Flushing....

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raeder21

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• Jun 30, 2009

• #1

Can some1 post a direct link, or tell me how exactly to flush. I think one of my babies has some nute burn and i want to flush it. I have the 5 gallon buckets. (no holes)

 

warisnottheanswer

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• Jun 30, 2009

• #2

whats good my dude! first u need at least 5 holes at the bottom of your bucket cuz drainage is very very important dont sleep on that! But to flush all you do is use 2-3times the container of water and u straight. soooo thats about 10-15gals water and by the last 2-3gals u pour in there the runoff water will pretty much clear and your flushed!! hope that helped

 

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raeder21

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• Jun 30, 2009

• #3

warisnottheanswer said:

whats good my dude! first u need at least 5 holes at the bottom of your bucket cuz drainage is very very important dont sleep on that! But to flush all you do is use 2-3times the container of water and u straight. soooo thats about 10-15gals water and by the last 2-3gals u pour in there the runoff water will pretty much clear and your flushed!! hope that helped

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Exactly what i wanted to know....i just wasnt sure if i had to go ahead and put the holes in myself..........lemme ask you something else.....do you think i should just flush all of them to keep things clean? Or you think i should just flush that 1 plant that is giving me issues?

 

warisnottheanswer

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• Jun 30, 2009

• #4

it depends on what ya girls say really. if the leaves are curlin under or yellow-orange at the tip then flush them too if they dont have that then u should be good. do u feed every watering or do u rotate between nutes and no nutes?

 

Reeny

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• Jun 30, 2009

• #5

Drainage is very important so as mentioned before get some drainage holes in those buckets. Warisnottheanswer is spot on. If you have 5 gal buckets flush with approx 15 gal of water. I make sure my water is properly PHed to avoid nute lock out and salt build up.

 

fat sam

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• Jun 30, 2009

• #6

actually a dilute nute solution will do more to pull the salt buildup out of the plants, i would also consider a clearing solution like florakleen or final phase, but if those are not available to you use like a 10% nute solution to flush with

 

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raeder21

Member

• Jun 30, 2009

• #7

I usually feed every few days....i give nutes one feed, and no nutes one feed....usually, depending on the look of the babies.

I guess im gonna be looking for some plastic to put under the pots once i start this flushing.....(more missions) but its worth it if thats what needs to be done!

Thanks guys! Im gonna flush all of them!

 

warisnottheanswer

Well-Known Member

• Jun 30, 2009

• #8

feedin like that u should be fine!

 

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raeder21

Member

• Jul 6, 2009

• #9

Just a quick update.....

I flushed all my plants. The one that was almost dead, is aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive again! I wish i would have done this a while back, but at least its back on track now. I just hope it doesnt mess it up b/c its 2 weeks into flowering!

I will try and take some pictures b/c they are looking great. They are not the best and strongest plants in the world.....but for my 1st time, im really excited!

Long story short......FLUSHING = AWESOME!