cindywhite
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I have been feeding my plants tap water throughout their life. The ppm is 177, and I am curious if that is too much ppm for a flush or if I will be alright. If it is too high, what should I do?
Flushing water?
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Lacedwitgame
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Were u using nutes?
cindywhite
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Yes. I used the botanicare line (grow, bloom, hydroplex, and sweet raw) throughout the entire grow.
Morriston55
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Zero need to flush, old wives tail. 177ppm is also low anyways
Lacedwitgame
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Your going to want to flush.... Be carful who you take info from.
RM3
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Yeah don't listen to the guy that wrote this ,,,
https://www.rollitup.org/t/the-truth-about-flushing.409622/
https://www.rollitup.org/t/the-truth-about-flushing.409622/
cindywhite
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I've been doing more reading and I think I am going to flush. It's a obviously a technique many growers have used to get conniseour quality buds. People are just not questioning how important it is, and what it really does for the plants. I've heard not flushing can leave too much chlorophyll to stay in the buds and cause headaches. Do you think my 177 ppm tap water will suffice?
Lacedwitgame
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Theres a few informative youtube videos on flushing
Lacedwitgame
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Im not sure about the ppm thing....i would think dechlorinated tap water would be just fine....r/o or distilled water i would assume would be optimal......but who does that outdoors? I dont.... .
RM3
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If this were true? Ask yourself why Tobacco growers don't flush ?
Best is try it both ways and learn for yourself. Flushing has always been a heavily debated topic here and prolly always will be
Lacedwitgame
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I agree with giving it a try yourself. Nothing beats first hand experience. Dont take our word 4 it..... . .find out......
primabudda
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Organic nutes is a molecule (not organic but energy)
Chem N is a molecule (not organic but energy)
Chem nutes have a loose salt molecule (not organic but energy) attached .... it falls off because loose so the plant can uptake the chem nutes or can be dissolved in water, whatever way it's so the plant can uptake the chem nutes (not organic but energy)
you flush to get rid of the salt build up for better taste etc. debatable, but i'm not conisuure enough to know the difference.
There is no such thing as chem nutes non organic, the only difference is the bennies.
all molecules are the same whether organic or man made (chemical)
just though you might wanna know this if don't already.
so myth it's not, the salt is the problem but i'v never smoked salt so i don't know what it taste like 
Chem N is a molecule (not organic but energy)
Chem nutes have a loose salt molecule (not organic but energy) attached .... it falls off because loose so the plant can uptake the chem nutes or can be dissolved in water, whatever way it's so the plant can uptake the chem nutes (not organic but energy)
you flush to get rid of the salt build up for better taste etc. debatable, but i'm not conisuure enough to know the difference.
There is no such thing as chem nutes non organic, the only difference is the bennies.
all molecules are the same whether organic or man made (chemical)
just though you might wanna know this if don't already.
so myth it's not, the salt is the problem but i'v never smoked salt so i don't know what it taste like 
Resinhound
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There is no salt in chemical nutrients, this is a misnomer, this comes from the term elemental salts and is not the same thing as the salt that's on your dinner table. Organic or non organic it's the same molecule, one is pure and broken down to its simplest source(Chem nutrients) the other has alot of Bullshit attached that must be broken down to its basic molecule (organic). The end result as its taken up by the roots is the same.
Either way you can't "flush" these compounds from the plant, they are consumed and made part of the tissues themselves.
Either way you can't "flush" these compounds from the plant, they are consumed and made part of the tissues themselves.
cindywhite
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Good point. I'll probably end up flushing the majority of the crop. After all, it is not organic and the directions in the bottle say to flush. I didn't take the bottles instructions into account when I posted this because I did not think it would stir up such a debate. I was also just asking if the ppm of my water was good enough for flushing.
Resinhound
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Keep in mind cannabis is the only commercial crop that's consumed where the term "flushing" is even considered. Nutrient manufacturers advocate flushing because it's in their best interest to perpetuate myths.
RM3
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and the answer is yes. The term flushing is a Cannabis specific term, If your bottle of nutes say to flush then you are using Cannabis specific nutes and since they also sell flushing agents they have a vested interest in folks flushing.
The actual Botanical/Agricultural term is leeching and refers to leeching the salt build ups from fertilizer use out of the soil or medium.
cindywhite
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That has been the most propelling evidence I have seen for not flushing. It would be nice to be linked to some type of actual studies on this, or related to flushing even if it's not cannabis.
Resinhound
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There isn't any studies on flushing tobacco fields because...
1.its not done, because it has no scientific basis in fact.
2.it would be stupid to "flush" a 500 acre field of tobacco.
Tobacco farmers learned hundreds of years ago the secret to smooth tobacco..
It's the curing process, and it's the exact same for cannabis.
Learn to cure your crop properly.
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