Proper way to flush in hydroponics?

Tmac4302

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LOl, If this is all you were looking for, wouldn't the directions on the bottle be enough?
The bottle doesn't specify. If it did, why would I have even created this thread? Derp.

Just because I disagree with others opinions doesn't mean I'm being a dick, trolls. Go back under the bridge you came from. I just simply asked a question. Take your panties out of a bunch. :P No need for personal insults people. Sheesh.

Btw, I light my bowls with an Herb Iron, dick. It's healthier and tastier. :D
 
I NEED HELP BADLY!!! SUPER SUPER FRUSTRATED....and about to SELL MY stupid waterfarm 8 pack I am SO frustrated.
How do I get ALL the water out of ALL of the buckets to put new nutrients in? How do I get ALL of the nutrient water OUT of the system, to be able to put in flushing water?
I am having A HARD TIME lifting up all the buckets...and then the res...and then the controller...and back again. I JUST got the system and want to return it. Is there any easier
way to do this?

HELP!!!
 

Clown Baby

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You don't need "flushing" products.

IMHO the best way to do it is to feed on a curve. Start slow. hit a bit heavier in the middle, and gradually dial it down towards the end. You don't need to go to extremes Like 2.0EC mid flower or plain water for last two weeks. Follow the "less is more" philosophy and you should be fine.
 

legallyflying

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CLown baby speaks the truth. There is an excellent article somewhere that details the processes within the plant and the chemical compounds necessary to complete those reactions. If you completely starve your plants for two long then those processes which reduce the amount of carbs in the plant will stop and your defeating the process. I "flush" for maybe 2 days in dwc. The only real reason I do it as it makes the clean up after I pulled the plants a little easier.

dasmoker... the answer is a shop vac. That is what "the pros" use. hell I use the shop vac more than any other tool in the garden.
 

SpectatorFernFirm

Active Member
I used florakleen per directions ln jug to flush my farm nice white ash in the bowl after combustion.

Get ready for an epic flushing argument.

Lmfao!! I just spent HOURS reading soooo much flushing crap! So many "opinions" and yet I have no idea why I would put chemicals in if that what I want out. All the chemicals have a lot of the same shit in them. I read all my labels so plz no one tell me other wise. I'm following instructions but I DOUBT the whole process. I don't understand why plain water wouldn't be best to flush... Maybe someone can clear this up for me. Like I said I'm flushing as directed by the nutes I chose but something's telling me to go plain water last few days. I HATE CHEMICAL TASTE!!! This is pretty much the reason Im growing now, so I can finally have clean smoke.
 

legallyflying

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Yeah. Plain water works just as well as any "flushing agent". There is nothing to actually flush in hydro really. Just give them plain water for 3 maybe 4 days. If you reduced your nutes like you should in the last 2 weeks this is all you need
 

SpectatorFernFirm

Active Member
Yeah. Plain water works just as well as any "flushing agent". There is nothing to actually flush in hydro really. Just give them plain water for 3 maybe 4 days. If you reduced your nutes like you should in the last 2 weeks this is all you need
Thats what I starting ddoing already. The last feeding was the last time they'll ever see 1000 or over in the PPM department. They are in high 600 for PPM and only getting lower weekly. I figured a slow come down is better then one minute 1300PPM and the next nothin. Think that would shock them. One off topic question... I'm on my 5th week of flower, are they gunna bulk up ever? I mean do they have a time where they just swell up? Sorry not trying to thread jack just curios. Thanks!
 

SpectatorFernFirm

Active Member
Damn that's exciting! Lol. those weeks would be starting now and I have those off of work too! Oh man what a good vaca this could potentially be :). Think I should have high ppm still or should they be progressively dropping at this point? Again I'm on day 37 now. I don't want to start flushing too early as I'm starting to think I may be? I don't want to flush at the wrong point and ruin it all now.
 

Warlock1369

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Damn that's exciting! Lol. those weeks would be starting now and I have those off of work too! Oh man what a good vaca this could potentially be :). Think I should have high ppm still or should they be progressively dropping at this point? Again I'm on day 37 now. I don't want to start flushing too early as I'm starting to think I may be? I don't want to flush at the wrong point and ruin it all now.
I posted awhile back. but dont remember where. If your all organic soil there really isnt a need to flush. If your in soil but using heavy chemical fertilizers flush when you get 10-20% cloudy trics. Then water till you harvest. And for hydro what i do is i mix my week 7 res. High ppm. Then just let it go threw week 8. Ppm drops on its own. 4 days before harvest plain tap water no ph. Then 2 days just ro water no ph. If you dont have ro. Just redo with new tap water. Then when you smoke it if the ash is dark or if it dosnt taste as clean as you like. Add a few more days the next time. Flushing is realy all a personal choice. Try no flush, short flush, long flush. Pick what you like.
 

bigbudplease

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sorry to bring back old thread.

