BeatrixKiddo98
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Just curious when everyone else chooses to flush their autos. I am only in week 8 from seed, thinking about flushing about two weeks from now. Not the best quality pictures, but I tried
When do you flush your Autos?
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From what I have seen everyone is different, some 2 weeks, some 1 week, some a few days and some not at all. My friend normally flushes the last week once the buds are where he wants them to be. No set time from seed as all autos mature at different rates and bear in mind its often longer than it advertises. Something I too want to research more although I do not grow auto's. Been reading how some people say it makes no difference to the quality and taste of the bud. The reasoning they use makes sense to me if using organic grow method, but if someone is pumping the plant with chemicals then I suggest it could have some impact on the bud taste and smoke, more research needed by moi. Plants look healthy but they look like they have a long way to go. What strain is it and what did it say on the back of the box?
tyke1973
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I have stopped flushing ,I think curing is far more important now,if you cure for a good amount of time the chroful leeches out of the buds any hho.The plants have been running really well since I have been feeding ok spikes like big bud and pk13/14 through the medium .Rather than via the tank and auto pot pot trays.When I did used to flush I alk ways flushed the final 7/12 days tank level dependent. If it was low I just topped it with water that took ec to around 0.5 /1.1 for a couple of days.Its not has hard with the grows I do I only do 2 plants at max sometimes 3/4 at most.But if you do your research into flushing think that you may change ya mind on it .Because the plant still retains the nutrients even when flushed .I'm slowly starting to flip both my gardens over to full on organics ,the end results are never that far off what you get from using nutrients say from canna or advanced .Good luck take care bro keep indoors .
BeatrixKiddo98
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Awesome, thank you for the info. The strain is Seedsman Strawberry Cheesecake Auto, it was a freebie and it came in a little tiny ziploc and I don’t know much about it. I didn’t even realize it was an auto until it started flowering..lol. Also, this is my first grow so I am completely winging it, just trying my best to keep the plants healthy and use as many organic nutrients as I can. I feel like it’s on the small side for 8 weeks but maybe it’s just the strain who knows. These are the nutrients I’ve been using (for all my plants too)
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Thundercat
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That plant is just starting to flower, its got many more weeks to go( looks like 6-10 depending on genetics). Ignore all breeder recommend flower times.
It looks pretty healthy so I wouldn't give it more or less of anything, and just try to keep it healthy. More nutrients don't make bigger buds.
It looks pretty healthy so I wouldn't give it more or less of anything, and just try to keep it healthy. More nutrients don't make bigger buds.
peterstoke
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10 to 14 days before harvest you just use plain water.
Check their website for info on it. I would suggest if is more likely your growing conditions than the nutes that is holding up your plant if you think it should be further along. Light, temp, humidity.
Yep, this is the conclusion I am coming too after researching it. I have been looking into this drowning method to start the curing process before harvest which interests me. But flushing for a week or 2 when buds are filling out is madness in my book and does not do much apart from clean the media and force the plant to drag nutrients from the leaves as it stresses out. I currently plan (plan changes constantly as I research more) just to fade of the nutes a little if media has enough stored, fade out the lights, drop temp a little and drop the 12hr to 11 over the last week or so to encourage it to finish properly by mimicking to some degree the real world, but ultimately let the plant tell me what it wants. Then 72 hrs dark, cut and hang, dry for as long as it takes in optimum conditions in a tent and then cure to optimum RH in jars. From what I have read the taste and smoke-ability is almost always down to the dry and cure process as long as the plant was grown relatively well in the first place. I mean a do a mini flush on most waterings anyway, using coco, worm castings and charge as my media. Idea is to keep media optimum at all times so flushing is not necessary for whatever reason. Does that make sense to you?
BeatrixKiddo98
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Yes I understand, I have just heard that the bud retains some of those nutrients resulting in a nasty taste when smoked. Not sure if that is a myth or not but I’d rather err on the cautious side as long as flushing won’t harm my plant
jondamon
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Have a read of this and make an informed choice which way you want to go.
Dr Who is right! ... Rx Green Technologies Report
IMPACT OF DIFFERENT FLUSHING TIMES ON QUALITY AND TASTE IN CANNABIS SATIVA L. Data presented by: Stephanie Wedryk, PhD, Director of R&D at Rx Green Technologies Taylor Wall, Research Operations Lead at Rx Green Technologies Ryan Bennett, Research Associate at Rx Green Technologies SUMMARY Rx...
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BeatrixKiddo98
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Wow okay lots of info and lots of comments there. So I’m thinking of flushing them based on the article, not to get rid of the possible bad taste etc, but more so in case I overfed my plants. Being that this is my first grow I probably have to be honest. Most of my nutrients are organic though, or at least I try to keep them organic. I read that over fed plants are shitty, I don’t even know if flushing them would help with that? I’m a little lost in limbo between the two options here, what is your suggestion?
jondamon
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If you have more Than one plant try it as many ways as you care too.
Me I taper down my nutrient strength during the last couple of weeks. For example.
Full flowering 1.4EC
mid to late flowering 0.6-1.0.
Tapering at 1.2, 1.0, 0.8 and then finishing around the 0.6 area approx.