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Zif11
Zif11started grow question 6 months ago
It seems my plant is developing big buds, pistils are getting brown and I'm wondering more or less how much time it needs for harvesting, so when you will flush my plant in this scenario more or less? Thanks!
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DoughHead
DoughHeadanswered grow question 6 months ago
Only start flush when my thrichomes are at my desired color. Everyone has a different desired effect. But a 60x jewlers loop Look at the thrichomes on the buds. Not the sugar leaves coming out of the buds. For a sedative body high couchlock flush when 30-40% are amber orange color For cerebral head high that's uplifting harvest when all are cloudy and no clear thrichomes. For a good middle ground smoke Harvest when 10-15% are amber and the rest are cloudy. Pistol hairs can be misleading. Most strains have 2 and even 3 sets of hairs. They will grow out and white then turn orange and brown then new hairs come in. If you harvest when the first set are brown then you may be harvesting way to early. This is why you check the thrichomes and start flush when they are the color for your desired effect. Goodluck
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Sciolistic_Steve
Sciolistic_Steveanswered grow question 6 months ago
Whatever makes satiates your OCD, because it is not a value-added behaviour. Rant below.. :P flushing doesn't change what constitutes a bud. we can measure such things. It's not debateable. it is what would cause any flavor differences... if constituted differently, it would taste and smoke differently, but it is not in regard to any 1 plant. if you treat it like shit could you cause something? maybe? but if you eat a bunch of pizza your adipose tissue (fat) is still constituted the same way.. it doesn't turn to mozerella cheese, lol. ffs, we might as well go back to believing in the 4 humors of ancient greeks BWAHAHA. blind taste tests show people cannot distinguish and the fact that mineral composition in buds absolutely is not affected by flushing or not flushing at end of harvest should lead you to a rational conclusion that this was 100% placebo effect. some mope with no education made this shit up 30 years ago and it somehow caught on... like thinking being in the rain makes you sick (does not) or that stress causes heartburn (does not and somem educated physicians were still clinging to that nonsense not long ago and well after it was showng to be uncorrelated beyond a doubt) it happens to the best of us. what "they" do is very hit or miss, historically. For how often in history unverified bullshit has taken hold and later proven falsue, you'd think people would avoid repeating the same mistake over and over and over again.... LOL I once spray my plants with milk out od desparation.. one of the most retarded things i've every done in my life. it's good to look back on such things. it's motivation to do better.
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Roberts
Robertsanswered grow question 6 months ago
When 80 percent of the pistils turn brown you can start your flush. You still have 3 to 4 weeks left roughly.
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HeavyHittah
HeavyHittahanswered grow question 6 months ago
Looking at them I would say you have 3 or 4 weeks left . In Coco I flush for 10 days . Usually give a big flush with around 7 days to go. In soil it's recommended you flush for 2 weeks. So say if you have 28 days left I'd start flushing in around 18 days (In Coco) soil a little sooner. But this is just estimates. Keep an eye on her as autos can mature very quick. Once pistols brown and start to curl your not far off. You will also notice she drinks less when she's nearly done . You get more run off. Which means she's coming to the end. It gets easier with experience.
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