flushing

[Cobnobuler]

....Around here bringing up the word "Flushing" is like starting an argument about politics. It almost never fails.

 

[jondamon]

I personally believe that everyone should try both for themselves.

In 4 years I've flushed, not flushed, leached, not leached, under fed, over fed, force fed etc etc.

I prefer now to not flush and feed lightly.


J

 

[Bigby]

....Around here bringing up the word "Flushing" is like starting an argument about politics. It almost never fails.

Ha ha - true dat!

 

[Bigby]

I personally believe that everyone should try both for themselves.

In 4 years I've flushed, not flushed, leached, not leached, under fed, over fed, force fed etc etc.

I prefer now to not flush and feed lightly.


J

Now there is a post I fully respect!

 

[Trousers]

Yes. In the last week of their life.

Do you believe plants have feelings? And that a stressed plant = an unhappy plant?

Maybe we should throw parties for them on the date of their 'birth' - that might make them super happy, especially if we get them a cake with candles. Super happy plants = super yielding cannabis!

Don't be coy. If you want to stress your plants at a critical point of development, Hooray for you!
But don't spread lies about it.

I used to flush and think that it was the only way to go until I tried not flushing. Now I do not do it.

If you know what you are doing with nutrients, then flushing is unnecessary.
There is no scientific evidence that flushing is worth it.
By all means, flush, but until you have tried not flushing, maybe you should not promote flushing.

Are they not then? I don't grow them. I certainly wouldn't ever consider smoking vegetables through a bong (I might end up looking like a freakish Leprechaun kid).

Why don't fruits and vegetables have some sort of chemical taste?
They never flush vegetables. Farmers do not flush crops, it is pointless.

I actually like to stress my plants late in their cycle. I believe thc is, in part, a product of stress reactions within the cannabis plant. Can't prove this, but I believe it.

I disagree. How does stress make a plant better? I prefer healthy plants.
You also can not prove that flushing is worth it. Nor can I, but I have done both. The plants I fed up until the last day (I grow in coco) were some of the best plants I have ever grown. Not because I did or didn't flush, because I figured out how to feed the plants properly.
Most people over feed.

Maybe you believe something else; but think you 'know'.

What? If you haven't grown a crop with out flushing, then you do not know what you are talking about. You may well be growing great weed with flushing. that does not mean you couldn't grow better weed with flushing.
Can you find anything to back up your opinion? I can't find anything. Based on what I have read, flushing is really dumb in soil.

I hold more value to belief than I do to science and very rarely 'actively' try to persuade others that my belief is right and theirs is wrong.

And thank you for your permission - curious that you felt the need to give it; I have the ability to make my own judgements. But thank you anyway.

Try growing with out flushing, then dry and cure it properly, then get back to me.
I'm gonna stick with science over some guy who hasn't tried not flushing.

 

[Trousers]

Another problem is the definition of flushing is not universal.
Straight water for the last two weeks in soil is not flushing, unless you are giving the plant 3x the water it needs.
Hydro is a totally different story.

I personally believe that everyone should try both for themselves.

In 4 years I've flushed, not flushed, leached, not leached, under fed, over fed, force fed etc etc.

I prefer now to not flush and feed lightly.


J

I have done the same.
I just hit my girls 4 weeks into flower, in coco, with half strength fert solution.
I was using about 75% as normal in flower and noticed some slight burning on the tips. So I "flushed" the coco with half strength fert. Now I will be sure to monitor the ppm of the run off instead of thinking I know exactly what I am doing.


I "flushed" the excess nutes out of the coco, but did not starve/stress the plants in the process.
I water to waste frequently, which could be considered flushing.

 

[blindbaby]

when i give em say 5 times the normal watering, i notice the runoff is brown and icky looking. i think at least this first one does the most good. try taking a dry, unflushed bud, into a dark room, and hit it with a lighter. look closely. see any sparks?? thats left over ferts,burning. do the same with flushed buds, and you will not notice this. perhaps a ton of water is not needed. i dont do that. but i do water em like heck, the last few times before harvest. call it flushing. i call it a fresh drink of water. however, if i did not like to flush, i would certainly not reccomend that any competion would do so, and have better overage than i. but, thats what the media does, too. any opinions, that dont match thier agenda, are shouted down. very unfair. to each their own. (not to each, mind the leftist rules). in time, maybe they will make another law, says "grow like we say". i would not dought it. the combo of the greenies, tree huggers, epa, and the like, have our whole world tied down with unnessisary rules. maybe they would consider flushing, as a waste of water, and forbid it?! how about putting anyone out of buis, who flushes?? dont tell the left. they will look into it. what they should look into, is their own ass.

 

[Trousers]

when i give em say 5 times the normal watering, i notice the runoff is brown and icky looking. i think at least this first one does the most good. try taking a dry, unflushed bud, into a dark room, and hit it with a lighter. look closely. see any sparks?? thats left over ferts,burning.

That is absolutely not true. Buds do not store fertilizer.
Of course the water is discolored. That is not a reason to flush, it is a reason to lower your nutes, possibly.

do the same with flushed buds, and you will not notice this.

I don't believe you, but it doesn't matter. No one smokes uncured buds but noobs. Did you try your experiment after curing?
Are you just repeating what you have heard here?

perhaps a ton of water is not needed. i dont do that. but i do water em like heck, the last few times before harvest. call it flushing. i call it a fresh drink of water.

flushing with 5 times the water they need is harming your plants and not helping anything.

however, if i did not like to flush, i would certainly not reccomend that any competion would do so, and have better overage than i. but, thats what the media does, too. any opinions, that dont match thier agenda, are shouted down. very unfair. to each their own. (not to each, mind the leftist rules). in time, maybe they will make another law, says "grow like we say". i would not dought it. the combo of the greenies, tree huggers, epa, and the like, have our whole world tied down with unnessisary rules. maybe they would consider flushing, as a waste of water, and forbid it?! how about putting anyone out of buis, who flushes?? dont tell the left. they will look into it. what they should look into, is their own ass.

Whoa, you went way off the rails.

(Backs slowly out of thread, trying to avoid eye contact)