To flush or not to flush, that isn't the question

Sooo, I've watched a lot of youtube videos on people harvesting their plants and they ALWAYS seem early to me. I never really noticed this until I joined this site and every "Is this done" post gets a "wait 2 more weeks" comment. You all aren't wrong, most of the people online are harvesting early. They also recommend flushing. If they're harvesting early then why should I take their advice on flushing right?

With this being said my next run I'm not going to flush. I'm in a pickle because I started my flush early and realized I need more time for them to mature.. The whole "Wait 2 more weeks" has hit home. I'm into week 9 now so I'm guessing I'll continue to feed PH'd RO water for now unless it's better to just start feeding again at this point.

Has anyone went from flushing to feeding until finished and had a bad experience? Just curious if anyone was in the same boat that I am in. I definitely want to be able to listen to the plants and not finish them prematurely. So much effort, why fuck up the last couple weeks XD..

I know there is plenty of topics like this on here, but I wanted to almost make this a little appreciation as well! A lot of you tell it as it is which I respect. No homo

You should be good to just start feeding again and take her to the end.

Goodshit97 said:

You should be good to just start feeding again and take her to the end.

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I feel like that is the best option. Would you recommend a smaller feed or full strength? I'm not adding any PK boost. Just bloom + PH'd water. Maybe some cal-mag

I wouldnt run any nitrongen rich veg nutrients but id go full strength bloom. I dont add calmag but i use tap water

Pics would be helpful.

Hollatchaboy said:

Pics would be helpful.

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I was just gonna say that as well lol.

They wake up in 45 minutes, I'll get some pictures at that point! Maybe posted a little early, like some peoples harvest XDDD.

Thanks for the help guys!! Really appreciate the time

Stuck27 said:

They wake up in 45 minutes, I'll get some pictures at that point! Maybe posted a little early, like some peoples harvest XDDD.

Thanks for the help guys!! Really appreciate the time

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Just remember, feed til the end, and no flush. It doesn't benefit you, or your plants.

Hollatchaboy said:

Just remember, feed til the end, and no flush. It doesn't benefit you, or your plants.

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I learned this the hard way. Twice. Shame on me lol

Hollatchaboy said:

Just remember, feed til the end, and no flush. It doesn't benefit you, or your plants.

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Exactly. I believe that is true

First 3 pictures are blue cookies
Middle 3 are crown royale
Last is blue dream.

I think the blue cookies need a week or two and the crown royale + blue dream needs around 3 weeks. Am I close?

Stuck27 said:

First 3 pictures are blue cookies
Middle 3 are crown royale
Last is blue dream.

I think the blue cookies need a week or two and the crown royale + blue dream needs around 3 weeks. Am I close? View attachment 5063979View attachment 5063980View attachment 5063981View attachment 5063982View attachment 5063983View attachment 5063984View attachment 5063985View attachment 5063986View attachment 5063987View attachment 5063988

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1st one needs 2 more weeks, other two need a month. Imo of course. Others opinions may differ.

The first 3 pics look almost done to me. I would wait for day 70 and take that one. I don’t have a net though so you might have to wait until they are all done. The other ones look way behind like they might need 2-3 more weeks.

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If you can keep the yellowing from getting into the buds then leave them longer. Like suggested above.

Hollatchaboy said:

1st one needs 2 more weeks, other two need a month. Imo of course. Others opinions may differ.

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I think we are in the same ball park. Give or take a week

Wattzzup said:

The first 3 pics look almost done to me. I would wait for day 70 and take that one. I don’t have a net though so you might have to wait until they are all done. The other ones look way behind like they might need 2-3 more weeks.

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If you can keep the yellowing from getting into the buds then leave them longer. Like suggested above.

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I thought the first set looked pretty close too. It didn't have a lot of pistils so it was kinda hard to determine from pics, so I went with the ol' 2 more weeks. Lol

Wattzzup said:

The first 3 pics look almost done to me. I would wait for day 70 and take that one. I don’t have a net though so you might have to wait until they are all done. The other ones look way behind like they might need 2-3 more weeks.

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If you can keep the yellowing from getting into the buds then leave them longer. Like suggested above.

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Im thinking about feeding the blue dream + crown royale but let the blue cookies finish with PH'd RO water. Not 100% sold on the idea, would love to hear ideas. With the net I have 2 pieces of pole that I use to hold the tension of the net while talking out plants. Very easy to take out thankfully.

Hollatchaboy said:

Just remember, feed til the end, and no flush. It doesn't benefit you, or your plants.

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Wow, never heard that before, So many swear by flushing out a week or two before it comes down

If you don’t need smoke right away, let them all go 3-4 more weeks. If you need smoke sooner, then follow my advice above. Last plant I went 77 days and still could have went another week.

CARRERA4 said:

Wow, never heard that before, So many swear by flushing out a week or two before it comes down

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I was under that impression as well. I trust a lot of these guys on the site though, plus a lot of research out there (blind test) shows that people cannot tell the difference in taste or harshness.

CARRERA4 said:

Wow, never heard that before, So many swear by flushing out a week or two before it comes down

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Plenty of flushing threads let’s not start this in here.