Flushing

First indicator is the browning of the pistils. Then check your trichomes I like to flush either when I see first Amber or all cloudy. 🌱👍

I usually start just watering with plain water properly ph'd when the pistils are about 25% orange. This way the plant slowly uses up and remaining nutrients in the soil, then starts pulling nutrients from its leaves, and come harvest time, she should be all nicely faded. Makes for a really smooth smoke.

So if most of them are milky would it be best to flush and then it's ready to harvest in 7/14 days depending on my preference of high? Yes it's soil based.

the main question is what medium are you growing in? if you're in soil, then you should start flushing about 2 weeks before harvest.. when it comes to soilless (coco, peat etc.) then about one week with hydro that grow in a solution usually 2 to 3 days is sufficient, as you don't have any salt buildup in the medium that needs to be "flushed".. you simply exchange the whole medium by doing a reservoir change.. i guess when is the right time can get a bit tricky if you don't have too much experience with how fast the trichomes change color.. also there is no "definite harvest time", as it also depends on the type of high you want. The more amber trichomes, the more of a couch lock it will be.. the more cloudy ones, the more of a head-high.. that's of course next to the type of strain (sativa or indica), which also play a general role in the type of high.. so if you grow an indica, but want a head-high, you're better off harvesting when majority of trichomes are milky and not yet amber.. on the other hand if you have a sativa and want a body high, you'd have to wait even longer for a high percentage of trichomes to turn amber.. eventually it depends on your preference and what type of high you want to get..

Hello I usually go off if my pistils have almost all colored and curled/shriveled, and also if my trichromes have a milky color to them, if they're all glassy still i would wait until you start seeing a change. Yes you could just run gallons of water through in a bath or shower drain, but do it gently..but it's better to have a 3-5 gallon bucket or many 1 gallons and have them ph'd.