Im at at 7 weeks and two days and havent started my flush yet..
Ive been researching my strains and looking at pics and they just dont seem to be ready to start the flush yet,
I could be wrong.
I've noticed that if I don't start my flush at 7 weeks the plants will go into another growth stage and produce new growth on top of the old.
When I start my flush at 7 weeks the plants stop growing and ripen up. The pistils turn orange and the trichromes will turn cloudy.
You can always flush longer than 2 weeks if the plants are not done. Only thing that will happen is the buds will taste even better!
My latest experiment is using Clearex for the whole flush. I'm trying it on my latest batch with great success. Botanicare recommends 3-4 days of Clearex instead of a two week water flush. I've tried that and it wasn't enough.
So this time I took my plants out 8 1/2 weeks before I started my flush but I'm only flushing for 8 days total. I've been using 450ml of Clearex and changing the water and adding Clearex every other day. This is the maximum amount of Clearex Botanicare recommends.
The plants look the same in 1 week with Clearex as they do with 2 weeks of straight water. Granted I took the plants out a full 8.5 weeks before I started my flush. It looks like this might be an option to allow those longer strains to finish up before flushing and not sacrifice the final taste.
I'll let you guys know the final results in few days.
My other experiment involves using my veg formula for the first two weeks of flower. I've always noticed that when I put my girls into flower they stretch and look like they could use a little more Nitrogen.
So this time I used the Veg formula with the new girls instead of the bloom formula. I did add Sweet to the formula. Right away I can see that it is working great! The plants are staying dark green and growing very fast without much internode length. I'll switch back to bloom at my next res change. You guys should try it out and see if you get the same results.