Should I flush everyday for 7 days or one watering and chop after 7 days?

Been wondering this for a minute. When I see or read flush for 7-14 days i get kinda confuse.. Does that Means Run ph'd water thru my plants everyday for seven days? Or water as needed for 7 days? Im trying to flush a 9 week strain staring on day56.

If you flush too much then you will just starve the roots of oxygen, no different to overwatering, so by flush for 14 days i've always just taken that to mean for those 14 days it's plain water.

However having experiential myself i came to my own conclusion of flushing being an aboslute waste of time and made absolutely no different to any of the characteristics of my weed. If you have multiple plants then i'd suggest it's always a good idea to do a comparisson for your own experience

tip top toker said:

If you flush too much then you will just starve the roots of oxygen, no different to overwatering, so by flush for 14 days i've always just taken that to mean for those 14 days it's plain water.

However having experiential myself i came to my own conclusion of flushing being an aboslute waste of time and made absolutely no different to any of the characteristics of my weed. If you have multiple plants then i'd suggest it's always a good idea to do a comparisson for your own experience

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Yea I feel u but what about taste? Taste is a big factor to me.. I got some nice OG strains that look real food and I spent a pretty penny buying seeds. I have RP og18, holy grail Kush, 91 chemdawg, and og18 x skunk#1. These strains are pretty tasty so I wanna make sure my smoke is clean, not chemical tasting and taste good. How do I ensure that if I don't flush for at least a week?

In regards of your watering confusion, that would simply kill your roots, you must water like normal, just dont feed it nutes.

also, just give a good flush ( between 2 - 3 times the normal amount of water you give your plants ) if you normally give your plant 1 gal to drain off, obviously 2-3 gallons of ph water to flush off, then just let it dry and feed it normal water till harvest..
*note* many growers have done side by sides and have stated that there is no difference in taste, smell, or appearance, and their or many who say otherwise. once again, just something you have to try fo yourself

consider 2 factors
-soil
-soiless mix / hydroponic

soil with the longest i have heard 7-14 days
soiless and hydroponic i guess would be pretty similar at 1-5 days

it really depends on the grower..

With that being said, i completely agree with tip top that there are countless growers that do not flush, (especially organic growers), so like he said as long as you have 2 plants or more experiement with it.

I have learned that no matter how much research that you do and how much you stay on these fourms, the quickest and best way to get your answers is to experiement with your plants, at the beginning you want to baby them, and scared to mess them up, as you get more of them, you want to see how much they can handle and your willing to take those chances.. Its just the way the human mind works once we get comfortable with something we want to explore its maximum pontential.

Good Luck

i'm organic.........i wouldn't know. but agree that it equals over-watering.

bud man jay said:

Yea I feel u but what about taste? Taste is a big factor to me.. I got some nice OG strains that look real food and I spent a pretty penny buying seeds. I have RP og18, holy grail Kush, 91 chemdawg, and og18 x skunk#1. These strains are pretty tasty so I wanna make sure my smoke is clean, not chemical tasting and taste good. How do I ensure that if I don't flush for at least a week?

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Cannot comment on taste, all cannabis tastes like shit to me, but it tasted like the same shit as hwen i was flushng, no difference Soil, coco, hydro, flushing and no flushing and i could tell no difference. People will often talk about the weed crakling and this and that being from nute left over, this is also nonsense in my opinion, the weed burnt in the exact same manner each and every time. Your last line should not be stated as such, that means you are working under the premise that the good taste can only come from flushing. My point being that for me it made no difference, so do a comparisson, then you will be able to say for yourself whether it is flushing that helps the taste or something else

tip top toker said:

Cannot comment on taste, all cannabis tastes like shit to me, but it tasted like the same shit as hwen i was flushng,

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really? kinda curious about that? i know its a matter of opinion but while i think reg weed doesnt have the best taste, compared to what ive grown and smoked in amsterdam is AMAZING, so what really taste like shit about it?

