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Got some coconut water I was thinking of using in ...

Removedstarted grow question 6y ago

Got some coconut water I was thinking of using in flush just after anyone’s good or bad opinions was going to use it first week of flush @15mil per litre

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Week 17

Leaves. Dropping off

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souljasamanswered grow question 6y ago

The whole point of flushing is to remove nutrients from the growing medium. Flushing with coconut water would still add some nutes back into the medium. 15ml/L really isn't much so it wouldn't be too many nutes being left behind, but at that point what point is the coconut water serving? If its to feed microbes I guess it wouldn't be a bad thing, but idk. I'm also in the camp that end of grow flushing is 100% pointless. I've done grows with and without flushing and the quality is exactly the same. The dry and cure are what makes or breaks the quality of your bud, not flushing out nutes and starving your plant. What I've started doing has been slowly tapering my nutes down to about 1/4 strength by the end of flower starting a couple of weeks from harvest. I have to refill my res 2x a week so I usually drop the nutes I add to my water by about 1/4 each refill except the last one which stays at 1/4 strength. The reason I've started doing that vs feeding straight to the end is that I've noticed the plants themselves start eating less and less as they approach being ripe. That's one reason why flushing is not a great thing. The plants are still hungry and want those nutes to grow, they just do it at a slower pace than earlier in flower.

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OutForRealanswered grow question 6y ago

Where I am from you can use coconut water to flush your own body after a week of drinking alcohol. If the coconut water have the appropriate Ph and a Low EC then why not , it could also bring some natural sugar to your plants if they can assimilate it. But water is more conventional to flush

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Philindicusanswered grow question 6y ago

Your plants look fantastic. Usually I would recommend a flush before transitioning from grow nutrients to bloom nutrients. But since your using BioBizz which is organic I don't really see any need unless your going to check the runoff ppm to make sure theirs no excess nutes building up in the pots. Coconut water is high in potassium which is fine to use during bloom just keep in mind too much potassium can cause magnesium deficiencies. If your looking for a bloom supplement try using 1 Tablespoon of unsulphured organic black strap molasses to 1 gallon of water. It has all sorts of good stuff like phosphorus, potassium,amino acids magnesium plus vitamins and the carbohydrates are good for feeding the beneficial microbes living in your soil.👍

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DankGardeneranswered grow question 6y ago

No I would not do that. When you flush you need distilled or ro water and still maintain pH. You want your plant to use all nutrients before harvest out of buds. And since you are doing organic I recommend a week flush max. Last thing you want is to starve your plant while the buds are packing on its last weight, size, and trichomes. You'll get a smooth good tasting smoke. It is really all about drying and curing to get top quality smoke unless your using synthetic nutrients I recommend an actual flushing agent like gh florakleen.

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