Taz' First grow

Plan on harvesting 10-12 more branches on Thursday. Will start flush on Tuesday or Wednesday. Buds dwarf a 2-liter! I use only House and Garden (HG) fertilizer and additives in their DWC line and use the DWC feeding schedule provided on their website I have spoken with the HG representative several times including prior to using it. He took about an hour of his time for each of my three calls to understand my set-up and provide me recommendations. The most valuable was when I had a calcium deficiency (bronze spots on leaves) Alan, the HG DWC guru, explained that unless I was using unstabilized RO water (they recommend stabilizing RO water to 180ppm (2-3Ca-2 to 1Mg) to provide adequate pH buffering) that I wasn't having a Calcium deficiency but rather a Nitrogen deficiency that was causing a Calcium lockout. The same thing occurred on the clones I took from these and I immediately added a little extra nitrogen boost and only 6-8 leaves were affected! Anyway I'm rambling and what I wanted to do was explain how I flush. I flush for 1-2 days before harvesting. I harvest by branch as they ripen so I flush multiple times during harvesting. For the first harvest I pump the DWC nutrient solution into a container with a lid (I will reuse this) then I fill my DWC about 1/3 with pH'd tap water and let it soak for an hour or so then I pump it out and dispose of it. I then refill my DWC with pH'd tap water and let the ladies drink all they can. During flush you want the humidity as close to 25% as you are able. This causes the plants to transpire faster thus making them uptake more water. I flush for 1-2 days before each harvest. For harvests beyond the first I skip the 1/3 fill up. After I have harvested what is ripe I pump the stored nutrient solution back into the DWC to await more ripe branches. This helps to ensure that they are all harvested at the peak of ripeness. Oh! I remember why my using HG was important 🤔. Alan explained that the HG line was mostly organic and therefore will not create a salt buildup. By the taste of the buds it is so much so that I probably could not flush at all.