there’s a time and place for flushing 1) if you have nute lockout… 2) if you are running Fox Farm nutrient package and want to follow their feed / flush instructions.
A big portion of those nutes are chemically bonded to the grow media, they literally can not be washed out… however a small part of those nutes can be washed out by flushing. But here’s the thing…. a plant takes up what a plant takes up and washing your grow media does not remove nutrients from your plant or remove nutes from your buds or improve the taste of your nugs.
Scientific testing shows there is zero difference between flushed and un-flushed buds. So if it’s a pain in the arse to accomplish (flushing 3X volume of media) and there’s no real benefit to be had… then what’s the point??
Here’s the link >>>>
Flushing at InTheShed turns out the original Manix Botanix document has be removed but we’ve batted this same conversation around many many times.
Piss poor comparison but… Lets say you use hair gel often but then one day a bird craps on your head. When you get home…. Do you shampoo your hair? or Do you wash your feet?
Your plant looks great, it will finish just fine, she could run for many more weeks still…. it’s no skin off her back. She has the capacity to sit right here and continue flowering - because it’s just a stall strategy anyways. She’s hoping and waiting for some late pollen to come along and rock her world. And if it does come along she still has the time and strength to make seeds to carry on survival of the species.
Yes partial harvest is a thing… take uppers and give lowers more time to ripen… Flush if it makes you feel better but I’d feed until the end
