flushing?

im a little un sure on how much to flush and if i can use distilled water or if i should just use pure water? im using 5 gallon buckets

if the PPM on your tap water isn't rediculous(like > 300), then you can use that instead of buying Reverse Osmosis/Distilled water.

In regards to the amount needed to flush you want to saturate the containers so its running right out the bottom so usually about 2-3x as much as your normally water should suffice, then just let it sit and dry out for at least 3-4 days, the best growers ive seen give it 5-6 days after a flush, but they are using pretty large containers. Once its dry you can lift the container and you should be able to really tell how dry it is

^great advice!!!!

ohh ok i see what your saying alrite thanks, i got a few more weeks before harvest. but i started to notice they male lookin preflower things, im a month into flowering an theres buds everywhere so idk whats up with it but i godda figure out

if you see male flowers you have stressed the plant into turning hermaphrodite....if you are 100% they are male flowers, you should cut your losses and harvest immediately

you can let it fertilize itself to get fem seeds, the pollen from a hermi wont fertilize any other plant unless its the same strain, otherwise as soon as those pollen pods open the buds will stop growing and start producing seeds instead of flowers

hermis are commonly produced by receiving intermittent lighting during dark periods...but not necessarily limited to that

damn i really cant think of much stress ive givin it, heres a few factors that may play in
3 weeks ago i noticed gnats so i made up a neem oil spray and have been using that every few days to rid the pest
my plants 32" tall and 36" wide in a 5 gallon bucket maybe the buckets to small?
i pruned a lot of the leaves off a few days ago to uncover buds from overhanging leaves
and i was about a day and a half late on my last watering
and once, i wanted to look at my plant in the dark, so i used a green light bulb to go into my grow room and look at it, is it possible it was givin the slightest bit of light that caused all this?

thats all the stress its been givin that i can think of . i had made a post earlier with some pictures and shit to show what was going on . if you wanna check it out you can
i wanna know if i should harvest that fucker rite now and get what i can, theres atleasttte a half on it, maybe more

i never did flush it tho, so its fresh off some fox farm nutrients. damn this sucks. im about to just grow 6 fem seeds and say fuck this grow

you may have a source of light getting in the room during dark period, im not sure. be positive they are male flowers. imo let it fertilize itself...fem seeds are great.

Duder1984 said:

you can let it fertilize itself to get fem seeds, the pollen from a hermi wont fertilize any other plant unless its the same strain, otherwise as soon as those pollen pods open the buds will stop growing and start producing seeds instead of flowers

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Do you have any proof of "a hermi wont fertilize any other plant unless its the same strain"?

I'm not trying to attack you, just curious as to whether this is true or not. I was under the impression that pollen is pollen, and will fertilize any other female marijuana plant regardless of it's strain.

normaly i would just let it finish and get some fem seeds out of it, that would be a really good idea caus hey thats free dank seeds. but i was trying to a lot of buds off this one caus im in mad debt and i was hoping this thing could help me out a little with that.
however it is only one plant and i wont get much off it anyways, maybe it would be better to just get a bunch of seeds from it. ill still get some nug to tho, idk i mite just try this gold range reverse product to rid all male production. then i could get some dank budssss free of seeds. caus i could always just get some seeds online thats no problem

Ganjuana said:

Do you have any proof of "a hermi wont fertilize any other plant unless its the same strain"?

I'm not trying to attack you, just curious as to whether this is true or not. I was under the impression that pollen is pollen, and will fertilize any other female marijuana plant regardless of it's strain.

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just from what i have seen in past grows. if a regular male unloads into the grow area i consider it unsuitable for females for the future. as ive had problems with fertilization long after males were removed. but with hermis ive seen one plant grow seeds while other strains remain unaffected right next to them. in that instance i wouldnt grow females of a certain strains in that room at any point in the future but other strains are ok. i think it has something to do with the plants protection against inbreeding, the hermi represents a plant switched into survival mode, trying to replicate itself as fast as it can into seed form for the next season.

Duder1984 said:

just from what i have seen in past grows. if a regular male unloads into the grow area i consider it unsuitable for females for the future. as ive had problems with fertilization long after males were removed. but with hermis ive seen one plant grow seeds while other strains remain unaffected right next to them. in that instance i wouldnt grow females of a certain strains in that room at any point in the future but other strains are ok. i think it has something to do with the plants protection against inbreeding, the hermi represents a plant switched into survival mode, trying to replicate itself as fast as it can into seed form for the next season.

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adapt against inbreeding? damn thats evolution like crazy