Start flush? HELP

So let me get this straight. Start flushing 3 weeks before, so if my strain is a 60 day flower strain (pure indica)I would start to flush 40 days into grow! Like halfway through the flower stage! That seems a bit early IMO. Youll notice I didnt say your a fucking asshole for starting that early because You may be right I'm not sure, again no proven procedures that Im aware of.

Fuck flushing half way through, this talk is madness, flush from day 55 onwards.

waterdawg said:

So let me get this straight. Start flushing 3 weeks before, so if my strain is a 60 day flower strain (pure indica)I would start to flush 40 days into grow! Like halfway through the flower stage! That seems a bit early IMO. Youll notice I didnt say your a fucking asshole for starting that early because You may be right I'm not sure, again no proven procedures that Im aware of.

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Dude if u start flush at 40 day flower and your growing a 60 day strain, that isnt half way through flower its 2/3 that sounds about right depending on medium nutes etc, i started my flush today with only 10 days left but i have been feeding molass water for a week previous. Sometimes ppl get confused with feeding straight water and flushing.

Sometimes ppl get confused with feeding straight water and flushing.

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OK Im confused lol.

For example if i have a 15 litre pot i would flush that pot through with at least 2x the pot size, so say 30 litres of water ,some folks play it safe and go with 3x the pot size. I flushed my four plants today which are in 10l pots, put 25l through each one, you can literatly see the shit come out, feeding jus water is not a flush as you are not flushing nothing out, to be honest my current grow is a first time organic thats why i started this thread because i have very little info on flushing soils, i have had some good feedback and most being the 3x method as i call it, i have had some good experience with this method mostly in coco which i have had some outstanding results, taste and smoke wise, hope this is some sort of help bro.

Got it! I'm in hydro so I flush till tds = base but with soil i just watered and didnt flush due to logistics lol. No running water or drain in shed and I was doing 25 pots. I carried alot of water as it was through 4 feet of snow lol

Completely understandable, are u running nft or hydro pots, be sure to get that ppm right down bedore flushing, aim for 250-350 ppm then start your flush.

smokalottapotomous said:

With hydroponics you will need to flush at least two weeks before harvest. unless you want to smoke a shit load of chemicals. the best things is to just stop feeding the nutes three weeks before harvest and continue to flush daily, with new h20. and if you dont flush, you are a fuckin asshole sending your buds out with a bunch of harmful chemicals to smoke and harm your patients.

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i would like a scientific explanation of this, better yet an article explaining that chemicals are stored in the buds. im no biologist but i have taken a class or 2 and everything i remember the leaves are what make the food and then transfer that food to the flower. So if im wrong correct me. but if im correct there wouldnt be any harfull chemicals in the buds anyways flush or no flush.

theres a good chance im wrong, and if flushing makes you feel better just start when the leaves begin to change color and yellow off, usually around a week before the plant is ready which is strain dependant.

the amount of "opinions" Vs actual proven information around here is fucking sickening and your a fucking asshole if your spouting your garbage without any actual facts behind it. (not directed at the person i quoted, a general statement)

also if your growing organic, no need to flush anything.

Bluecheesehead said:

For example if i have a 15 litre pot i would flush that pot through with at least 2x the pot size, so say 30 litres of water ,some folks play it safe and go with 3x the pot size. I flushed my four plants today which are in 10l pots, put 25l through each one, you can literatly see the shit come out, feeding jus water is not a flush as you are not flushing nothing out, to be honest my current grow is a first time organic thats why i started this thread because i have very little info on flushing soils, i have had some good feedback and most being the 3x method as i call it, i have had some good experience with this method mostly in coco which i have had some outstanding results, taste and smoke wise, hope this is some sort of help bro.

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flushing a organic grow seems a bit pointless dont you think, since your not using any chemicals anyways what exactly are you trying to flush out? microbes.

Being new to the indoor thing I have found this site to be very helpful but yes also very confusing at times lol. I think most people have a bit of common sense and are know that all that is read is not true. Pick out the best and throw away the rest. lol. Christ, I have been growing weed outside since I was 14, and the only thing I would consider myself an expert in is not getting caught or robbed, lol. As far as flushing it cant hurt. Does it help? Fucked if I know lol.

I flush to be sure thats all, my fert smells like absoloute shit,plus any unwanted fert the plant wont need and will only end up messing with the taste even in the slightest. To be honest my buddy jus drops dosage over two weeks and his bud is always tasty, hes another freind that thinks flushing is jus paranoia from hydro, i will always flush jus for peace of mind, plants in hydro take up excess amounts of nutes which are not always needed, i have seen alot of hydro growers that tend to over feed and when there plants are burnt to hell they wonder why, if u got your res and room dialled in you wil have healthy not overfed girls , over nuteing is bad and flushing thoroughly is a must, ph is a big factor in hydro i use to check mine daily in my res and found my self always ph'in. Salt build up and over nukeing can not be cured without a flush.peace

PH is my biggest issue lol

Bro alot of peeps have ph issues its one of most common factors of ill plants in hydro, take care of your res the plants take care of them selves (of course with good airflow in your room and consistent temps and whatever else you use to get that "perfect enviro"), you should be checking you res daily if not twice daily, be sure to do this and your ph will no longer be a issue, keep the mix at consistent temps, always calibrate meter.

Thats the problem lol I do check twice day with very accurate meters! And it changes every day typically up, after finally getting it down at start, but thats a whole nother story lol dont want to hijack!

Lol dude i have had same issues and checking daily dont always cut it, i agree, its jus one of those things you have to keep a eye on, of course not every grower has got the time to check there res twice daily or any more at that, if you as a grower have the time you should be checking when you can, for your ph always raising i can only say try dropping you ppms you might find this helps if not bro you can only keep ph'in, and still calibrate before takeing accurate reading.

Xrangex said:

What's all this shit i hear about flushing not doing anything?

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It's complete bullshit. PLEASE, Do yourself a favor and don't listen to anybody that tells you this. Flushing is essential to clean burning medicine. 14-28 days is recommended, depending on what nutes you use, and your feeding schedule.

In my soil grow i start plain water at end of week 6 or about 14-17 days before harvest with the last watering being a true "flush" complete with florakleen to release and potential nutes still bonded to the roots. Then they go in a dark room for 48-72 hours. My top feed hydro room gets a different treatment starting 10 days before harvest date. I thoroughly empty and clean my ressy and fill with about 15 gallons of water and 30ml of flora kleen and run wide open for an hour then empty and clean the ressy again. Then strait water in the ressy for 10 days with lights out with 2_3 days left. I also check ppm on 5 th day of strait water and repeat if above 300ppm. my tap is under 150 so i shoot for under 200ppm at harvest.

Bro why flush soil for 14-17 days but hydro 10 days, may i ask what feed your using in soil, mineral or organic. As for your ppms at harvest they are bang on, jus like some light shed on flushing soils longer than hydro.

Because everyone says so thats why lol. Sorry sacpirate couldnt resist!!! As far as the dark period I have heard this is a good thing as well but never tried due to plants at different life stages in the flower room.

Thc levels are higher during dark period