flushing
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PersonalJesus
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i'm in coco... I flush once in between veg and flower stage when I flip them to 12/12 and I flush for atleast two weeks before I harvest.
bigv1976
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That reply just oozes intelligence.
Trousers
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Flushing will stress your plants, especially in hydro. There is no real reason for it.
Watering plants in soil with plain water is fine, as there are nutrients in the soil. Trying to flush the nutrients out of soil is really dumb and will stress your plants.
I grow in coco. Coco is inert. Plants need nutrients to survive. If you do not feed plants in coco, they will get stressed. There is no scientific evidence that flushing makes for better or tastier buds.
Flushing in hydro for a couple weeks is going to cause stress and lower yields.
Watering plants in soil with plain water is fine, as there are nutrients in the soil. Trying to flush the nutrients out of soil is really dumb and will stress your plants.
I grow in coco. Coco is inert. Plants need nutrients to survive. If you do not feed plants in coco, they will get stressed. There is no scientific evidence that flushing makes for better or tastier buds.
Flushing in hydro for a couple weeks is going to cause stress and lower yields.
Bigby
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I grow in BioBizz all mix, use 'Bio Bizz Grow' 'Bio Bizz Bloom' 'Bio Bizz Alg A mix' and 'Bloom Cal/Mag' throughout the grow.
I flush when I judge the plants to be about a week away from when I want to harvest. Once with about 3 times as much water as the capacity of the pot.
To flush or not in soil is one of the current and ongoing hot debates on this forum, and has entrenched sardonic supporters in both camps.
(right, I'm off to crap on my plants!)
I flush when I judge the plants to be about a week away from when I want to harvest. Once with about 3 times as much water as the capacity of the pot.
To flush or not in soil is one of the current and ongoing hot debates on this forum, and has entrenched sardonic supporters in both camps.
(right, I'm off to crap on my plants!)
Trousers
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You are talking to and reading about people that do not know what they are doing.
Go ahead and stress your plants for no reason if you want to.
Buds do not store fertilizer.
Trousers
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I grow in BioBizz all mix, use 'Bio Bizz Grow' 'Bio Bizz Bloom' 'Bio Bizz Alg A mix' and 'Bloom Cal/Mag' throughout the grow.
I flush when I judge the plants to be about a week away from when I want to harvest. Once with about 3 times as much water as the capacity of the pot.
To flush or not in soil is one of the current and ongoing hot debates on this forum, and has entrenched sardonic supporters in both camps.
(right, I'm off to crap on my plants!)
Why aren't tomatoes/lettuce/corn/potatoes/rice/eggplants... flushed?
You are stressing your plants by removing nutrients that the plant needs to survive.
Go for it!
Trousers
Well-Known Member
Hey, you got something right! Congratulations!
Now why do you flush? Do you like stressed plants?
jondamon
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IMO flushing is for those people that heavily nute their plants.
If you burn your plants, or use boosters that are high in P and K (0-50-50 for eg) then yes flush.
I grow in coco and I monitor feed strength IN vs feed strength OUT to make sure my plants only just get what they need.
I haven't flushed for about 2 years and there is no difference.
I done a controlled test on clones from the same mother and after flushing 1 and not the others these were the differences I found.
Flushed plant = smoother smoke straight after drying before cure.
Un-flushed = harsher smoke straight after dry but over all yield was improved by around 6%.
After curing for 1 month there was no difference in either bud other than that 6% loss from the flushed.
J
If you burn your plants, or use boosters that are high in P and K (0-50-50 for eg) then yes flush.
I grow in coco and I monitor feed strength IN vs feed strength OUT to make sure my plants only just get what they need.
I haven't flushed for about 2 years and there is no difference.
I done a controlled test on clones from the same mother and after flushing 1 and not the others these were the differences I found.
Flushed plant = smoother smoke straight after drying before cure.
Un-flushed = harsher smoke straight after dry but over all yield was improved by around 6%.
After curing for 1 month there was no difference in either bud other than that 6% loss from the flushed.
J
Nullis
Moderator
So sorry I didn't feel like writing a chapter. You don't flush soil, some people just water only the last week. Flushing is pouring copious amounts of water through the container and with soil this is next to useless and not necessary.
Nutrient cations (positively charged ions) in soil are adsorbed by the predominately negatively charged binding sites on clay and organic matter; this prevents these nutrients from washing away and it is known as Cation Exchange Capacity. Additionally, a lot of the nutrients in the soil are locked up in organic compounds or has precipitated out of the soil solution. Bacteria and other microbes in the soil and about the rhizosphere have nutrients locked up in their bio-mass, inside of their cells, and are continuously cycling nutrients; mineralizing and immobilizing them.
You'll be able to wash out a small portion of the currently available nutrients, maybe.
jbud123
Active Member
ProfessorPotSnob
New Member
Not another flush thread .. Lets be honest , I will .. I enjoy growing Hydro and and I know when its time to lower my feed and how to dry and cure properly .. I then tell people who preach this shit that my bud is organic and flushed for 2 weeks .. In return they smoke and believe and then follow but never accomplish the same return in the end hahaha
jbud123
Active Member
well shit help me out step by step from harvest to curing
Bigby
Well-Known Member
Are they not then? I don't grow them. I certainly wouldn't ever consider smoking vegetables through a bong (I might end up looking like a freakish Leprechaun kid).
I actually like to stress my plants late in their cycle. I believe thc is, in part, a product of stress reactions within the cannabis plant. Can't prove this, but I believe it. Maybe you believe something else; but think you 'know'.
I hold more value to belief than I do to science and very rarely 'actively' try to persuade others that my belief is right and theirs is wrong.
And thank you for your permission - curious that you felt the need to give it; I have the ability to make my own judgements. But thank you anyway.
Bigby
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Yes. In the last week of their life.
Do you believe plants have feelings? And that a stressed plant = an unhappy plant?
Maybe we should throw parties for them on the date of their 'birth' - that might make them super happy, especially if we get them a cake with candles. Super happy plants = super yielding cannabis!
