black ash myth

I agree with the other answers of flushing being bro science but to add to that, a company actually did a little study on flushing. In summary the plants with zero days of flushing had the best flavor and smoothest smoke. https://www.rxgreentechnologies.com/rxgt_trials/flushing-trial/

Flushing is bro science

if you overfeed the plant, flushing will not fix 'black ash'. Yes, black ash could also be from improperly dried weed or weed that still has too much moisture - oftent his weed will not smoke well as a joint - it'll keep going out. Black ash is not a discrete effect. More than one thing can cause it. The excess moisture increases incomplete combustion (less efficient combustion, essentially). this will result in darker ash. I'm sure if the plant was experiencing certain types of toxicities it would cause the same thigns, but i can't name which specifically without testing in a systematic way... "flushing" doesn't fix any of that. it's already fucked up at that point, lol. Flower isn't a sponge the plant can simply 'run some water through' to reduce or change how it was constructed, lol. It doesn't affect mineral composition of the flower, so it is important to react to a toxicity in a timely manner and not wait until the last 10-14 days expecting to be able to accomplish anything in that regard. the idea that "salts" are somehow different are missing key parts of how nutes enter a plant. Those 'organic' molecules need to be broken down into bits that are moleculary teh same as what readily avaialble nutes break down into without the help of microbes. What NH3 comes from is irrelevant. all NH3 acts the same whether it is a byproduct of a microbes metabolism or simply something that immediatly breaks into that cation the moment it is dissolved in water... no difference. NH3 is NH3. Most of the nutrient molecuels need to be in certain forms to enter the plant. so the organic stuff still enters the plant as the same molecule but with extra intermediary steps invovled. "organic" is a marketing term - a bastardized science term of no meaning the way it is thrown around by fertilizer companies and the sycophants willing to spend 2x more for a nice set of the "Emperor's new clothes" LOL

This true black ash can be poor quality or wet but poor quality can also be too much fertlizer dont ruin your weed man flush that shit. If you go organic you have way more buffer. I use gaia green and never flush but i also dont feed min of 3 weeks before harvest. if its salt based nutrients like a 20-20-20 then flush it flush it hard your lungs will thank you

Krisis posted a great video about it. It covers both the ash and touches a bit on flushing. Both are myths that need to die. same with the 24-48hrs darkness before chop. all bro science myths disproved by real research from actual scientists. Google Dr.BruceBugbee, he has a lot of great youtube videos on cannabis. He debunked the green light at night does not effect cannabis myth. So many factors go into white ash. If someone is jugging you based on black ash can tell them its about combustion temps and not always a indicator of the weed. Or just say its not that simple and did it get you high? then it did its job.

m.youtube.com/watch Perfectly explained here

I would say if your useing liquid salt nutrients them you should flush your soil especially if you gave nutrients anywhere near harvest. Idk about black ash but but that are dried and curved correctly make a nice clean white smoke. I think alot of that has todo with the tricombs content aswell. Seeing the more tricombs the less ppant matter your smoking and more tricombs. More tricoms makes the smoke less

It can, but there are a few things that can cause it, mostly moisture. So it's not a definitive indicator of build up in the plant.