Why Flush?

I still flush for 2 days with low ec ( bout .6ec) before lights out for 3 days. Seems to enhance flavor told to me by fellow smokers. An interesting method performed by Greenhouse seed is at day 16 of flower to flush with 1.3 ec (if that means flushing) then no nothing for 5 days, no water, nada. Next they slam with a higher EC of 1.8 and the result is said to be explosive growth. I'm going to try this with one of my Lemon Hazes and see what happens compared to a regular grow. Sometimes experienced growers have tricks that haven't been studied by 5 years of University study, but rather from the school of hard knocks. LOL

patlpp said:

I still flush for 2 days with low ec ( bout .6ec) before lights out for 3 days. Seems to enhance flavor told to me by fellow smokers. An interesting method performed by Greenhouse seed is at day 16 of flower to flush with 1.3 ec (if that means flushing) then no nothing for 5 days, no water, nada. Next they slam with a higher EC of 1.8 and the result is said to be explosive growth. I'm going to try this with one of my Lemon Hazes and see what happens compared to a regular grow. Sometimes experienced growers have tricks that haven't been studied by 5 years of University study, but rather from the school of hard knocks. LOL

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I've seen the video where Greenhouse suggests letting hydro plants go for days without water, which really confused me on how a plant in hydro could even survive that if the root mass dries up during that time. I tried to email them over it but never got a response...

Every bit of advice should be taken with a grain of salt, that's exactly why i like to encourage people to experiment to test people's advice rather than to just accept it. Lab testing is another great too that is becoming more available which i encourage people to use and i wish more people would.

In my extremely limited experience, I have never really flushed. Just stop feeding them 2 weeks from chop..mid late oct on the isle. Think of it this way.....when your plants are doing their thing, you feed them "x" number of times. From there, it would seem to suggest that a plant would suck up nutes at a given rate as well.....I fed my last ones 2-3 times a week, depending on what the girls would say. So about 2 weeks out, I'd stop feed, and just water normal. Molasses & water 7 days out.....everybody uses a good root base right...? A good base should retain food for 2 weeks shouldn't it...? Unfortunately, these were discovered by Johnny Law.....and are substantially shorter now. Sharp machetes I might add.......indoor is sounding more tempting....

And what an awesome forum.....sooo much info.....Peace

Well I don't have to flush, since i never use any nuts, Y cause you don't have to, Here is proof, Your plants just need good food that comes from great soil.. So if you use the right soil you don't have to worry about flushing.. of course this is my experience. here is just a small sample of what I'm talking about.. She still as 5 more weeks...

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Huel Perkins said:

I've seen the video where Greenhouse suggests letting hydro plants go for days without water, which really confused me on how a plant in hydro could even survive that if the root mass dries up during that time. I tried to email them over it but never got a response...

Every bit of advice should be taken with a grain of salt, that's exactly why i like to encourage people to experiment to test people's advice rather than to just accept it. Lab testing is another great too that is becoming more available which i encourage people to use and i wish more people would.

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Just remember to ask for the control/blank/calibration run as well as your own. If they can't/won't produce it best to take your business elsewhere as uncalibrated equipment produces bullshit, the whole bullshit and nothing but the bullshit.
Sorry maybe i'm just grumpy tonight. no more posting for me

I flush my Hydro,but the reasons are not for flavor/burn/sparks. Sometimes its sorta like a dog lickin his nutz,cause I can!

The plant up-takes the nutes she needs as per her life cycle. The fall colors are more about light than nutes. IMHO of course

Huel FTW

Some people call not feeding towards the end flushing, others call pouring shittons of water through your pot flushin,and I think that helps keep the debate alive.

fattiemcnuggins said:

Some people call not feeding towards the end flushing, others call pouring shittons of water through your pot flushin,and I think that helps keep the debate alive.

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A flush in soil would be running gallons of water through the soil until you get a clear /very low ppm run off. In hydro flush is draining your system and refilling it with fresh water.

Just stopping the feeding can be exactly what the plant needs depending on the duration and how much nutrients are available in you current medium or rez.

Huel Perkins said:

A flush in soil would be running gallons of water through the soil until you get a clear /very low ppm run off. In hurl a flush is draining your system and refilling it with fresh water.Just stopping the feeding can be exactly what the plant needs depending on the duration and how much nutrients are available in you current medium or rez.

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I have just heard alot of people use the term "flush" when what they really mean is they quit feeding.I am guilty of pouring a bunch of water through my buckets at the end of my first couple grows looking for that perfect "flushed" flavor. I have found I get a healthier finish if I taper off during the last couple weeks and only add humic and hygrozyme during the last week.

I have read (I have no photographic memory) somewhere and can attest to the fact that in hydro (hydroton) if you suddenly drop the npk to zero for more then a day, you run the risk of hermie because the osmotic pressure on the plant (salt differential between the water and plant) is so great. I am talking out my ass but I have seen stress on a plant when you suddenly go to zero. That is why I feed a a milder EC level when I do this.