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How many days of flush until yellowing?

waitasecond
waitasecondstarted grow question 4 years ago
My first grow. I've been flushing my DWC Blue Dream for 4 days now and no sign at all of leaves turning yellow. Everything is still nice and green. Does it start from the bottom? How many days is normal?
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 4 years ago
The older leaves going yellow is not a certainty, and not a pre-requisite for harvesting. If the leaves have not already started yellowing, this indicates a rich nutrient solution has prevented this yellowing from occurring and it is not a problem. Giving her cold water is rubbish, in half an hour the water would be back at "room temperature", so is unlikely to "trick" the plant into doing anything other than giving the plant a shock. Unless the water was chilled constantly, there is no point in giving cold water, besides this will just slow the plants metabolism and delay maturation and possibly also stress the plant by having cold roots and warm foliage. It will also not stimulate trichome production, the trichomes main function is to protect the seed ovules in the calyxes from over heating, so simulating autumnal conditions would trigger a reduction in trichome growth due to the plants slowed metabolism indicating that summer has passed, hence warm/hot weather has also passed, negating the need for enhanced trichome growth. Flushing is another internet "fad" with it not being a hard and fast rule for every type of growing method. Prolonged flushing will indeed starve your plants and delay ripening, which then lengthens the flush which then delays ripening, which then lengthens the flush which then....... I think you get the picture. If growing hydroponically, as in DWC, 3-4 days of plain water just before harvest, would be adequate for "cleansing" the plant and maybe extending this to 7-10 days if growing in soil or coir, would also be more than adequate. So continue with your routine and there is no need to have any concerns about your plants' leaves staying green and healthy. If you are still more than a week away from maturity, I would suggest giving your plant some half strength nutrients so she can maintain a healthy metabolism and not be starving for nutrients while she finishes flowering and then re-flush with plain water from 4 days before harvest. Since all nutrients in DWC are dissolved and in a suspension, means that as soon as the solution is replaced with plain water, all fertilizer salts are also removed, whereas when growing in soil or coir, the dissolved nutrients are bound to the soil, meaning the plant has longer access to nutrition and therefore also requires a longer "flush" before harvest. Hope this helps,......... Organoman.
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homerjgangia
homerjgangiaanswered grow question 4 years ago
Hi buddy Don't worries at all, sometimes your leaves need even 14 day to turn yellow!!! Good luck!!
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TheUk420Show
TheUk420Showanswered grow question 4 years ago
Hello My fellow DWC grower :) I may be able to give you an insight :) May I ask why you are waiting for yellow leaves ? Granted flushing is needed but with our systems having no medium we can actully flush a plant fully within around about 2-3 days. Now if you want yellow leaves the answer in dwc is anywhere between 5-10 days 7 usually does the trick though in my personal opinion this is far too long for a dwc system I usually flush for around 3 days. Changing the water each day to ensure a clean flush and I have never noticed any difference in taste smell or anything from when flushing a plant for around a week. Some will argue against flushing alltogether and that you are infact starving her of nutrition when she is trying her hardest to bulk up I do agree to a certain extent though most growers are impatient and want it down right when the trikes go cloudly I cant talk I am one. though starving her of nitrogen is good towards the end though starving her of phos could potenatally harm your yield though I personally flush all my plants but I would totally understand why someone wouldnt its each to thier own i suppose.
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Eauderay
Eauderayanswered grow question 4 years ago
It depend how much carbohydrates stored in the roots, so sometimes will take1/ 2 to 3 weeks, some study stated you do not really flush out anything! As long you did not overdose your plants, and then nothing you will do can remove those from cells! You can use colder water when you feed your plants, tricking her to think winter is coming and push her consuming her reserve, also it could help slow down soil microorganisms sending a signal to the roots?
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