Flushing Fox Farms

Budski · Jan 17, 2009

So when final flushing 1.do u water with only water(im going to use Distilled) like you'd normally would be besides the nutes or,
2. one heavy dose(2 gallons or more) "im using 5 gal pots- plants 26,27' tall" then wait 7 -10 days then harvest?
im just worried they will dry out in a bad way if i do the second thing. But worried that it wont be flushed enough if i do the first thing-
I water every 3 days. son in 10 days thats only 3 feeds with gallon water at a time. Will this be ok?
The point is i dont want the fert taste!!

Im using only Fox Farms products
Ocean Forest/Lightwarrior
BB,GB,TB and OpenSesame,BeastieBloomz,Cha-Ching

zombie1334 · Jan 17, 2009

#2 is what you want. Some people even go a month or so in their final flush. You want all the fan leaves to be yellow when you harvest, that means that there is no more nutes in the soil. You also want your soil to be dry when you harvest, because it cuts down on drying time, and it also cuts down on humidity, which will increase resin production.

Budski · Jan 17, 2009

zombie1334 said:
#2 is what you want. Some people even go a month or so in their final flush. You want all the fan leaves to be yellow when you harvest, that means that there is no more nutes in the soil. You also want your soil to be dry when you harvest, because it cuts down on drying time, and it also cuts down on humidity, which will increase resin production.

Sweet business bro, thanks.
When should i start the flush when tris are 30% amber or less?
But does this sound right. 2or 3 gallons of Distilled wait 10 days, harvest, hang for 3-5 im thinkin 3 since they'll be dry but ill c, then paper bag them for 5-7 days. im stuck here, how do i know when its jar time? Then jar for a week or 2.Then falalala its chiefin time :clap:

!! sound right?

dontpanicorganic · Jan 18, 2009

Budski said:
Sweet business bro, thanks.
When should i start the flush when tris are 30% amber or less?
But does this sound right. 2or 3 gallons of Distilled wait 10 days, harvest, hang for 3-5 im thinkin 3 since they'll be dry but ill c, then paper bag them for 5-7 days. im stuck here, how do i know when its jar time? Then jar for a week or 2.Then falalala its chiefin time!! sound right?

sounds good to me... cept id hang them for 7 days then just put them in a jar

zombie1334 · Jan 18, 2009

Yeah, 7 days is usually about right. You know when you jar them, when you are able to snap a branch right in half, instead of it bending. If the stem bends during drying, it is not dry enough, and you need to let it sit longer. After it is completely dry, then you can jar them for a couple weeks, opening the lid a couple times each day to refresh the oxygen in the jar. If they are too dry when you put them in the jar, and the buds are almost crumbling and falling apart, but a leaf of basil in the jar with them.

Budski · Jan 20, 2009

Then why is there a paperbag stage? Ok so if i skip that stage and dry for 7 days, they more than likely will be too try. Cause if i flush with 2or3 Gallons and let dry for 10 days, and the last 24hrs on day 10 ill go with no light. I figure they will be pretty dry by then and an extra 7 days(hung) might be the prob. Anyway im just paronoid about the taste. I dont want to smoke crackaling/fert tasting weed again!
But i just read that u need to flush 2x the size of your pot size. so im using 5gal i really need 10 gallons of water only? Isnt that WAY TO MUCH WATER? I mean wont that cause alot of stress. Damn i cant stop thinkin about this. I harvest in febuary so i have time. But the shit wont leave my head.

zombie1334 · Jan 20, 2009

hahah, calm down dude. It's all good. Yeah, you want to flush with 2x the size of your container. You can continue to water it throughout the 10 day flush stage, but only water it with pure water, and stop watering 2-3 days before harvest.

dontpanicorganic · Jan 20, 2009

zombie1334 said:
hahah, calm down dude. It's all good. Yeah, you want to flush with 2x the size of your container. You can continue to water it throughout the 10 day flush stage, but only water it with pure water, and stop watering 2-3 days before harvest.

aka intial flush for me is a 15gal flush at once then after my soil dries a 1/2 gal distilled ph water then stop 4 days before so just harvest on the last day before their expected feeding when theyre pullin every last bit out ;P

Budski · Jan 21, 2009

dontpanicorganic said:
aka intial flush for me is a 15gal flush at once then after my soil dries a 1/2 gal distilled ph water then stop 4 days before so just harvest on the last day before their expected feeding when theyre pullin every last bit out ;P

ok so like this for sure?

