Is there documentation that flushing accomplishes anything?

Im saying flushing is creating osmotic pressure causing cells to suck up more water and less nutes, even in soil. A Plant will grow until its nute supply runs out or till its DNA triggers it to flower.

You can flush and create this osmotic pressure sustaining the plants life.
The plant cleans itself and the soil as it grows. It'll grows based on what nutes are available and what light is available.
So when you stop adding nutes, the plant feeds itself; it eats its stored lipids, starches, salts, sugars until these chemical reactions become impossible and membranes and the Plasmodesmata ceases to move energy or nutes that may or may not be availible to chemically interact or power cell division.

The plant when watered with pure water will purify itself from nitrates, sulfates, and other molecules that were feed to the plant.

The plant will always hold on to heavy metals like lead; Mercury; aluminum; arsenic, because cells use the endoplasmic reticulum or the golgi complexe to store these heavy metals in cell vacuoles. It's how they keep these dangerous molecules from stopping life processes. Yet are released when it is burned.

Those heavy metals and salts combine with all the products of combustion to form cancer production dna damaging carcinogens. They flavor the weed and is the smoke you taste along with the thc and cbd you desire.

whats your point?

That flushing reduces the harshness of smoke YO

and helps cells recover from nute salt burn. HOMIE

why didn't you just say that to begin with

Because complicating thing for cannabineer is half the battle

CheapJoe said:

Because complicating thing for cannabineer is half the battle

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Ok so then what's the other half?
Osmosis accounts for why the plant would want to absorb water ... an effect that is neutralized when the bud is dried.
My point, which might have gotten a little lost, is that the flush will make a difference only if it causes the plant to move the ions away from the bud sites. To my knowledge, this has not been shown. More subjectively, it goes against my biochemical intuition. cn

Nutes will exsist in all cells of the plant. DNA dictates how much and where

Honestly I'm not sure how much of a flush is needed to help, but I'd say longer is better, plus you'll get more cbd, I'd personally consider trying 1-2 week flush based on how the plants take it.

lots of fantatic info and debates in this thread.. very happy to have found it.... as for adding to the thread, all I can say is the old black ash versus grey ash... so truthfully I think that a gradual reduction is ideal... similar to some of the more complete feed charts you see. But you cant always go by the strength of the mix suggested by nutrient companies..first off they have a very simple and open agenda , I.E. sell more liquid nutrients....
back to the flush: I just wanted to add another angle to the debate... Big Mike has recently come out with a tip that reallly makes things simplified.. He says that the last few weeks you can go straight into the pots with the hose, No PH . He of course advised R/O , He said PH in the last 2 weeks is not even needed as you want the plant to use its own stored reserves so it doesnt matter what ph the water going in is... The main issue is to just keep hydrolic pressure..

so how about that....