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scgray420
scgray420started grow question 5 months ago
When I do flush how long do I do it for
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BerrySweetHigh
BerrySweetHighanswered grow question 5 months ago
High buddy! You can start flushing now! Just give water like you did before but this time without nutrients till harvest. Do not overdo it, that will only cause problems. Happy Harvest! ๐Ÿ’š
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001100010010011110
001100010010011110answered grow question 5 months ago
I flush my toilet after every use, but a plant? Here's a question i'll let speak for itself -- Do they flush plants outside - regardless of what type of fertilizer or "magical" organic fertilizer used? No, because that would be absurd. Only if there is some sort of catastrophe ongoing in my rootzone that i must have ignored for several days or weeks for it to become such a huge problem is a flush necessary. It is a useful tool for when things have going incredibly wrong in your root zone and you need to reset the equilibrium of the nutrient content. Your plants look a bit heavy in fertilizer, but you could simply give 1/2 your normal concentration and be fine. if you want to be lazy the last bit go ahead and give plain water. i wouldn't go for runoff unless there's some specific toxicity you are dealing with. Save the effort of mixing fertilizers, but don't think it doesn't anything special for the plant. There is no excretion system in a plant. flushing the rootzone will adjust the concentration in the substrate, but if toxic inside the plant, all you can do is wait and avoid feeding it more of that particular element. The plant still needs other stuff that wasn't being overfed at normal rates. If in soil you can go 10-14 days of water-only. in soilless substrate, maybe 5-7 days. In hydro 24-48 hours. if you are dumping a bunch of extra gallons through it then it will fade even faster and you need to shorten these estimates up a bit. If the plant has been overfed, maybe lengthen it slightly. do not think this changes the mineral content of your flower. it does not. If you were running a toxicity and ignored it, the damage done by that is alreaday done, What you do the last week or 2 won't impact that much -- common sense not to make it worse or keep doing whateaver caused the problem in the first place, lol.
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GoldenWeedGrower
GoldenWeedGroweranswered grow question 5 months ago
You can start now for 2 weeks maximum (but looking your plant, you need only one or less)
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Buff716cannathis
Buff716cannathisanswered grow question 5 months ago
Get a jewelers loop or 60 x magnify off amazon or ebay slash store....and find out from the plants genetics how long it flowers for. With that info and your eyes look thru the magnify slightly befor the window of time and start watching the tricomb production and maturation ... when they and I mean the little balls at the end not the shaft of the tricomb when the little round part goes milky (75% of them milky 25% clear ) start the flush depending on your growing medium and conditions ofcourse .... the tricombs still mature all the always through drying and curing so plan accordingly ๐Ÿ˜‰ ๐Ÿ‘Œ I do a 10 day flush using advance nutrients flawless finish which takes out what I put into it during feed so it's a great product and requires less time to achieve the same results .... but 2 week flush is always a great rule of thumb being 75 %milky trix and 48 hrs of darkness right after your flush period ends giving it a day or 2 of dry b4 that 48 of darkness really helps kick start the rising produ tion during the 48 of dark becuase of a minor stress right at the very end your cutting it in 2 days anyways .... plus your fesing can even more then the double rule of thumb possibly double plus said % .... I do 48 hours after last flush of dry then 48 hours of dark then cut at base minor minor minor wet trim and hang as 1 unit forb10 to 14 days at said temp n humidity...... if you can keep the 60 60 rule of thumb u can keep it hanging untill your ready to trim it for as long as you want as those are the said storing conditions ๐Ÿ˜‰ not for to long tho us stones like to smoke
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 5 months ago
I'm along the lines of no flushing is needed unless their is a catastrophic issue in the medium. And lowering or tapering feeds is not the same as flushing but usefull end of grow. Best not to waste your nutrients that cost a lot and allow the plant to use up whats in the pot. Flushing is the act of dumping copious amounts of water Ph'd or not though the medium to flush it like a toilet and wash out any excess buldup in the medium. it is not needed if it is getting fed correctly with some runoff each run. The belief that it makes the buds taste less like fertz is not true. plants lack the systems to expel excess like that. they don't pee it out. it just starves them. Plants will move any available nutrients into the buds and yellow the rest of the plant to keep them alive the longest as its whole point is to reproduce. A proper cure will help with any harsh taste and really brings out the final product. its the finishing touches if your not curing your weed right its a massive waste of time an effort. There is a double blind study done for taste on flushed vs unflushed and they "cannabis connoisseurs" could not tell the difference. also when they analyzed the buds in a lab they also saw no significant different in chemical composure of flushed vs unflushed buds. This is just my view, other may disagree but I reference the people who research cannabis for a living. They know more then me and should be point on any topics we have little understanding of but just do it cuz it once was the thing to do. like driving with no seat belts or smoking while pregnant. we learn after the fact and correct the issue their will always be some resistance and they will be left behind.
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PostMaGrow
PostMaGrowanswered grow question 5 months ago
It's best to do 10 days. Rinse once properly and do not water for 8 days the last 2 days of darkness! Don't forget to check the trichomes every day๐Ÿป๐Ÿ˜Ž
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Mooncat
Mooncatanswered grow question 5 months ago
Do you use Mineral/Synthetic fertilizer? If yes then 2 Weeks before Harvest once with a whole bunch of water With organic ferts you dont need to flush at all.
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