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WHAT DO I DO AFTER I FLUSH FOR 2 WEEKS, I AM USING SOIL?

AUTOFLOWERBOYY
AUTOFLOWERBOYYstarted grow question 2 years ago
LIKE IS IT FLUSH FOR 2 WEEKS, DARKNESS FOR 48 HRS TRIM THEN HANG UP?
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Organoman
Organomananswered grow question 2 years ago
Forget the darkness thing, it is BS, based on one flawed study that turned into an internet myth. It does not work 100% of the time and/or with 100% of strains. Botanically, extended darkness would cause a plants metabolism to almost stop and an almost stopped metabolism would not be able to prevent THC breaking down into CBD and CBN, 2 non psychoactive cannabinoids. Technically, your buds would have less THC and more CBD after extended darkness, therefore I would highly recommend not doing it, unless you want buds with reduced THC and elevated CBD levels. I prefer to dry trim, this way the moisture goes out through the leaves instead of the buds. If you wet trim, then all the moistue goes out through the buds, which can then take some of the terpenes away too. No need to drown your plants when "flushing", all you need to do for a flush is give plain water, nothing else, in normal quantities at at normal intervals. All you are trying to achieve is for the plants to get rid of any fertilizer salts in its system. Flushing is not an exercise in drowning the bejeezus out of your plant, this just causes your buds to become hyper hydrated, which can then lead to mold issues when drying. Flushing should really be renamed "fertilizer witholding period". After years of experimentation, I find that harvesting in the morning, about an hour after dawn/lights on seems to produce the tastiest buds. Hope this helps, Organoman.
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Benzels
Benzelsanswered grow question 2 years ago
Sorry Roberts, your advice is always on point-But its not a controversial topic-its been bunked by science. The 48 hrs darkness in lab tests doesnt do anything good for the bud. Doesnt make it stronger, or more terps..nothing. The only bro science I can see behind it, if when lights are off the temps are cooler and it may be drier than when lights are on - so that may be what drives the terps up but the lights off in itself doesnt make the buds better in any way from the lab tests. Just harvest first thing in the morning before lights on for same effect. If your in soil u dont really flush, u just stop giving nutes for the last two weeks and use plain water only. The plant uses up the nutes is has stored up and its all good. Then yeah wet trim and hang up or hang up and dry trim later.
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Roberts
Robertsanswered grow question 2 years ago
You can wet trim or dry trim. I like to dry trim to slow down the drying process. Ideal drying temp is 60F and 60 percent humidity with indirect moving air. I do 48 hours darkness prior. That is one of those controversial topics.
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