First flush ever!

Today was the first time i flushed my 17 cheese plants. Had to take two plants a time from the grow tent and place them in a bathtub for the flush. This alone wasnt easy removing them from a sog grow and these plants really arnt that small ha. I ran six litres of normal ph correct tap water through each today but will increase this amount in 2 days time and also add groteks final flush to the mixture. I was pleasently suprised at the amount of bud on each of the plants as iv always struggled trying to determine how well they had budded below much of the canopy. After draining two at a time in the bath and picking off dead leaves while waiting by the time id done all 17 i was absolutely fucked! If i get the flush and dry right with these i think il be more than happy with the results of my first grow. Took me 3 hours to flush them all today, im dreading the next one!

I personally am not a fan of flushing. Especially the traditional 2 week straight water flush. I would not continue to flush just one plant if I were you. Feed it like normal instead of flushing it. When harvest time comes, look at which plant is bigger, looks nicer, smells better and smokes better. You may find flushing isn't necessary, or you may find you prefer flushing, just give it an open mind.

I did my first flushing today, I have three plants at the end of harvest. I did a similar flush routine on two of them and nothing on the other. I did this to see how they compared. They are in their 3 days of darkness now. Hopefully flushing pays off!

Sotherngrower said:

I did my first flushing today, I have three plants at the end of harvest. I did a similar flush routine on two of them and nothing on the other. I did this to see how they compared. They are in their 3 days of darkness now. Hopefully flushing pays off!

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When you go to sample the dried products. Have a friend pack you small snap bowls of each with out telling you which is which and try to guess.

Heard quite alot about flushing and i decided against flushing for a long period of time myself because you are effectively starving the plant at the end of the process. But for a week were the plant will use up its stored nutrients anyway i cant see it doing more harm than good. I will take ur advice to not flush a plant next time round bamfrivet and give it to a friend along with the flushed sample to see if he can notice a difference without telling him which is which. Thanks for these ideas they seem pretty fool proof to me. I will also compare the unflushed plant with the others. Thanks.

Missed your comment ther southerngrower i wanted to give the 72 hours darkness aswel but will have to settle for 48 as time is a big issue for me at the moment. Heard it does good things for extra thc production right at the end. Its another contreversal method but iv seen more of an arguement for than aginst so im gonna go with it myself.

Recently i just expriemented about drowing plants root before harvest, its called starting fermentation. I learned this techqiue from Riddlem3. Also its another example video in here, its not me its another grower but the same practice drowing the plants root before harvest.

[video=youtube;i037f26FBk0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i037f26FBk0&feature=player_embedded[/video]

have you read the truth about flushing by Riddlem3 too ? its great read and solid information as well.

happy harvesting

I found the Riddle3 s thread , heres a link https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/409622-truth-about-flushing.html its really good thread and read it up bro

Izoc666 said:

Recently i just expriemented about drowing plants root before harvest, its called starting fermentation. I learned this techqiue from Riddlem3. Also its another example video in here, its not me its another grower but the same practice drowing the plants root before harvest.
have you read the truth about flushing by Riddlem3 too ? its great read and solid information as well.
happy harvesting

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this is totally bullshit it does nothing for the plant or the buds growing on it, i only know this from my mother who is a master gardener at WSU, with a masters in botany, and 40+yrs of gardening, and it blows my mind that anyone would take addvice from someone who grows crappy lookin plants in a grow room so messy it looks like a horder is moving in, the place is filthy good luck with your grow bud hope you get a result that you like, flushing is just that flushing your money down the drain, only if there is a nute lock out issue would a person need to flush, not to mention the time you could be doing more enjoyable things.

Izoc666 said:

I found the Riddle3 s thread , heres a link https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/409622-truth-about-flushing.html its really good thread and read it up bro

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Il take a look at anything that someone thinks might be useful but never heard of drowning plant roots before harvest. Thanks tho bro il check it out.

LT1RX7 Drifter said:

this is totally bullshit it does nothing for the plant or the buds growing on it, i only know this from my mother who is a master gardener at WSU, with a masters in botany, and 40+yrs of gardening, and it blows my mind that anyone would take addvice from someone who grows crappy lookin plants in a grow room so messy it looks like a horder is moving in, the place is filthy good luck with your grow bud hope you get a result that you like, flushing is just that flushing your money down the drain, only if there is a nute lock out issue would a person need to flush, not to mention the time you could be doing more enjoyable things.

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well with all respect, you obviously havent try this method and you obviously scare to do the expriment to see the results. Myself, I learned to grow veg, orchid,cactus and this cannabis by years...I wont claim to be great growers or skilled by any means. i do the expriemented all kinds. I was searching for a best smoke with smooothest and still retain tasty and potency. I do the flushing vs non flushing method all the kinds, try different nutrients, gimmicks etc.

all come to this drowning the plant that make to starting the fermentation and you will see the leaves become yellows etc. Before you call this Bullshiz, why not to try one on your lady to see the result ? im pretty sure it will blows your mind away by this drowing plants root.

Happy growing and peace.

LT1RX7 Drifter said:

this is totally bullshit it does nothing for the plant or the buds growing on it, i only know this from my mother who is a master gardener at WSU, with a masters in botany, and 40+yrs of gardening, and it blows my mind that anyone would take addvice from someone who grows crappy lookin plants in a grow room so messy it looks like a horder is moving in, the place is filthy good luck with your grow bud hope you get a result that you like, flushing is just that flushing your money down the drain, only if there is a nute lock out issue would a person need to flush, not to mention the time you could be doing more enjoyable things.