in no way im bashing you, im just curious, assuming your a smoker, your the first ive heard to say it lol

90cody said:

really? kinda curious about that? i know its a matter of opinion but while i think reg weed doesnt have the best taste, compared to what ive grown and smoked in amsterdam is AMAZING, so what really taste like shit about it?

in no way im bashing you, im just curious, assuming your a smoker, your the first ive heard to say it lol

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Yea never heard of that.. If you smoking shitty tasting Cannabis I dont know what to tell you. Ive had some great tasting stuff in my three years of smoking medicinally. I guess I will flush for 2-3 days then come back with some tea and overdrive til the end. Wed will be day 56 so i will flush today and then feed on monday or tuesday watch my trichs then chop when they look right. I did do a mid way flush around week 5 so I should be good.

bud man jay said:

Yea never heard of that.. If you smoking shitty tasting Cannabis I dont know what to tell you. Ive had some great tasting stuff in my three years of smoking medicinally. I guess I will flush for 2-3 days then come back with some tea and overdrive til the end. Wed will be day 56 so i will flush today and then feed on monday or tuesday watch my trichs then chop when they look right. I did do a mid way flush around week 5 so I should be good.

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well in my opinion i think he is coming from the stand point of that the inhaling of cannabis is just not a taste that he enjoys, no matter what strain it is or how it is grown, i would say he doesnt like to inhale smoke but im sure he has tried vapor and prob feels the same way, i was just wanting to hear him elaborate a little..

but is it weird that i feel kinda sad that a fellow smoker feels that all weed taste like shit? lol
kinda reminds me of a wine drinker that doesnt like the taste of wine , it makes me feel like hes missing out on something lol

Anymore advice on getting a better tasting cleaner smoke?

If you don't flush a long cure will rid the bud of any unwanted chemicals. In my experience unflushed plants lead to harsh bitter smoke that doesnt taste too good and leaves a black ash. It also leaves a numbing feeling in my mouth and I get chest pains from all the leftover chemicals. A month long cure is the only way I have found to rid an unflushed plant of chemicals. This is...just my experience though. Im sure plenty would disagree with me but I know how I felt smoking unflushed herb and it is in no way better than a flushed plant with a nice cure.

Someone stated 7 - 14 days in soil, 1 - 5 in soiless/hydro system, I usually do 3 waterings (which ends up being 7 - 10 days) and I Sunshine #4 soils with organic notes. I have been around for 20 years grown or got from growers for 15 years. If someone grows with chemicals and doesn't flush, I can tell, don't know how others can say they don't. People say flushing is a waste of time, but not flushing is a waste of money, think about it, if you water 3 days before chop with nutrients is your plant going to be able to fully use up those notes, NO, by flushing the plant (in theory) it forces it to use up the last bit of nutrients remaining in it's stems/roots.

bud man jay said:

Anymore advice on getting a better tasting cleaner smoke?

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I have tried both ways, to flush or not to flush. Though not flushing may slightly increase your yield. Flushing actually cleans out the harshness and allows your smoke to smoke right.

2 weeks b4 you plan on chopping,
flush 3 times the amount of soil with water
3 gal pots equals 9 gals of water through it.
water should be phed 6.5
wait 3 to 4 days b4 watering again.
thhis time water the normal amount until there is slight runoff,
but do not ph your water. Phing your water allows the plant to take up nutrients properly, you
want to stop your plant from absorbing them
wait again until your soil is dry this time do 1 more flush with sledgehammer flush by fox farms,
but only flush with 1 and 1/2 times amount of water as the pot so 3 gal pot equals 4.5 gallons, mix 2
teaspoons per of sledgehammer per gallon of water.
Wait until soil is al most dry, remove plants from room and let sit in dark for at least 24 hrs b4 you chop and hang.
letting them sit in the dark will bring out the FROSTYS. I know I tried it. Comes out with a shitload of trics

plumber1 said:

Wait until soil is al most dry, remove plants from room and let sit in dark for at least 24 hrs b4 you chop and hang.
letting them sit in the dark will bring out the FROSTYS. I know I tried it. Comes out with a shitload of trics

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You bring up the other highly debated subject with finishing.... the dark period. I don't think you see much results from 24 hours of darkness before chop, I've done 24/48/72 hours of darkness with the same cut, all I can say is I need further research to determine if there really is a difference, not saying there is not but can't say there is.

