Forrest9419
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My plants are sour Zkittles 7 week veg and in week 7 of flower some buds still have a lot of white hairs but the trycomes are starting to turn cloudy should I wait 1 more week before I start a 2 week flush or start now 
Am I ready to flush or another week
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Lastmanstandin31
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Look like a few weeks or so to me.
Forrest9419
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Few weeks to flush or few weeks to harvest
Lastmanstandin31
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Sorry I'm not qualified to answer that question. Flowers just don't look ready to harvest to me.
DoobieDoobs
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What kind of nutrients are you using? Is this organic? Flush, as I understand, helps when you grow using chemical salt based fertilizers, it will help against the salt build up. And if this is your case a picture of the trichomes will help. Although by looking at the many white hairs your buds have, you still have some waiting time to do.
This is what I think, let's see if we get lucky and a hydroponic grower shows up.
This is what I think, let's see if we get lucky and a hydroponic grower shows up.
Forrest9419
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I know they are not ready to harvest I just want to know when I should start flushing
Forrest9419
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They are useing advanced nutrients trio
Thundercat
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That plant has at least 3-4 weeks before even thinking about harvesting. Harvesting early will get you less yield and quality.
After years of research and doing side by side grows multiple times and growing thousands of plants I do not flush plants at or before harvest. It has no scientific merit and does nothing to benefit the plants. That’s my 2 cents.
After years of research and doing side by side grows multiple times and growing thousands of plants I do not flush plants at or before harvest. It has no scientific merit and does nothing to benefit the plants. That’s my 2 cents.
Doug Dawson
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My opinion is you should never start "flushing". Taper off your nutes the last few weeks. Flushing is for your medium, not your plants. Your plants look good, so I would not think flushing your medium would be of any use. Good luck.
Forrest9419
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Might be a stupid question but can the top buds go overdone whilst waiting on the other buds to ripen up
Doug Dawson
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It is possible, it takes some time to get over ripened. If your canopy is very uneven you can harvest top buds first and allow the rest to finish a week or two longer.
DoobieDoobs
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Yes that happens, some people even decide to partial harvest the top buds and they wait for the lower ones to ripe more.
Lordhooha
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You can pull the tops and leave he rest to get a bit more ready. also dont flush unless it’s you went to the bathroom
DoobieDoobs
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I read an article in which it said that flushing does little to nothing to flavor and plant content, nor does it elevates thc content. So don't worry about it, like the people above said, if your plant is fine let it be. It she was showing signs of nutrient lockout or you were going to reuse the medium, something like that then it's another story.
Thundercat
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I have never once seen someone accidentally over ripen a plant!
You can split up a a harvest if you want or need to because of a large plant. Just make sure you are actually letting the plant get properly ripe before you start cutting anything.
You can split up a a harvest if you want or need to because of a large plant. Just make sure you are actually letting the plant get properly ripe before you start cutting anything.
Forrest9419
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By the look of this one how long would you say it has left
Lordhooha
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3 to 4 weeks
DoobieDoobs
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My guess 3 weeks. Be thankful weed isn't an avocado. Those things take 4 to 5 years to get ripen.
Cvntcrusher
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Flush? Your toilet? Why you asking us lol