Flushing n the bathtub

jus gravy

jus gravy

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If im going to flush my plants that are in soil is it ok to just use the water from my shower? Usually i use distilled water when giving it nutes and didnt know if I could just flush it was water from the shower since im going to use a few gallons?:joint:
 
shylas

shylas

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Test the ph from your tap. I think people use distilled for the ph. The ph out of my tap is around 6.7 so I've used it on most of my flushes. If the ph from the tap is high pour some into buckets and let it sit overnight (at least 8 yrs) and most of the time ph can be significantly lowered by way of purification chemicals evaporating. Also how big are your pots? unless there really big a few gallons might be to much. you just want to fill it until there is a trickle coming from the bottom.
 
jus gravy

jus gravy

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shylas said:
Test the ph from your tap. I think people use distilled for the ph. The ph out of my tap is around 6.7 so I've used it on most of my flushes. If the ph from the tap is high pour some into buckets and let it sit overnight (at least 8 yrs) and most of the time ph can be significantly lowered by way of purification chemicals evaporating. Also how big are your pots? unless there really big a few gallons might be to much. you just want to fill it until there is a trickle coming from the bottom.
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ok .. yea my ph from the tap is 7.4 & the pots are shy of being 1 gallon. I thought when flushing you should really put a lot of water through to get out all of the buildup that might be in there? Also after being flushed will i need to give it nutrients again or should i just wait until it needs to be watered again?
 
shylas

shylas

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Honestly I don't really believe in flushing heavy and often during veg.
I feed heavy then water heavy so the build up gets taken care of.
let the soil dry out (not just on top) before giving nutrients again.
I don't really do a traditional flush until like the last two weeks of flowering.
 
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sirbudmaster

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shylas said:
Test the ph from your tap. I think people use distilled for the ph. The ph out of my tap is around 6.7 so I've used it on most of my flushes. If the ph from the tap is high pour some into buckets and let it sit overnight (at least 8 yrs) and most of the time ph can be significantly lowered by way of purification chemicals evaporating. Also how big are your pots? unless there really big a few gallons might be to much. you just want to fill it until there is a trickle coming from the bottom.
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the whole point of flushing is to relieve excess nutrients and avoid salt build up.....just trickling out is not flushing.....need 3X's the pot size for a real flush

Peace
 
articbear

articbear

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i flushed my plants 10 days ago and it worked like a charm, my plants were showing very bad symptoms of nute burn, now i can say 10 days later there just fine. so if you need a good flush go for it just try not to get your shower cloged up, that hapenned to me also.
 
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sirbudmaster

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articbear said:
i flushed my plants 10 days ago and it worked like a charm, my plants were showing very bad symptoms of nute burn, now i can say 10 days later there just fine. so if you need a good flush go for it just try not to get your shower cloged up, that hapenned to me also.
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lmao! just put a screen in the bottom:roll::mrgreen:


peace
 
indipow82

indipow82

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put the tap water in a few gallons, adjust the ph, then flush em. everyone missed tha fact of how high ur ph was, keep it between 6.4 and 6.8 for the best, and check the ph as it comes out too just for the knowledge. that way you know how the water affects the ph of the soil u use.
 
jus gravy

jus gravy

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indipow82 said:
put the tap water in a few gallons, adjust the ph, then flush em. everyone missed tha fact of how high ur ph was, keep it between 6.4 and 6.8 for the best, and check the ph as it comes out too just for the knowledge. that way you know how the water affects the ph of the soil u use.
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i failed to mention that they are a week into flowering. After flushing should i feed them? or wait until its time to feed again?
 
shylas

shylas

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I was never told not 3x the pot size. I was taught to just kept filling till i got a steady trickle out the bottom. I honestly think flushing all the time is a waste. I don't want to devoid the plant of nutes. Feed heavy, water heavy. Flushing before harvest, totally necessary. I've not had a hermie yet so...

I personally wait untill it's time to feed again
 
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