Flushing

CannaBruh said:

Great find, all parties arguing with each other are in fact correct
aka it's subjective as all hell
best of luck

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yea, its a good little site that. Its why I posted it earlier. Its not a horticulture one so uses some old fashioned stoner terms.

althor said:

For some reason anti-flushers act as though you are killing their favorite pet. It is probably the most venomous subject on this site, almost as bad as the politics threads.

I don't think anyone who flushes have ever said or are saying that flushing removes nutrients from plants.

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You can find plenty of venomous subjects on RIU.

Flushing vs not flushing
LED vs HID
Defoliate vs not defoliating
Organic vs Hydro
PH'ing water vs Not PH'ing water in soil grows.
Penis Avatars vs Vagina Avatars.

I mean everybody knows if you want the best quality and biggest buds you grow organic with HID, you do not defoliate, you do not PH your water and you never flush. If you amended your soil so many times that it needs to be leached you leach the soil.

Strip them at the end of stretch completely naked under LED in coco flushed at end #neverPH with the upskirt avi don't @ me.

Kushash said:

You can find plenty of venomous subjects on RIU.
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I mean everybody knows if you want the best quality and biggest buds you grow organic with HID, you do not defoliate, you do not PH your water and you never flush. If you amended your soil so many times that it needs to be leached you leach the soil.

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Saw a thread titled flushing so I brought my popcorn

CannaBruh said:

Water like normal without adding any food. That's what a lot of us do during this "flush" period, I'm not pouring excess amounts of water through pots, just don't feed anything. Or do, both methods works, preference is subjective as you will find or have found

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Man you were the only one who sewm to answer my question. They all went left without answering my questions. What kind of forum is this?

Choo2 said:

Man you were the only one who sewm to answer my question. They all went left without answering my questions. What kind of forum is this?

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@hotrodharley said the exact same thing just not as nicely or with a hug. It's an information site not a make you feel good spot

Choo2 said:

Man you were the only one who sewm to answer my question. They all went left without answering my questions. What kind of forum is this?

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Sounds like you don't like it here.
You will be missed.
We will try to be nicer to the next person who starts a flush thread.
Try google, I hear it is quite user friendly.

Choo2 said:

Man you were the only one who sewm to answer my question. They all went left without answering my questions. What kind of forum is this?

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I feel you got plenty of good info from your post........

Kushash said:

You can find plenty of venomous subjects on RIU.

Flushing vs not flushing
LED vs HID
Defoliate vs not defoliating
Organic vs Hydro
PH'ing water vs Not PH'ing water in soil grows.
Penis Avatars vs Vagina Avatars.

I mean everybody knows if you want the best quality and biggest buds you grow organic with HID, you do not defoliate, you do not PH your water and you never flush. If you amended your soil so many times that it needs to be leached you leach the soil.

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Choo2 said:

Man you were the only one who sewm to answer my question. They all went left without answering my questions. What kind of forum is this?

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My post while being riu playful was serious in nature.


On riu saying what kind of site is this when you start a flush thread is silly. Maybe even Whiny.

You expect better treatment and answers than you got?

I also went way out of my way to help.
And even explained why the thread went like it did.

You didn't even thank me

Again, the search function and google wouldn't have been rude to you

charface said:

I also went way out of my way to help.
And even explained why the thread went like it did.

You didn't even thank me

Again, the search function and google wouldn't have been rude to you

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I haven't been in a flush thread in a long time.
Only reason I jumped in was because I saw all you guys had posted here.
Seemed like the right time to troll a flush thread.

Choo2 said:

Ok giys, im at the 3nd of my grow now, and need to know when i flush my plants with plain RO water. Should i flush in a sink or is it ok to leave the drip pan unver the pot as I flush?

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I see your dilemma, tough decision. Flip a coin or better yet put your drip pan in the sink.That would be expert level flushing. Which ever way you choose the end result will be the same, but you'll have a dirty sink.

Water is the universal solvent but it wont dissolve all salts especially insoluable ones.

At some point a certain amount of science gets involved and you realise that you can avoid flushing with the right horticultural practices.

Flushing is rather a last ditch attempt, no one said you cant but theres more to it than just thinking you can make your soil a clean slate

hotrodharley said:

Do not flush. Idiots flush. Just use plain water from here on.

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Choo2 said:

Im not an idiot buddy. I was just asking a question.

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The only person that would take offense to hotrod's comment is an idiot that flushes because he read on a forum when he first started that he's supposed to and now he's finding out how stupid that entire concept is.

The myth behind flushing actually comes from hydroponics. Whenever a system would become corroded with algae and particulates, it was always advised to "flush the system out", clean it up and "get rid of all the residue and particulates". It was also advised to flush the system out right before the end of a grow to prevent any residual nutrients in the solution from being left on the plant as it was harvested and raining down on it as it was hung to dry.

It was never intended for soil grows at all.

But that didn't stop idiots from reading shit posted by a few guys running hydroponic grows and simply assuming they were using pots full of dirt and following suit.

Those believing flushing somehow rinses nutes out of plant tissue know little about nutrient uptake and water absorption by plants.

NGA said:

Everyone flushes one way or another ,if you grow in dirt and slow back on nutes that in fact is flushing in a sense,for hydro growers most people flush ,I've been growing for many years I wouldn't think of cutting down without flushing

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It is not in any sense a type of "flushing"! Didn't READ what I posted, did you?

Let's start again - YOU CAN NOT "FLUSH" ANY NUTRIENT FROM A LIVING PLANT!

Fading is simply making the plant draw what you cut from feeding. From other places in the plant..RIGHT TO WHERE YOUR TRYING TO TO REMOVE THEM FROM..

I don't feed for the last week or so. NOT because it improves anything but, because it saves on nutrient cost to not. There is enough residual nutrient left in the soil to carry her out..

Don't believe me?
Go to college and find out for yourself!

Dr. Who said:

It is not in any sense a type of "flushing"! Didn't READ what I posted, did you?

Let's start again - YOU CAN NOT "FLUSH" ANY NUTRIENT FROM A LIVING PLANT!

Fading is simply making the plant draw what you cut from feeding. From other places in the plant..RIGHT TO WHERE YOUR TRYING TO TO REMOVE THEM FROM..

I don't feed for the last week or so. NOT because it improves anything but, because it saves on nutrient cost to not. There is enough residual nutrient left in the soil to carry her out..

Don't believe me?
Go to college and find out for yourself!

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This post is spot on. I water with plain water and molasses for the microbes.

+1 for water only at the end, again not a flush, just saving the cost of feed at the end when the plant can finish on it's own, same as not feeding at the beginning when the plant can feed on its own.

Edit: I also don't feed my tomatoes and peppers 2 weeks before first frost