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Flushed for 6 days no sign of leaves luring yellow...

dillious
dilliousstarted grow question 5 years ago
Flushed for 6 days no sign of leaves luring yellow.... How much longer should I leave her....
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Techniques. Defoliation
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Tuffgong
Tuffgonganswered grow question 5 years ago
I'm sure your plants are down by now. The latest information I have seen on this topic is a departure from what I had accepted as fact. A "pro-organic" biologist, who was talking about organic growing methods, mentioned one reason organics really aren't better. He said people think that growing organically saves them "the flush". But he pointed out that plants cannot take in chemical salts -- only the ions of the individual elements. As a result he said flushing is never necessary or useful to remove salts. I know chlorophyll is good to reduce anyways. Flushing will do that. But chlorophyll can be broken down in the curing process as well - freeing your grow room up for the next crop. Aside from this one comment, the rest of the 90 mins was in organics: bacteria, fungi. nematodes and the like. Chemical salts can build up in soil and chemical ions in water making either toxic. I think this is because the plants has trouble competing for water with the salts/ions. They need to be flushed, diluted or changed so the system can be used again. The best method for determining when harvest is to use a jewelers loop or other magnifying system. Look at the droplets at the end of the trichomes. Each is first clear, then milky, and eventually amber. A common time to harvest is when there are an equal number of clear and amber trichomes heads. Harvesting when there are more clear trichomes than amber ones (early) will tend to produce a more uplifting high. Waiting for a predominance of amber trichomes (late) will lead to more couch lock. Adjust your harvesting criteria to suit your preferences. All your dry weight results are belong to us!
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Master_weeda
Master_weedaanswered grow question 5 years ago
Bonjour mon ami 😉 One of the first signs of maturation of the marijuana plant is the browning of the pistils. From the moment that more than half of the pistils turn brown, it begins to reach the optimal point to be harvested until all the pistils are completely brown. In the first case, the grass is more psychoactive and in the second case, it will be rather intoxicating.😐 In some cases, this system may be misleading because a dry wind or lack of irrigation could also lead to brownish pistils.🤐 But the only way to be really sure is to carefully observe the trichomes and for that it is enough to: a magnifying glass that enlarges at least ten times, but the most appropriate magnifiers or microscopes are 50x. The trichomes of the plant are observed to see if they have reached optimum maturity. It is when they have completely reached a kind of mushroom shape and at least half of them have already passed from translucent to milky and a low rate of these are amber that the time will come to pick up. It is certainly the most reliable of all systems to determine the optimal point for harvesting cannabis, but the ideal is to combine them so that you can get the best conclusions.👍 Once we have analyzed all the factors and decided to cut, it will have to be done when the relative humidity is as low as possible in order to prevent the same moisture remaining inside the head and can cause mold. Then we will cut, whether from the whole plant or by branches, then will come the time to manicure cannabis. The manicure is to cut the largest leaves of the plant and the leaves without resin, then will come drying in a dark and ventilated place. Good luck for your grow 🌱 May the force be with you 💪
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Grey_Wolf
Grey_Wolfanswered grow question 5 years ago
@Dillious_786 Tuffgong is absolutely correct plants dont need the big flush that a lot of growers are misconceived about. Harvest when the buds tell you they are ready ie check the trichomes and pistil development ignore breeders flowering times etc
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