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Flushing is a very contraversal method full stop. I dont think it will ever be as clear cut as its wrong to flush or its right to flush. Im trying to stay somewer in the middle if thats possible bro. Im aware it is effectively starving the plant but i have been using some fairly heavy nutes and dont want to take a chance of any left over in my bud. Some people say this doesnt occur others say it does the ash burns black etc... Now im all about minimizing risk. I dont want to flush for over a week because feel this could affect my yield. I dont want to not flush and have a good yield thats tainted somehow. I think just the one week flush cant affect my yield to much and should also help with the nutes. I wouldnt say i was flushing my money away bro cus there looks enough bud on the plants to definatly make a healthy profit haha. Thanks for your input bro. Straight to the point but i dont mind that.

LT1RX7 Drifter said:

this is totally bullshit it does nothing for the plant or the buds growing on it, i only know this from my mother who is a master gardener at WSU, with a masters in botany, and 40+yrs of gardening, and it blows my mind that anyone would take addvice from someone who grows crappy lookin plants in a grow room so messy it looks like a horder is moving in, the place is filthy good luck with your grow bud hope you get a result that you like, flushing is just that flushing your money down the drain, only if there is a nute lock out issue would a person need to flush, not to mention the time you could be doing more enjoyable things.

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Flushing is a very contraversal method full stop. I dont think it will ever be as clear cut as its wrong to flush or its right to flush. Im trying to stay somewer in the middle if thats possible bro. Im aware it is effectively starving the plant but i have been using some fairly heavy nutes and dont want to take a chance of any left over in my bud. Some people say this doesnt occur others say it does the ash burns black etc... Now im all about minimizing risk. I dont want to flush for over a week because feel this could affect my yield. I dont want to not flush and have a good yield thats tainted somehow. I think just the one week flush cant affect my yield to much and should also help with the nutes. I wouldnt say i was flushing my money away bro cus there looks enough bud on the plants to definatly make a healthy profit haha. Thanks for your input bro. Straight to the point but i dont mind that.

Hey Dodgydan, dont worry about the messed up, thats how it make me better grower by learning my mistakes. you will more better grower every grows under your belt as you will know what you want to do with . it wont be hurt to make a clones and do the expriment to see the results and same thing with drying and curing. Always looking for the best result for you. Good luck buddy.

Happy growing and peace

Your right on that one bro and iv already got a list of ideas i want to try on the next grow. Kept this one very basic but iv nearly pulled it off and the yield looks good to me. Iv been growing 17 cheese plants from clone in 15litre pots under 2 600w hps in a grow tent. I felt i had to do some sort of flush because i was using bloombastic for the end weeks and this is a very cocentrated nute. Flushing again tmorow with final flush solution then leaving to dry out for 2 to 3 days depending on the soil before giving them 48 hours darkness before the chop. Would like 72 but not got time to hangabout.

ask yourself what color does sugar turn when burned (black), if your buds are burning black then the cure is not done and the sugars are still presant, patience people all this flushing crap is to rush shit in hope of finding a short cut to payday or what evr you call it, grow it right ( i use no nutes) harvest it on time and cure correctly you will have good smoke as far as quality thats kinda genetic focused trait

Haha flushing is the devil with you then bro? Not much of a smoker myself just init for the coin. As long as its a good yield and to s decent standard that will do me. Just cant take the chance of it having any chemical taste to it and since it aint organic, which i dnt think i will ever try to grow organic il give it a little flush each time. You might feel like your bangin your head against a brick wall and you probably are haha. I respect your view bro your not the first to see things this way but thers so many people reporting chemical taste without flushing i just cant ignore this. Maybe next time il try a plant without a flush to see for myself.

If your just in it for the money, then don't waste money on expensive soils and addatives. Just use straight miracle gro soil with water soluble nutes. All you need to do is make sure you don't over water and you'll do fine. It won't taste bad, it won't kill your plants and it's cheaper than most other soils.

Flushing is a must for good ganja. I don't really do soil grows as it takes too long yeilds less and is so much more work then hydro grows. That said I assume your doing soil I would use a drain table or build one with rubber liner so flushing is easy you just water each pot heavy for last week or so of plant life. In hydro you just change the res water add some clearing solution like sledgehammer and run for 3 days and done.I wouldnt personally reccomend the drowning way as your basically killing the plant forcing it to burn its last bits to live so your dropping thc count and canniboids as it dies and promoting rot in the plant. The flush gets any chemical or ferts left in the plant which alter taste and burn. Anyone who has grown and done no flush verse flush will verify why it should be done more important for chemical fert grows then all organic grows. In that video I do not think I would take any advice from that guy based on just seeing his sickly grow he showed.

I havnt had a look at that video yet but il go back and have a look. Dont think il be drowning the plants tho ha. A draining table sounds like a very smart idea but i plan to throw grows up all over the place. Thats alot of building draining tables. Then i gotta b prepared to lose them in raids which are on often occurance where im from. If i ever did a personal grow id take the time to build one definatly. Thanks for some positive feedback on flushing, reasuring to hear someone who believes! Haha