To flush or not to flush

[Ayokiwi717]

So my ladies are going on 7 weeks old, and noticing some nutrient deficiencies most likely caused by nutrient lock. My one lady desperately needed to be flushed, so I did her last night. For a 2.5-3 gallon pot I gave it 8 gallons of water. Shes looking good today, no signs of over watering. I did the second one today as well, she is in exactly 2.5 gallon pot with 8 gallons of water given to her. Should I do this for the rest as well? I should have probably flushed during week 5 is what I assume I should have done, but here we are. This is there very first flush, and I never flushed before

 

[BobThe420Builder]

Do u mean flush for salts??

Good to flush if they look locked out, but not necessarily needed for all the plants

 

[Kalebaiden]

Now that you have flushed to fix a problem, you don't flush again.

 

[Ayokiwi717]

Do u mean flush for salts??

Good to flush if they look locked out, but not necessarily needed for all the plants

Yes, im flushing the salts out. My other lady i would assume that was her problem. The soil pH was reading high like at 7.2 most likely. I didn't check the others. The others are starting to show signs of issues now. Nothing alarming like the other lady. But still issues none the less. The tips are starting to point upwards and some of their leaves are starting to turn lighter in color. These are autos as well

 

[Ayokiwi717]

Now that you have flushed to fix a problem, you don't flush again.

I thought I flush the last week of flowering?

 

[Kalebaiden]

Nope.

I gotta go before evil Kaleb comes to play.

 

[Ayokiwi717]

Nope.

I gotta go before evil Kaleb comes to play.

I will atleast stop feeding a week prior to being chopped

 

[Kalebaiden]

You do whatever you want to do.

 

[Ayokiwi717]

Do you guys recomend i do it for the other two even though they are just showing deficiencies or should I just rock it out. I hot prob 4-5weeks left. Do to circumstances I can't let them grow 3 weeks longer than breeders recommendation, I need somebody to service my heater, so chopping them mabe a week or two past breeders recommended time. It is what it is.

 

[BobThe420Builder]

Chopping early is a total waste of all the time you spend in them

Move them
Get a u-haul for the day

Anything, but don't chop Early

 

[ptrzm]

Do you guys recomend i do it for the other two even though they are just showing deficiencies or should I just rock it out. I hot prob 4-5weeks left. Do to circumstances I can't let them grow 3 weeks longer than breeders recommendation, I need somebody to service my heater, so chopping them mabe a week or two past breeders recommended time. It is what it is.

Sounds like a sensible plan. No need to risk your freedom for slightly better / more smoke.

 

[Ayokiwi717]

Chopping early is a total waste of all the time you spend in them

Move them
Get a u-haul for the day

Anything, but don't chop Early

Im not chopping early im extending it one week past breeders recommended time. So its not early. Just earlier then when I would like to chop. Its ok, last time I chopped early because of low yield issues and the smoke was good. I gave that one a week extra as well, and it was fine. Everything will be gucci.

 

[Ayokiwi717]

Sounds like a sensible plan. No need to risk your freedom for slightly better / more smoke.

Exactly, my tent is literally facing the heater , so ya definitely can't have them there while he inspects heater.

 

[jondamon]

Im not chopping early im extending it one week past breeders recommended time.

Does this flowering time include the first 2 weeks (approx) of 12/12 switch as this is the transition phase where plants are switching their cycles to fruiting and don’t instantly switch to flowering mode just because you switched your lighting to 12/12.

so if this time frame does include your 2 week stretching phase then you may be further away than you think.

then couple that with the phenotype variation that allowed the breeder to post the “recommended” flowering time as it was most likely their quickest finishing pheno.

just like the approx weight statements are based on best producing pheno.

quickest and best producing phenos are usually not one and the same pheno lol.

so as mentioned you could possibly be 2-4 weeks away from finishing depending upon all these factors and I won’t also go on about how environmental factors can speed up or slow down flowering responses.