Up feeds on flush?
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Dumme
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Flush is to cleanse by means of water, because of salt build up in soil\media. If you dont have buildup, dont flush.When it's time to flush do the timers get unplugged? This is what I've been told to do. What do experienced growers think about this? Also, do I ph the water on the flush or not? It's a auto hydro grow BTW. Thanks in advance to anyone taking the time to reply to a newbie
Flushing your media has nothing to do with lighting.. I recommend not to listen to the people whom told you to flush and removing the timer to do it.. thats just weird.
STOP SPREADING THE IDEA OF "FLUSHING YOUR PLANT". You cant pure water through your plant, to clean its nutrients after uptake.
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chemphlegm
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only time my plants suffered is when I did what someone on a forum suggested I do.When it's time to flush do the timers get unplugged? This is what I've been told to do. What do experienced growers think about this? Also, do I ph the water on the flush or not? It's a auto hydro grow BTW. Thanks in advance to anyone taking the time to reply to a newbie
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Morth
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Welcome to Growing Green where people with great results sometimes give horrible advice that somehow works for them... I still have no idea on the whole flush thing no actual research I can find. Maybe one day I will be on the commercial level and can do a side by side flush no flush and get it tested for nutrient levels.
Seems the botany side of things states that you just cause the buds to rob the leaves of nutrients if you flush the last two weeks. That seems bad more nutrients or the same as if you didn't flush in the buds?
On the other hand many commercial growers and closet growers say that flushing the last two weeks removes nutrients from the bud and created a smother smoke.... Strangely this seems to contradict the actual horticultural community....
Me i'm over hear like I got no clue... Flushing seems to make trimming easier though lol but leaves falling off at the slightest pull doesn't seem to equal a healthy plant. Not to mention you cant flush no till so ya.. Confused yet join the club
Seems the botany side of things states that you just cause the buds to rob the leaves of nutrients if you flush the last two weeks. That seems bad more nutrients or the same as if you didn't flush in the buds?
On the other hand many commercial growers and closet growers say that flushing the last two weeks removes nutrients from the bud and created a smother smoke.... Strangely this seems to contradict the actual horticultural community....
Me i'm over hear like I got no clue... Flushing seems to make trimming easier though lol but leaves falling off at the slightest pull doesn't seem to equal a healthy plant. Not to mention you cant flush no till so ya.. Confused yet join the club
Thanks for all the comments..... just to be clear he said to basically remove the timer on the pump so they're being watered non stop instead of 4 times a day. I don't know if that sounds right? I was thinking they'd drown?
Yes definitely confused lol
Thanks, there's bundles of reading in that linkonly time my plants suffered is when I did what someone on a forum suggested I do.
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lempurp420
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Is it possible to flush too long? I believe I started too early
chemphlegm
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If you have to ask then Yes, it is possible to flush too long, and you are correct, you've started too early.
if growing in hydro your nutrient directions taper down to a low ppm, mostly water even, then to harvest.
if feeding soil salts, same thing, and you would also be alternating between plain water all the way through, preventing any salt build up. if feeding organic you would stop adding any amendments or teas towards the end of cycle...but still, no flushing going on there. stop flushing please. plant roots do not like it, buds dont like it, and its bad advice.
Morth
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@lempurp420 everyone here is probably going to tell you not to flush and troll more than help. Not that they don't have logical reasoning behind that, and i'm not about to try and fight it with well grower so and so said it makes your buds smoother and he has been doing it 20 years.
There is actually no logical or scientific reason i'm able to find to support flushing... If you have anything Scientific or hell even just logical please share i'm very interested!
There is actually no logical or scientific reason i'm able to find to support flushing... If you have anything Scientific or hell even just logical please share i'm very interested!
lempurp420
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I've done it on my past 2 grows with great results! I just recently switched strains an it's going on week 13..I started flushing week 11 I'm jst afraid it's hurting it Cuz my crystals still have no amber they're about 60 % cloudy
Dumme
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Flushing for taste is a myth, period, in fact, its not called flushing, as I aforementioned above, flushing is to cleans soil/media and has nothing to do with nutrients that have been already uptaken into the plant. They cant be flushed.
What youre talking about is starving or fading nutrient feedings to the plant, not "flushing". and again, its a myth.
Starving your plant does nothing but use up its carbohydrates so it cant replace the chlorophyll used during photosynthesis (the culprit of chemical tasting bud), and the plant gets a jump on "curing time" because of this (chlorosis or yellowing leaves), but at a cost. By doing this "starving", youre trading "curing time" with "growth and yield". Thats just weird too...
Grow right, feed right, and cure right. Your bud will be just as "smooth" as your friend with 20yrs in.
What youre talking about is starving or fading nutrient feedings to the plant, not "flushing". and again, its a myth.
This doesnt happen either, as leaves dont store nutrients; "sink cells" do and they are located in the apex of roots and shoots.
Starving your plant does nothing but use up its carbohydrates so it cant replace the chlorophyll used during photosynthesis (the culprit of chemical tasting bud), and the plant gets a jump on "curing time" because of this (chlorosis or yellowing leaves), but at a cost. By doing this "starving", youre trading "curing time" with "growth and yield". Thats just weird too...
Grow right, feed right, and cure right. Your bud will be just as "smooth" as your friend with 20yrs in.