. I'm still not sure of which way to go, but it seems like curing has a lot to do with it. The other plants that were kind of harst tasting have now mellowed out nicely after curing a while.
huhhhh ulot are crazy so y does it tell u to flush in organic grow charts and u must not llike the taste of sugars that are held in the plant until u flush them out which equals white ash and not harsh black unflushed ash if u think u dont dont but im telling u frm experience i advice u to flush if u dont then ur wont taste the full effect and taste look at the bio bizz range for etc flush 4 at least 1 week mimumum..post bak
woodsusa
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That's kind of how I feel.
htroff420
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Theirs this concept in the world it's called marketing. If people are dumb enough to believe you need to flush and are willing to spend $20 bucks to buy some fluid why not sell it?!
And I would love for you to post your notes from this experiment you had with flushing and not. I have mine if you need to see...
Dubbz0r
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I'm a few weeks away from harvest and I hadn't decided whether to flush my plants, until tonight. I've read a great deal of information on flushing or not flushing for the last two months, and I've heard both sides. I know that plants don't actually eat NPK, so how those chemicals enter the plant doesn't make sense to me. This alone leads me towards not flushing... but
Yesterday I bought an 1/8 of Larry OG Kush. I asked the guy if he flushed or didn't flush. He said he flushed for 9 days. If this weed was flushed for 9 days then I will not be flushing. This shit is harsh as hell. The buzz is great but damn. First hit I was coughing my lung out onto the floor. The ash is just about pure black. He also claimed it was cured for 3+weeks. It smells good, great buzz but smokes like shit. Me no flush.
Yesterday I bought an 1/8 of Larry OG Kush. I asked the guy if he flushed or didn't flush. He said he flushed for 9 days. If this weed was flushed for 9 days then I will not be flushing. This shit is harsh as hell. The buzz is great but damn. First hit I was coughing my lung out onto the floor. The ash is just about pure black. He also claimed it was cured for 3+weeks. It smells good, great buzz but smokes like shit. Me no flush.
lotsOweed
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You have that backwards, if anything that proves you want to flush. It was black and harshed most likely because it wasnt flushed long enough
dannyboy602
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This will be on my to do list when winter arrives and im off for ten weeks. I'll do a side by side and find out myself
jdmcwestevo
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i agree with dj, i have pulled stuff without flushing just to test if it was ready and it burned clean white ash. that was even pulled at the height of my nutes in week 8...
Dubbz0r
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A friend of mine helping me with my grow didn't flush his plants simply cuz he ran out of time. Turns out it was a blessing in disguise. He was pissed that he had been flushing all along. The unflushed buds smoked better than his previous flushed buds. Needless to say he won't be flushing anymore.
jdmcwestevo
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i've heard such mixed results i think it also depends on your nutrients as well.
samchesser
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In hydro, I drop ppm down to 500 for a few days and then flush for 3, it doesn't starve the plant and it gives the plant a few days to clean out had it been overfed. I wouldn't recommend pushing 1600ppm into the plant until harvest nor would I flush for an extended period of time. In soil, I can't see flushing for one week starving the plant. I wouldn't go any longer than that though. I fall more in the flushing isn't necessary if you are feeding correctly group of people but i do it for a few days just in case.
jdmcwestevo
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im usually flushing for 3-4 days with ph RO water and clearex
fabfun
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and a fine manicure
Harrekin
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You know by pHing your "flushing water", you're actually helping your plants take up nutes instead of hindering it, right?
Im pretty sure how it actually works is:
White Ash, Smooth Smoke = Slow dry, slow cure
Black Ash, Sore Throat = Quick/over dry, (now pointless at this stage) cure.
The black ash is from unbroken down complex carbs/sugars like starch, its got nothing to do with nutes.
Flushing is for toilets, not for plants.
408isthebay
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last 2 waterings with water for me..i almost always over nute the last few weeks, harvest about 5-6 days after the last dose of nutes unless the tips aren't burnt at all