everlasting tree
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I’m on day 52 of 12/12 switch Gonna do a ten day flush on the girls they are in soil-less soil would 10 days be an adequate flush for them to get rid of all the nutrients or should I push for 14 days then harvest
Started flushing today
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Stunned
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I think most people here would say you're doing your plants a dis service flushing them
Besides they hardly look like they're 10 days out
Nice looking colas though
Besides they hardly look like they're 10 days out
Nice looking colas though
Grandma Weedstein
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Those look good — 10 days would be enough. I’m an outdoor guy but I know nitrogen especially has a tendency to leach. There are probably folks with a more scientific answer but just anecdotally 10 days would be sufficient.
Grandma Weedstein
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Yea I’ve always figured flushing was an indoor thing — doesn’t seem realistic outdoors — so I didn’t want to poo-poo it. However, I do wonder what the scientific underpinnings are. Cannabis is the only crop I’m familiar with that’s deprived of nutrients prior to harvest as a matter of course.
Hey everlasting,
Nice plant you have there, congrats on reaching the final stages. I’m a soil grower so I avoid flushing and save it - in case of an emergency, but that’s me and we are all slightly different in our methods,
Similar to grandma weedstein I have always associated flushing with hydro, hempy or coco growing methods - ever try to flush 1/2 acre of any crop? Better brush up on the latest Native American rain dance techniques.
Flushing may be good for reducing built up salts in grow media but as far as impacting taste well that’s a massive stretch. Here is an article on flushing... InTheShed no flush club ... check it out!
Hope it helps!
Nice plant you have there, congrats on reaching the final stages. I’m a soil grower so I avoid flushing and save it - in case of an emergency, but that’s me and we are all slightly different in our methods,
Similar to grandma weedstein I have always associated flushing with hydro, hempy or coco growing methods - ever try to flush 1/2 acre of any crop? Better brush up on the latest Native American rain dance techniques.
Flushing may be good for reducing built up salts in grow media but as far as impacting taste well that’s a massive stretch. Here is an article on flushing... InTheShed no flush club ... check it out!
Hope it helps!
Stunned
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This practice is becoming less and less of a thing
PacificNorthWest
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IMO I think this has just gotten out of hand over the years, the old telephone game. I never flush, and my shit is great. I recently did a side-by-side and I could not, nor could my friends, tell which batch was flushed and which was not.
Agreed, I avoid flushing like the plague.... (or COVID)
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everlasting tree
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Ahh it’s all I hear is you need to flush or your gonna get a harsh smoke.
I personally feed the max amount of nuts these plants can take All I was doing is watering with regular water when thirsty I’ll go ahead and feed them up until harvest
I personally feed the max amount of nuts these plants can take All I was doing is watering with regular water when thirsty I’ll go ahead and feed them up until harvest
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everlasting tree
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How much longer would you you say is left Cause the trichomes seem to be turning milky but the pistols are staying white these plants are confusing me
ChemByrne
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Beautiful looking plants you've got there. Absolutely stacked, i'm drooling.
I stopped flushing (soil/ coco mix) 2 grows ago and I haven't noticed anything different. I've noticed a lot more people saying it's a myth.
I stopped flushing (soil/ coco mix) 2 grows ago and I haven't noticed anything different. I've noticed a lot more people saying it's a myth.
Also besides little/no taste difference, for me the amount of bulking and finishing in the final 10 days is HUGE. To cut off what it’s been eating while it’s trying to get fat seems like a mistake.
The plant will take what it needs (which is quite a bit) in its last few weeks, and it will leave the rest.
PacificNorthWest
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UGE MISTAKE!!! UGE!!!
DakiniKush
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The entire point
I’m on day 52 of 12/12 switch Gonna do a ten day flush on the girls they are in soil-less soil would 10 days be an adequate flush for them to get rid of all the nutrients or should I push for 14 days then harvest
Entire point of "flush" is to starve the plant. All the nutrients you've been providing up until now. I start starving it at around week 7/8. Nothing crazy. Most people will have you believe a flush is running 5xs the amount of water through the plant. WRONG WRONG WRONG. By starving it the plant will canabalize itself of any nutrients n induces flowering just a bit quicker. Running all kinds of water through a plant is for mistakes. What were trying to accomplish here is forcing her to hurry up a little. Or scientifically you can do nothing and continue to feed it and you wont really even notice but this is how I was taught.I’m on day 52 of 12/12 switch Gonna do a ten day flush on the girls they are in soil-less soil would 10 days be an adequate flush for them to get rid of all the nutrients or should I push for 14 days then harvest
A lot of people were taught that and it still doesn't make it right. Ask @Emilya about starving plants in their final weeks.
Flushing to remove salt build-up is one thing, but no plant (or any other living thing) does better when it's starved. To tell a plant when it's done by giving it no food makes no sense. The plant will tell YOU when it's done through trichome color or pistil color at the very least. If a plant starts to cannibalize itself, it means it's lacking something, NOT that it's living it's best life. Yellowing of leaves at the end is normal, but forcing it to happen doesn't seem like it would let the plant attain its optimal strength and terpene bouquet.
Everyone has their way, and their opinion. I just believe there's a better way than many people have been taught, and it starts by adhering to actual science rather than stubborn outdated opinion.
DakiniKush
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Idk my harvest and thc tests tell me otherwise. But to each is ow
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My harvests and THC test tell me otherwise. That's just the way I do things. And also ACCORDING TO YOU KNOW.....THE SCIENCE flush or mo flush has literally zero effect on outcome, taste, burn temps all of it. The more ya know!
If it has no effect, then why do it? Just to cause problems for your plant? Go ahead and do it your way if you think it’s better. But you should expect your ideas to be challenged here, they are outdated. Don’t cling to a mistake just because you spent a long time making it.
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everlasting tree
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Yeah I just ran one gallon of normal water through it the same as when I feed
But I’m gonna go ahead and feed till harvest see where that gets me if it’s harsh oh well as long as it does the job but I’ve been researching it and a lot of people are recently saying that flushing has no affect and to feed till harvest
BubbleBucketz
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Flushing is for toilets only...
DakiniKush
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Where I live in October its wet n cold. If i see bad weather for long period in october I start starving her. It speeds up the process n you hit swell about a week ahead if I start doing it around week 7. If I'm having a good fall weather wise I keep feeding it right up until harvest. That's why I do it
