Am i ready to flush
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bgmike8
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Well you really just have to ask yourself one question.
Would you like to starve your plant while it is in the most critical phase of its life?
And maybe some other questions.
Would you like your plant to start eating itself and divert energy from making buds and put it towards saving it's life.
Do you care about yield?
Do you understand that flushing is a myth and there is no scientific explanation that it would affect flavor?
If you answered no to all those then flush whenever you want
Would you like to starve your plant while it is in the most critical phase of its life?
And maybe some other questions.
Would you like your plant to start eating itself and divert energy from making buds and put it towards saving it's life.
Do you care about yield?
Do you understand that flushing is a myth and there is no scientific explanation that it would affect flavor?
If you answered no to all those then flush whenever you want
Serrated_
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Agreed in 20yrs never flushed, but always added molasses in last 3 weeks. Always worked for me.
Afgan King
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Y'all get crazy over this shit explain methods of starving and the effects and allow op to decide. Just because YOU don't do it doesn't mean others don't starve their plants successfully and at 2 a light average if I'm hurting yield I'm all good I with my benefits.
Either way last week feed pH water no need to "flush" or "leech" the soil/media at all tho. How many weeks are u at? I'd just take it 63 days to be safe honestly
Chorse
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Flushing seems to be a touchy subject here and seldom does it come with a definition and probably should every time it is mentioned. I think the classic flushing is taking a qty. of plain water 3x your pot size and running it through your plant. I would never bother doing this unless I mistakenly over-fertilized or I had unmistakeable salt build-up problems. I have gone years in peat based mediums with chemical nutes and I simply water to run-off every water (disposing of runoff...dumping or when things get too big to lift out of their tubs, wet-vaccing). I also feed every water except the last 2-4 waterings which are plain water...also to run-off. Do this and there is no need to flush.
Shakedown St.
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Flushing is essential if you have been using synthetic fertilizer and insecticide, you don't want to end up smoking any of that stuff; you can tell when it gives you a headache. In growing organically you don't have to worry about flushing, but usually the last two weeks of flowering you don't want to be dousing it in anything that will be leftover in your final product.
ISK
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Flushing is one of those subjects that typically results in heated debates that will likely never result in an unanimous agreement.
I think most would agree that from your pic's we cannot provided an accurate judgement call on how close your gals are to harvesting...and/or flushing, if one believes in that sort of nonsense.
PS: try posting some pic's of the entire plant and some details on your grow.
cheers
Shakedown St.
Member
and that's just what I have experienced, why I don't mess with fertilizer anymore and just add in mycorrhiza when flowering which is crack for the plants; they love it!
☢Smokey♛Dragon♨❀
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No please don't flush your yield down the toilet that would be a super dumb idea just keep giving bloom nutrients(high PK) until end of flower if you want the best yield, taste, quality etc. Please do us all a favor and dont flush unless its a stanky turd Good luck!
Bbcchance
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Mmmm, picture of the good shit
Edit: i have that same type of crapper, the wall flush is garbage if you take a man dump, needs 3 flushes just to clear, give me a good ol fashion floor drain any day....
☢Smokey♛Dragon♨❀
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I don't ever get a headache from the grade A but away back when all I could get is some crispy Mexican dirt weed mids that crap gave me a headache, its all in how you dry and cure is what changes the flavor and most (if any) impurities evaporate out. The way I see it is all of you eat GMO foods(whether you know or not) that are heavily resistant to pestisides/herbicides and they feed them all types of chemicals, or nutrients to get them to a proper quality that meets the sellers standards, so I see it the same way with trees... You don't ever hear about anyone flushing there veggy gardens, because that shit stupid!
Afgan King
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This flush your yield shit is Hilarious honestly you gonna act like the plant doesn't store nutrients? Doesn't store enough for 1 week of just water feedings? Ya your yield will stay the same if you know what your doing
Afgan King
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And how many vegetables are being smoked........I won't sit here and say it does this or that because the truth is there is no scientific evidence that goes either way specifically done on cannabis. So all your stating is opinion as if it's fact
Bbcchance
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I used to be a flush believer only because i never tried not flushing, i have a friend who is a well known beer brewer in the area(micro of course) he doesnt flush the hops he grows to brew with so i dont flush the crops i grow anymore, no taste difference that ive noticed, but better yeild..(could be more experience, could be longer feeding, no side by side as of yet)
RM3
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The debate is not actually about flushing. Most of us could care less if you flush or not, it's your garden, you can do what ever you want and in the end it is about what works best for you.
The debate is about uneducated folks spreading mythical falsehoods about smoking nutes in the buds and the simple fact that as long as this nonsense continues to be spread there are new growers that never learn to properly dry/cure their buds.
The plant does not care where the ions come from and no matter how you grow or what you do you can not flush nutes outta the buds
The debate is about uneducated folks spreading mythical falsehoods about smoking nutes in the buds and the simple fact that as long as this nonsense continues to be spread there are new growers that never learn to properly dry/cure their buds.
The plant does not care where the ions come from and no matter how you grow or what you do you can not flush nutes outta the buds
Afgan King
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I still don't understand how a product being brewed can compare to a product being smoked. One product is supposed to be of a higher quality. Your lungs are more sensitive than your stomach. Please if you guys are going to use examples use ones of products that are smoked. Again @Pokey64 either way there is no documented evidence either way. It's a personal preference thing honestly people saying it hurts your yield just don't know how to do it properly. And again I starve no flush better product with better colors and highlights