flushing?

Whats the best way to flush out your plants and how long should i do it for

Ideally you would run water through your system until the runoff TDS is close to your original water as possible. If your flushing a plant that is not going to be harvested afterwards, you would want to flush with a 1/4 strength fertilizer.

Pipe Dream said:

Ideally you would run water through your system until the runoff TDS is close to your original water as possible. If your flushing a plant that is not going to be harvested afterwards, you would want to flush with a 1/4 strength fertilizer.

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whats the point of flushing with fert? doesnt make sense

Lol thinking the same thing and its flushing for harvest.

Because you wouldn't want to deprive your plant of all it's nutrients. By flushing with 1/4 strength nutrients it allows a little to be available to the plant. If your doing the final flush you want the plant to use up it's stored energy so the smoke is smooth, but any other time it would be counter-productive. This is what I have read and it makes sense to me. I don't really flush in my current setup because I don't use chemical fertilizers, but I will definately use 1/4 strength flushes when I try a soiless medium.