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blindspot
blindspotstarted grow question 3 years ago
Hi all, I was thinking about when should I start to flushing. It looks like they have 2 more weeks to flush and harvest. I guess there will be 3 more watering day if i do it in every 4 days for the one of them. Because another one was started to growing 2 weeks later.
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GrowingGrannie
GrowingGrannieanswered grow question 3 years ago
You're spot on ... you want to start your flush about 2 weeks before harvest ... but flushing isn't just watering... To really flush your soil of all salts and nutrients, you need to run 3x the amount of pH'd water through as your pot size - so if you're growing in a 3 gallon, use 9 gallons of water. Let the pots dry out completely before flushing again. It will take some time to dry out doing this so it really ends up that you're flushing about twice before harvest. One good tip I've gotten is to then harvest when you plant is bone dry... helps in the drying process if it's starting with pretty much nothing... Plants look gorgeous and oh! those trichs!!
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CHILLING_RACOONS
CHILLING_RACOONSanswered grow question 3 years ago
Dear Grower, Flushing is an "extreme" technique and it cause a lot of stress to the plant and it is not a good idea because put so much water in a pot when plant are at the endo of their lives it could cause watering problems. Plants needs less water at the end, so your soil will remain moist for several days and it could be create a good environment for molds... So, if you didn't overfeeded these plants, you don't need to do a big flush but you need only to water plants with only water (and molasses if you want but stop with mineral fertilizers). You have to create deficiency when plant is ready to cut!
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Growladyeastmidlands
Growladyeastmidlandsanswered grow question 3 years ago
Great plants brilliant job done there well done
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Roberts
Robertsanswered grow question 3 years ago
I would go to just water for sure at this point. A good watering to rinse out nutrition and water for next two weeks. Get that final stressor in.
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