As you all know it's my first grow and I'm frightened I may harvest too early or too late but looking at the trichomes I got mostly cloudy as of now, the calyx have started overlapping each other and the hair are 50/50. I still don't know whether I'm too early or too late but if you guy think this is the right time I'm going to start flushing this evening. Here are some photos and let me know what you think and will she be ready in two weeks after her two week flush ? It's an auto by the way
I think it's time to flush
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BarnBuster
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flushing is a pretty controversial topic. prepare your anus.
nice job for a first grow. Congrats
nice job for a first grow. Congrats
Thank you buddy, I prepare myself for every post I put up
ArcticOrange
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Yea mentioning a two week flush around here is almost suicide. Long story short, do a good job trimming and dont do a two week flush, taper nutes dont rob your plant when its trying to ripen. How old is the auto from seed?
There is no system for storing nutrients in the buds, this is done in the leaves.
There is no system for storing nutrients in the buds, this is done in the leaves.
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I'm on week eight since she popped and week 5 of flower maybe ? I think now would be a good idea to flush don't you think ?
ArcticOrange
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I would say you are two weeks out, if you really want to do a 2 week flush yes now would be the time to start. I am not recommending or condoning a 2 week flush. If that is your perogative you are roughly 2 weeks from finishing. Most autos do well to go for 10-11 weeks from seed.
Grojak
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I used to do a 2 week flush.. get the shop vac out and suck 5 gallons out of each tray… I've changed… I still do a pure watering of 10-14 days and I've adapted my own methods no one will probably agree with or can prove is not proper.
I taper off the feeding a couple feedings before "flush" than I do a strain tap water watering (til it runs out the bottom a bit) than the next watering ph'd to 6.3… than ph'd to 5.8, than ph'd 6.6 than ph'd to 7 (tap is like 7.5) than tap and its usually chop time… I don't flush ever I just water without nutes… My unproven science of the different ph levels is due to the fact that the plant takes certain nutes more or less at different ph level and unlike flushing where you're trying to get all the nutes out I'm watering to try to use up all the nutes.
I taper off the feeding a couple feedings before "flush" than I do a strain tap water watering (til it runs out the bottom a bit) than the next watering ph'd to 6.3… than ph'd to 5.8, than ph'd 6.6 than ph'd to 7 (tap is like 7.5) than tap and its usually chop time… I don't flush ever I just water without nutes… My unproven science of the different ph levels is due to the fact that the plant takes certain nutes more or less at different ph level and unlike flushing where you're trying to get all the nutes out I'm watering to try to use up all the nutes.
Thank you for the advice maybe I'll take it down to a 10 day flush ?
ArcticOrange
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What have you been feeding with out of curiosity?
That's quit a clever method I ain't going to argue with you but it makes sense to me. How ever il going to keep it simple, I want this to be some high grade smooth knock out bud which tastes amazing that why I wanted 14 days but maybe I'll do ten with a big flush on day one then straight water and day 8 another big flush with 48 hours of darkness and see how I get off then ?
Alienwidow
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A better term is leach, if your not dousing water through it 3x the container size, if your just watering until 10-20% runoff its more leaching soil than flushing it.
Alienwidow
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Thats kinda what i do too. I ran dwc a while back and the plants kept feeding until the end. They tapered off to super low feeding and its really easy to tell in dwc, just check ppms daily you see just what the plants eating. So if its still feeding at a low rate, why stop feeding it? Theres a lot of weight that gets put on in the last two weeks damnit, its like a body builder not eating. You wont get bigger with no fuel.
I use shogun samurai terra grow and terra bloom salt based I think they are
hotrodharley
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Agree. I simply begin tapering the EC down the last 2 weeks. But who would butcher a cow that had been starved the last part of its life?
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I totally see where you guys are coming from but if they are extracting nutes from their leaves and there's plenty of foliage I'm sure it would be a problem, I think a 10 day flush will do I don't really want to starve her either but I've had some horrible bud in the past where nutes are obviously present. I don't fancy being stuck with 2-3 ounces of horrible tasting bud
ttystikk
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Then don't give the plant any phosphorus after day 45, and taper down the EC over the last week or so.I t
I totally see where you guys are coming from but if they are extracting nutes from their leaves and there's plenty of foliage I'm sure it would be a problem, I think a 10 day flush will do I don't really want to starve her either but I've had some horrible bud in the past where nutes are obviously present. I don't fancy being stuck with 2-3 ounces of horrible tasting bud
Looks like a couple weeks away at least. Looks good for your first crack at it. Might have a little heat stress the leaves starting to taco and slight fox tailing, overall it looks good. A proper dry and cure will do more for taste and smoothness than anything else you can do in my opinion.
Dr. Who
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The addiction of your brain to play follow the flushing "leader" is absurd.
"Flushing" removes nothing that will effect taste and burn.
Reducing nutrition is the brain still holding on to the dream of better through less. Kind of a remnant of the flush, you know, that little floater in the back of the bowl....
Removing or reducing nutrition will - come on use that flushy logic - reduce the resulting quality potential of the plant.....
A Long dry, spread out over 10-14 days with a nice long cure of at LEAST 2 weeks and 3 would be better (not to mention that 4 would really be nice) will remove the nasty taste and she'll burn fine...BTW, the quality as in potency increase as it cures too!
The harvest is done. We take so much care, time and money with our plants. Why is it that so many can not wrap their heads around the FACT that you need to do it with the dry and cure too!
Forget the "flush" as it does nothing as far as "flushing" anything from the plant.
Proper dry and cure! Nice and slow - DON'T hurry this up just to smoke it OR It'll taste like your bone head buddies harsh shit he dried for a week and sold.
"Flushing" removes nothing that will effect taste and burn.
Reducing nutrition is the brain still holding on to the dream of better through less. Kind of a remnant of the flush, you know, that little floater in the back of the bowl....
Removing or reducing nutrition will - come on use that flushy logic - reduce the resulting quality potential of the plant.....
A Long dry, spread out over 10-14 days with a nice long cure of at LEAST 2 weeks and 3 would be better (not to mention that 4 would really be nice) will remove the nasty taste and she'll burn fine...BTW, the quality as in potency increase as it cures too!
The harvest is done. We take so much care, time and money with our plants. Why is it that so many can not wrap their heads around the FACT that you need to do it with the dry and cure too!
Forget the "flush" as it does nothing as far as "flushing" anything from the plant.
Proper dry and cure! Nice and slow - DON'T hurry this up just to smoke it OR It'll taste like your bone head buddies harsh shit he dried for a week and sold.
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