Flushing Autos

Cal mag is needed for sure in coco grows. Heads up.

I grow in coco. Had amazing results. Feel free to look at my recent autos. Here is my schedule. I use 3 gallon fabric potters. I feed every other morning. When I feed I dump 2 liters of just ph water in to get everything soaked and a ph run off reading. If reading is in line with where I want it I apply 2 l light base nutrition, then 2 liter with current dose of nutrition and all is ph'd. So 6 liters every other morning. If after first 2l and if ph is too high or low I flush till run off is right then do light feed, and regular feed mixes. Depending on size of potters I might have a hard flysh anout 2 to 4 times a grow if nutrition is close to in line. Nutrition amounts play a huge role in ph drifts. Then after feeding I splash with ph water in evening to keep moist. Then again the next morning and evening to keep moist. Then that 3 rd morning I start over. This amount of water in coco helps keep levels in check, and provide excellent growth on coco. Never leave coco without nutrition in it. Just large doses of water to keep ph in line by testing run off. Don't let it sit in run off. You can not overwater in coco unless it is a never ending non stop flow. At last 2 week I stop feed dump about 3 gallons through to wash a lot of nutrition out then every other morning I give 1 gallon of ph water anout a 6. Maintaining keeping moist. Has been My watering schedule for autos in coco. Had several half pounder plus grows. So it is my secret schedule I basically gave you. Once nutrition is right your ph stabilizes in coco from Day to day. Ph drifts up more nutrition, ph drifts down too much nutrition.

Flushing is only needed in extreme cases of eff ups, such as feeding waaaaay too much or if there are problems with toxicity. It is not needed as a general "just because", it will just kill most of the beneficial microbes in your substrate, leading to plant stress. "Flushing" at harvest time is not an exercise in drowning the bejeezus out of your plants, but an exercise in nutrient with holding so that the plants get rid of any residual fertilizer salts from their vascular system. All that is required is to give plain water, nothing else, in normal quantities, at normal intervals for the last 7-14 days before the big chop chop. Flushing should rightly be renamed "nutrient witholding period" to prevent ongoing confusion regarding this operation. Since you are growing in coco coir, either "run to waste" or ensure there is run off each irrigation and this will prevent nutrient salts from building up to toxic levels in your substrate, negating the reason for ever needing to flush. Hope this hellps, Organoman.