Flushing???
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homebrewer
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Give the same amount that you normally would. Usually you want 10% run off.
homebrewer
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That's not good advice. I grow in 5 gallon pots, does that mean I need 15 gallons of flush water? No, that is over watering to the tenth degree and not good for the plant.
stoneruk
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How can you over water when your pots have holes in the bottom?
homebrewer
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The amount of water needed for flushing depends on your soil's composition. If your medium drys out quickly and you have incredibly good drainage, then dump a lot of flush water through your pots. Maybe 3 times the volume is fine in that case. At least dump as much flush water though as you have soil in your pot. But if you're like me and only have about 10% perlite and 40% vermiculite, the medium tends to hold water for several days before it needs watered again. In my case, I flush with the same volume as I water with but do it for the last 2-3 waterings.
Your medium holds water and while excess drains out the bottom, completely and totally saturating your medium can be bad for your roots if your soil isn't set up to drain that kind of volume.
SmokesLikeBob
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It can rot your roots to hell!!!
Killer Vanilla
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i just water like normal dont run huge ammounts through... maybe you could run extra the first time and let the water drain straight into a bath or sink...