10gallons of distilled, water a gallon every hour(untill 10 hours)Or just all at once?. Then wait 9 days and on the last day 24 darkness, Then day 10 harvest, Hang till snap action starts. Then jar and open daily for one hour for 7 days and then after that jar can be opened whenever i need to. Correct?

zombie1334 · Jan 21, 2009

Water them all at once, not once an hour. You can also continue to water them, if they need to be watered, even for the last 10 days up until harvest. But only water them with pure water, and don't water them 2-3 days before chopping.

Budski · Jan 21, 2009

zombie1334 said:
Water them all at once, not once an hour. You can also continue to water them, if they need to be watered, even for the last 10 days up until harvest. But only water them with pure water, and don't water them 2-3 days before chopping.

PURE WATER= Distilled right?

zombie1334 · Jan 21, 2009

yeah, or you can just use tap water. Pure water means don't add any nutes to it. Its just plain ol' water.

dontpanicorganic · Jan 22, 2009

Budski said:
ok so like this for sure?

10gallons of distilled, water a gallon every hour(untill 10 hours)Or just all at once?. Then wait 9 days and on the last day 24 darkness, Then day 10 harvest, Hang till snap action starts. Then jar and open daily for one hour for 7 days and then after that jar can be opened whenever i need to. Correct?

i have 5 gallon pots... say im flushing today.. id flush each pot with 15 gallons of distilled ph water with molasses in it, carboload, hydro honey ES, what have you.. then i let it dry, my soil mix with a flush usually dries in 5 days.. after that i water once with 1/2 gal water and molasses and i cut 3-4 days after that.. depending on how crystals are developing and so forth.

youll get it, but never water that frequent, water and let dry thoughroly

Budski · Jan 23, 2009

dontpanicorganic said:
i have 5 gallon pots... say im flushing today.. id flush each pot with 15 gallons of distilled ph water with molasses in it, carboload, hydro honey ES, what have you.. then i let it dry, my soil mix with a flush usually dries in 5 days.. after that i water once with 1/2 gal water and molasses and i cut 3-4 days after that.. depending on how crystals are developing and so forth.

youll get it, but never water that frequent, water and let dry thoughroly

Why molasses?

zombie1334 · Jan 23, 2009

Budski said:
Why molasses?

It gives the plant carbs to keep producing fat resin, by feeding the microbeasties in the soil.

A lot of people hate on using molasses in this forum. I love the stuff, but if you do a quick search on the organics forum, you will find an even bunch from both sides of the "molasses debate".

dontpanicorganic · Jan 24, 2009

zombie1334 said:
It gives the plant carbs to keep producing fat resin, by feeding the microbeasties in the soil.

A lot of people hate on using molasses in this forum. I love the stuff, but if you do a quick search on the organics forum, you will find an even bunch from both sides of the "molasses debate".

i love molasses

user192021 · Jan 25, 2009

Do you use molasses for the entire flowering cycle or just the last few weeks? And it's just a tablespoon per gallon of water, right?

zombie1334 · Jan 25, 2009

I usually use it a couple weeks into flower, every other week with BMO's SPT, so the microbeasties have a lot to feast on, making my plants healthier & bud better. Yeah, a tbsp or a little more per gallon is good.

dontpanicorganic · Jan 25, 2009

zombie1334 said:
I usually use it a couple weeks into flower, every other week with BMO's SPT, so the microbeasties have a lot to feast on, making my plants healthier & bud better. Yeah, a tbsp or a little more per gallon is good.

i use 1/2 dose everything 1st and 2nd week flower then i bump it to full dose.. i have a really strong strain (unknown bagseed drivin in a pound from cali said to be "kali mist") it can take a beating, take a drench, take a dry out..

i use molasses from 1st day flower tho.. so *shrug* took my plants a week to come around to eatin good.. now they get fed a gallon each feedin.. i love this strain, so fast, so eazy and so kush like ;x

Budski · Jan 27, 2009

where to get molasses?

Flushing Fox Farms

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member