To flush or not to flush.
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hellmutt bones
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^^^ noob fo sure
hotrodharley
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That's me.ever grew a damned thing. I'm waiting for your super expertise and the book you write.
hotrodharley
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More unnecessary bullshit and stress on a plant you want in top shape. Newbie for sure. Or never caught on.
hotrodharley
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Newbies - read up on decreasing EC/PPM feeds the last weeks of flower. Read up on watering and feeding. Figure it out that there is little to flush. The water you give at the last takes care of leftover nutes pretty well unless you were heavy handed with the nutes. Like a lot here are.
Jimdamick
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In hydro, personally, I stop adding nutes about 1.5 to 2 weeks before finish, knowing there are enough nutrients in the roots and leaves to carry on feeding the plant. I save money, the plant doesn't need them, and it will provide a smoother flavor and a better burn. Maybe it's a placebo effect, but I do it anyway.
In soil though, I would say it's a waste of time, as the soil will not clean out. It's impossible.
Jimdamick
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I agree 100%. In hydro at least, a reduction or even a complete halt in adding nutes for the last couple of weeks is advised by more than a couple of manufactures (except for AN) The plants don't need the food anymore, they are taking all the remaining energy needed from the leaves.They don't even need that much light, and again that is proven. I don't feed for the last 2 weeks, and my colas are always falling over. Save the money, at least in hydro, don't feed, and there's your flush.
South Texas
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Hate me if you want but I flush for two weeks before chop. Even with organics. 3x the container size volume water, and ¿fora clean? (GH) on the last bucket. The smoke feels better on our throats that way.
I started doing it because everyone's a weed snob around here, and now I'm a believer. Try it yourself
South Texas
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resinhead
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I am of the opinion to agree with you. And I'm not really looking for any argument, but any analogies of starving livestock or plants before harvest seems irrelevant due to the fact that we don't SMOKE/VAPE any of these other than tobacco, and that is a very poor industry standard to follow because of additives and their handeling/storage procedures. I don't know if they "flush" though...
South Texas
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Hell yeah. Stop feeding about two weeks priorr to cut date. A little foliar. Food of molassas & seaweed could continue up until a wweek or. So. More import, iwater/flush plant heavily one week before harvest, & let plant go dry natural a week prior to harvest. Ac will cause purple buds if given 2 weeks indoors.
JungleTime
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Nice that holy grail looks like its ready to be chopped haha, the purple bud looks like it can go another week or so. Check with a scope! I'm excited for you haha!
JungleTime
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Theres some myths and tricks into forcing tricomes to turn faster. I've messed with water temp the last two weeks and it seems that cold water for the feedings the last two weeks speeds this cycle up. I just throw frozen jugs in my res and it brings the temp down to around 55 degrees which is pretty cold to the touch.
The theory is that this stresses the plant as the seasons change forcing it to finish up. I've seen some tests done stating there is around a 5% increase in thc but the "tests" are never really scientific as there are so many variables. But it seems to work for me. Just some thought if you wanted to mess around in some future grows.
Resinhound
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Basic botany will tell you that you cant "flush nutrients" out of a plant.In the end it comes down to "its my plant and ill do what I want with it" and thats fine.Do what you want with it by all means.But most of this is based on pseudo stoner science,not facts.Knock yourself out flushing who cares.
GrowinDro
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Today is day 56 of flower.
Everything is ready to go for harvest and now I am just waiting for them to fully ripen.
I decided to mess around a little bit. I did everything opposite of how I normally would just to see what would happen. Heres what I did.
I cut the 2 smallest branches from each plants on day 54, these buds were heavily shaded from the colas and were over a foot from the tops. I cut them off 2 days after a full feed and after the lights were on for 6 hours. I hung the branches and pointed a fan right at them and left a light on. After 24 hours I trimmed them and put them in a mesh coffee filter with a plastic bowl over them to dry them faster. After an hour of that I cut them in small pieces to try it. They were still a little wet.
Basically I wanted to see what they would be like if I cut when they were full of nutes, tricomes mostly clear and a shitty quick dry.
I expected a really harsh taste, throat burn, no high and to cough my ass off...
I was wrong.
The Purple Bud has a great flavor and was really smooth. It had the green taste but it was easy on the lungs. I had a nice uplifting giggly buzz from it as well. This smoke all around was better than the "mids" and "dro" my friends get.
I am very pleased with the turn out of my samples. I am really looking forward to seeing what these are going to turn out like when its time.
Everything is ready to go for harvest and now I am just waiting for them to fully ripen.
I decided to mess around a little bit. I did everything opposite of how I normally would just to see what would happen. Heres what I did.
I cut the 2 smallest branches from each plants on day 54, these buds were heavily shaded from the colas and were over a foot from the tops. I cut them off 2 days after a full feed and after the lights were on for 6 hours. I hung the branches and pointed a fan right at them and left a light on. After 24 hours I trimmed them and put them in a mesh coffee filter with a plastic bowl over them to dry them faster. After an hour of that I cut them in small pieces to try it. They were still a little wet.
Basically I wanted to see what they would be like if I cut when they were full of nutes, tricomes mostly clear and a shitty quick dry.
I expected a really harsh taste, throat burn, no high and to cough my ass off...
I was wrong.
The Purple Bud has a great flavor and was really smooth. It had the green taste but it was easy on the lungs. I had a nice uplifting giggly buzz from it as well. This smoke all around was better than the "mids" and "dro" my friends get.
I am very pleased with the turn out of my samples. I am really looking forward to seeing what these are going to turn out like when its time.
smegpot
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It all comes down to your cure, leaching and flushing are for resolving issues. In nature the plant doesn't stop feeding for the last 2 weeks.
This is a touchy subject for some, so to each there own (and I suspect the people that claim a flush is mandatory has burn marks and crispies all over, hence their need to flush since they run high PPM at the end trying to run it hot and heavy). I never flush or leach unless I have an issue. Plants stay green till the chop, no hot and heavy, just steady as she goes til the end.
Your nutrients aren't battery acid, there the same elements they get in soil. I've yet to see a solid scientific explanation as to why a flush in hydro is necessary if your plants are perfectly healthy.
Resinhound
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Doesnt matter at that point,I wouldnt worry about watering a few days before harvest