I flush for 3 weeks in Coco. Not overwatering, not copious amounts of water, just plain ol phd water, whenever the plant needs it.
I dont try to "remove" nutrients, just let the plant use up what it has stored.

I have a friend who barely feeds his plants at all. They are not super green, or super healthy looking. But, he always has great tasting smoke.

I do 24-48 hours of darkness out of convenience all the time. I just don't have time to get to it, so they sit in darkness. I have never noticed a difference.

I dry over 21 days.

3 wk flush in coco, 21 day drying, cure 6-8 wks in mason jars = good tasting buds.

Ive found that drying in a tight space with passive intake and a really weak exhaust fan (no circ fans) on a timer works really well.

adjust as the product drys more. But if you exhaust for 15, then let it sit for 45, it sort of cures while drying. This is more true when you really fill your space.
first 5 days of dry fans are on 24hrs a day. By the end of the dry cycle, my weak little fan only comes on 2-3 times a day for 15 minutes.

The more I hang out on RIU though, the more I find out i tend to overdo some things...

As always, just my opinions.

90cody said:

really? kinda curious about that? i know its a matter of opinion but while i think reg weed doesnt have the best taste, compared to what ive grown and smoked in amsterdam is AMAZING, so what really taste like shit about it?

in no way im bashing you, im just curious, assuming your a smoker, your the first ive heard to say it lol

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Nah, just me, not the weed. While i know that most of what i can buy in my town DOES taste like shit, doesn't matter if it's my own stuff, other peoples, stuff from amsterdam, the highest grade to be had from the best dealers in London, all of it tastes like kack. I have a huge aversion to smoke, my throat ust cannot handle it, normally i have to throw a joint away once it get's to the halfway point before it starts doing physical damage to my throat. Same with tobacco. I can taste when one is a nicer strain than another, but it all just tastes or harsh burnt stuff to me bit annoying really but oh well, could be worse.

bud man jay said:

anymore advice on getting a better tasting cleaner smoke?

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tip top toker said:

Nah, just me, not the weed. While i know that most of what i can buy in my town DOES taste like shit, doesn't matter if it's my own stuff, other peoples, stuff from amsterdam, the highest grade to be had from the best dealers in London, all of it tastes like kack. I have a huge aversion to smoke, my throat ust cannot handle it, normally i have to throw a joint away once it get's to the halfway point before it starts doing physical damage to my throat. Same with tobacco. I can taste when one is a nicer strain than another, but it all just tastes or harsh burnt stuff to me bit annoying really but oh well, could be worse.

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Try out just barely feeding your plants at all. Just enough to keep them going.
My friend does this and his smoke is incredibly smooth. Although the yield is lighter.

Along with that, i notice most people on here dry their buds for 5-10 days. Try a slow 3 week dry, it makes all the difference.

If you grow a strain that is mold susceptible, like say, Romulan... then I would not recommend a 3 wk dry.

HeartlandHank said:

Try out just barely feeding your plants at all. Just enough to keep them going.
My friend does this and his smoke is incredibly smooth. Although the yield is lighter.

Along with that, i notice most people on here dry their buds for 5-10 days. Try a slow 3 week dry, it makes all the difference.

If you grow a strain that is mold susceptible, like say, Romulan... then I would not recommend a 3 wk dry.

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As i say, it's not the quality of the bud, my body just has an aversion to smoke of any kind.

I see. I just figured a harsher smoke would do more damage than a smoother smoke.

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