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uptown4life
uptown4lifestarted grow question 4 months ago
if my plain rain waters P.H. is 6.78 is it good enough to flush my autoflowers with or do i need to P.H. it down?
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Polyphemus
Polyphemusanswered grow question 4 months ago
Not going to make a difference that late in a grow. TBH, if you have put the time in to fine-tune your nutrients you may just want to leave it as is. Will a slightly lower pH produce slightly more mass, all other factors the same? PRobably, but it won't be any major amount that you'd notice. A statistically significant effect does not always mean it is a large effect. You may have to re-tune your fertilizer formula if you shift pH. Probably not too much, but still a PITA. IS it worth 3-5 more grams per small plant? 1-2 grams? This is probably the range of effect and possible exaggerated. Ususaly the studies for this stuff is comparing total plant mass, so it's more leaf matter, more stem matter, more flower matter.. and flower is only a portion of the increased dry weight of plant mass. Look up some studies that are behind this concept. See just how much differing pH impacted plant mass compared to control group... consider how large the plant is, and think of it in terms of percentage. it won't be a huge number except when compared to pH ranges that common sense behaviour would avoid. 6.8 is fine. Oh, and this is just to flush.. yeah doesn't matter at all. Flushing only slows the plant down and no reason to do so at end of a grow cycle. So, whether its optimal ph or not it doesn't matter. If it makess you feel good, go ahead and do it.. the negatiaves are not to big of a deal, either, but there are no positives in that context.. just starving a plant and misunderstanding how plant biology works.. those minerals are stored in leaves, not sex organs. flushing does not change the mineral context of flower. Not a debate
uptown4life
uptown4lifeanswered grow question 4 months ago
Thank you Polyphemus for the information i was hoping i didnt have to P.H. down and now i can just flush plants
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AutoflowersSucK
AutoflowersSucKanswered grow question 4 months ago
You can flush then with a pH or 4, or a pH of 14. What matters is that the water is room temperature and that there is a lot of runoff out the bottom of the pots. Plants are near dead anyways.... Flushing with cold water won't dissolve certain salts well. They need a warmer water to break up and become soluble. You want that so the plants can't uptake more nutrients. You want your smoke to be smooth and burn nicely i assume? Well then you need to get as much Nitrogen out of them as you can. So the last 14 days you flush and give only water. You want your plant to turn colour. Turn yellow and start to lose the green in it. If you like black ash and joints that taste like chemicals and won't burn, then hey, give her a 3000 ppm feed 3 days before harvest lol
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 4 months ago
I agree with everything Poly has said below.
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