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Mybabyjustine

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Hello all I'm on week 8 of flower with 80% milky 10% clear and 10% amber trichomes. I stopped feeding yesterday and will only be watering . I usually water 2gal a day 1 in the morning and 1 gal at night
Should up the water and water like 1.5 in the morning and 1.5at night to actually flush all the build up and get more runoff or just continue doing what I have been please advise
 

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Thundercat

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Lordhooha said:
Flushing is horseshit and you have at least 4 weeks left I’d say.
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Totally agree with this. That plant has weeks left to keep putting on weight and then ripening. You should be waiting for the white hairs to turn reddish and shrink down before you even think about flushing or harvesting. Once they turn reddish and shrink the plant is still ripening and swelling internally which usually takes 2ish weeks AFTeR the stigma change.

Are you looking at the trichomes on the buds or the leaves. You should always look at the buds, the leaves mature faster and they aren’t what we smoke.

I also suspect from looking at those pics that that plant isn’t actually cloudy. You need to look at the trichomes from the sides so you can see through them. If you look from the top the bulbous head of the trichome will magnify the opaque stalk beneath it. This gives some growers a false idea of the trichomes being more mature then they are.
 
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Mybabyjustine

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Thundercat said:
Totally agree with this. That plant has weeks left to keep putting on weight and then ripening. You should be waiting for the white hairs to turn reddish and shrink down before you even think about flushing or harvesting. Once they turn reddish and shrink the plant is still ripening and swelling internally which usually takes 2ish weeks AFTeR the stigma change.

Are you looking at the trichomes on the buds or the leaves. You should always look at the buds, the leaves mature faster and they aren’t what we smoke.

I also suspect from looking at those pics that that plant isn’t actually cloudy. You need to look at the trichomes from the sides so you can see through them. If you look from the top the bulbous head of the trichome will magnify the opaque stalk beneath it. This gives some growers a false idea of the trichomes being more mature then they are.
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So actually those pictures were from 5 days ago heres better one token today and yes I'm looking at trichomes on buds.
 

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Just remember, you cant flush nutes from a plant just the soil. After the soil is "nute free" the plant will use up whatever is left behind. Because you still have a couple weeks to go i would still be feeding but a more experienced grower will have to chime in and explain how to re-introduce nutes now that your not feeding and giving just water.
 
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I normally flush a 5 gallon grow bucket with 5 gallons of water 4 days before i put a girls into darkness. I go with 4 days because i like the soil to dry out mostly before going black. The length of time it takes the soil to dry out will differ from one grow room to the next so it may take less or more than 4 days for you. I dont flush with every strain, but ive learned through my experience and others ive been around that flushing can make for a better smoke. But sometimes it doesnt, which is why you need to take time to experiment and find what is enjoyable for you.
 
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Mybabyjustine said:
So actually those pictures were from 5 days ago heres better one token today and yes I'm looking at trichomes on buds.
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JoeBlow5823 said:
Yeah 2 more weeks. Flushing is for toilets.
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Here is your answer right inline with what I told you in my post. Once the stigma have turned red and receded then you have about 2 weeks. The plants wont appear to grow much outwardly, it they are swelling internally and adding significant weight during that period. This is when they really ripen as well. Continuing to feed plain water at this point won’t hurt any thing but I would not recommend “flushing” a bunch of water through your roots. That can shock the plant and does nothing beneficial.
 
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