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GBAUTO
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Best indicator I've found for maturity is using some magnification to look at trics. A 30x is what I consider minimum magnification, higher makes it a bit easier to see but you will need some stabilization to focus. Most of the strains I've encountered will have the trics change from clear stalks to cloudy. I personally like to harvest when it has reached this point with a few ambers mixed in.
Dontjudgeme
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Agree with GBAUTO. Even if you showed pics it wouldn’t help much. But considering how long it says it takes to finish, I would start flushing now.
Zeus709
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That answer makes no sense, can you explain? Most people flush to get the chemicals out at the end to get the taste out of their cannabis so I am confused?
Zeus709
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So instead of flushing, how do you personally finish your plants?
I feed a a and b nutrient set to my plants and maybe 1-2 weeks before I plan on cutting them down I just switch to plain water, always has worked like a charm. A good buddy of mine literally flushes the root-ball with plain water until it rushes out the bottom. He says that it cleans the root ball, but he also puts nutrients and adds to the soil. So I assumed he is just trying to get out the extra nutrient buildup in the soil.
Renfro
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Recent studies have proven the hypothesis that one can't wash nutrients out of a plant by pouring water over the roots. In fact zinc levels actually went up with flushing and other levels remain stable. Flushing simply deprives the plant of food when it is doing it's most important work. Terpene production relies on potassium, sulfur and other nutrients.
Renfro
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Keep feeding a late bloom feed, low in nitrogen and high in potassium. Reduce temperatures and dim lights, this helps prevent foxtailing and increases bud density.
Zeus709
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Ok, I am actually cutting a room down right now funny enough and I have another one coming down in about three weeks. I was going to stop feeding them soon but I will try a light feeding until they are done. I can see how it makes sense but I have also done it like this for the last 25 years. I have harvested plants before without flushing and never could tell any difference come to think of it.
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