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soloczek
soloczekstarted grow question 2 months ago
44th day of flower (7th week). Given flowering time from growers choice 8 weeks. Flush or not ?
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modmyplants
modmyplantsanswered grow question 2 months ago
Nooo, there a multiple experiments showing no difference in acid concentration what so ever, if you do a flush. So any change in taste you might experience is made up from the head of people. You can simply use water for the last 1-2 weeks simply for the fact that the soil contains enough nutrients and they wont eat much in the last 2 weeks just for the fact that they just maturing now, atleast if we speak nutrients, they still need some water. I wouldnt flush them, it highers the RH for atleast a day in your tent and is a waste of water, not that I care, but a lot people do. Might also respect that
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00110001001001111Oanswered grow question 2 months ago
Looks like some paling on lower leaves and creeping up already (n-def)... i'd becareful of restricting building blocks as it's already deficient in at least 1 of the elements involved in nutrition of a plant. Plants need less nutrients overall once into reproductive stages, but it still needs it. I'd continue to react to the plant... reduce for creeping toxicities and avoid creeping deficiencies, just as normal. visible deficiencies and toxicities tell you exactly how much the plant is using it... a proper balance of provision vs use = healthy looking plant. Can't cause a problem simply providing what the plant can use.
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Hashy
Hashyanswered grow question 2 months ago
I would only give water instead of nutes on the last week before you chop and that's a few weeks away. Not excessive amounts of water just the same as you would normally use.
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Mining_green
Mining_greenanswered grow question 2 months ago
Pretty lady, you can but your running an organic fert, so you might be ok. Instead of "flushing" just stop feeding and only water till you cut it. Really nice plant good luck
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Spike_KCanG
Spike_KCanGanswered grow question 2 months ago
It would seem you are still a couple weeks away from chopping. There are much too many white pistol hairs around, which means the flowers aren't near done growing. Flushing now may stall production as she won't get the nutrients she'll be asking for the next couple of weeks, if you let her flowers thicken up more that is.
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m0use
m0useanswered grow question 2 months ago
NOT
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modmyplants
modmyplantsanswered grow question 2 months ago
Yes, scrubbie is right too. Your plants need more than 2weeks to finish. I would aim for a harvest in late week 9, early week 10. They not maturing right now, they still growing in budsize a lot
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Shinsimilla
Shinsimillaanswered grow question 2 months ago
She'll definitely take longer than 8 weeks. From what I see maybe 9 weeks, but more likely 10. No need to flush, just stop feeding and water normally with plain water for the last week or 2.
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Scrubbyjimbob
Scrubbyjimbobanswered grow question 2 months ago
Don't really trust breeder timelines too much unless you're dealing with so many plants it's impractical to individually judge them. Use a magnifying device and look at the trichomes. Breeder estimates are just that, estimates, and varies by pheno and the conditions the plant is grown. You're getting near the finish but might run a couple weeks longer than you anticipated. You'll find a lot of the community here has a hard time differentiating between a standard flush and a harvest flush, kinda like regular defoliation and harvest prep defols lol.... Anyway, you certainly have the option to abandon your nutrients early and go straight water. If you plan to chop in a week does it really make sense to add nutrients that might take a week or more to absorb and process? There are nutrient stores in both leaves and potentially media that can be utilized, to a point, and is an avenue to save a little money on your ferts. How early depends on your media type and consistency. Soil holds onto stuff longer than coco. Health of the plant matters too. A plant that's already struggling with deficiency will progress harder. Typically in soil I might start about 10 days out, in coco maybe 5 days. In DWC, I usually just start topping off with straight water once I notice they're not feeding as hard. You could do a tank change to plain water early but I'm too lazy for all that lol.
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