Im doing outdoor coco/perlite mix with heavy 16 synthetic nutes. i also have a few organic plants in promix.

Instead of flushing for last two weeks should i introduce organic compost teas instead?
 

hydro king 30

New Member
I'm using a waterfarm and have a flushing agent, Final Phase. How do I go about using it properly to flush my plant before harvest? Do I just use it at recommended dose and run it in pH'd water for a week? Or what?

P.S. I really don't care if you feel it is necessary or not, I just want to know the proper way to go about flushing a hydroponic plant. :bigjoint:

Thanks!
Tmac
I've been growing dwcc (deep water current culture) for years now bro dont listen to half these fools you in hydro u already use less nutes. Never use straight water use a flushing agent i use flora kleen works better then anything else ive tried i only use just ovee what bottle says and flush for 5 days and mines always the best smoke in town i yield 2 to 2.5 pds a plant bro and only veg a month so stop listening to these 3 to 8 ounce boys. Ph to 6.2 use flora kleen for 5 days and ur perfect drop wanter temp to 58 should go from day 1 of flush water should be 62 day 3 go to 58 for 2 to 3 more days so total 5 to 7 days tops ur have nice dense super sugary dank buds.
 

Dr.Nick Riviera

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I've been growing dwcc (deep water current culture) for years now bro dont listen to half these fools you in hydro u already use less nutes. Never use straight water use a flushing agent i use flora kleen works better then anything else ive tried i only use just ovee what bottle says and flush for 5 days and mines always the best smoke in town i yield 2 to 2.5 pds a plant bro and only veg a month so stop listening to these 3 to 8 ounce boys. Ph to 6.2 use flora kleen for 5 days and ur perfect drop wanter temp to 58 should go from day 1 of flush water should be 62 day 3 go to 58 for 2 to 3 more days so total 5 to 7 days tops ur have nice dense super sugary dank buds.
you're replying to a 6 yr old thread dude
 

Michael Huntherz

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If taste is all about curing and drying, why do you use molasses, sweeting agent, or any high carbo supplement?? There is something called a terpene and flavinoid profile to each plant. Those are the aromas and and taste that the plant produces. There are ways to increase the production of said terpene and flavinoid profiles to each plant through sweeteners and through high carbo supplements in late flowering. Yes, to preserve and to evolve the taste, THAT is in the art of drying and curing. But to say that what the plant ingests and how the plant ingests it has no causal effect on what we taste and smell, is simply ignorant. Why do you think organic medicine tastes and smells better? Because of those natural carbo's and naturally broken down nutrients by beneficial bacteria and those enzymatic process's. The same thing applies to the naturally broken down nutrients the plant has stored away in the fan leaves. If you still see green on the plant's leaves by the time you have "starved" the plant through 7-10 days of flushing and 3 days of darkness, then there is still nutrients in the leaves meaning that it still had plenty of nutrients to eat up. I do this with every harvest and every time come out with green leaves, with purples, blues, pinks, yellow, and orange leaves.

The water is the plants growing medium. Over time nutrient salt build up occurs, especially if your using salty nutes like AN, GH, ect. Minimally, I like flushing my reservoir so I get rid of that build up in the water and in the root zone. That's my main goal because I don't think anyone like smoking nutrients.
I apologize for picking on you, specifically, you aren’t alone in thinking this stuff, but; Your post is based in a lack of understanding of how plants work. It is additinally loaded with cognitive biases and spurious appeals to nature. Nobody smokes nutrients, not in the sense you mean. Please educate yourself and stop perpetuating this kind of fiction.

Flushing at the end of harvest to improve flavor or make “white ash”, or whatever the hell pople think it does, is superstitious poppycock.
 

Mr. Jasa

New Member
I'm using a waterfarm and have a flushing agent, Final Phase. How do I go about using it properly to flush my plant before harvest? Do I just use it at recommended dose and run it in pH'd water for a week? Or what?

P.S. I really don't care if you feel it is necessary or not, I just want to know the proper way to go about flushing a hydroponic plant. :bigjoint:

Thanks!
Tmac
So you care about the final product and that is awesome. Here's my 2 cents, since I've done it both ways and food for thought. First are your nutrients organic? Is so just use water it does the job just fine. Otherwise it's worth the time and effort to use a flushing product but like anything else read the label. I've found that for my hydroponic hybrid system Flawless Flush is the way to go. Now I use Bud Candy throughout the entire flower cycle and instead of molasses during the last week. I have tried using just water for flush but the amount of water and time it takes is more than cut in half by doing a chemical flush. I verified this by monitoring the water outfall from the flush with and without the additive. Not only that but the ladies seems to appreciate the added attention by continuing to grow, the triacomes seemed whiter. But this is just my experience. I'm pro when using a flush additive.
 
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