Sledgehammer Flush Question

[Chuckgenetic]

so I've been kind of confused as to how many gallons of water to use when flushing my plants while using the flushing agent. I'm using 3gal pots and in my previous flush I just used 2 gallons of water with sledgehammer. It's crazy because I've been searching the farm but I haven't found an answer to give me clarity

 

[3N1GM4]

Some chihuahua said that flushing is three times the amount of water for the pot size.
i.e. 3 gallon pot, 9 gallons of water to flush

I personally would never flush that much, twice as much water as normal with heavy runoff is good enough for me.
Never unless there were a bad problem with nute lockout or something where iy needed a heavy flush maybe?

 

[Bannacis]

3n1gm4 is right on the amount, I do a 2 stage flush. add water so there's a good runoff. let it set and soak for 30 minutes then add rest of water.
That will allow the water time enough to soak up excess salts.

 

[Chuckgenetic]

Ok cool. Appreciate it

 

[We Solidarity]

A flush isn't a once and done thing...you need to flush for at least a week to get all the salts out. A forced once and done flush won't do anything but kill a bunch of roots, which is probably what causes a "flushing" effect when you drown them.

You're not actually washing nutes out of the media, you're just forcing the plant to eat what's there until there's not enough to support it.

In hydro it takes three days for a plant to starve, Rockwool/coco 3-10 days depending on pot size, and soil takes the longest with 7-14 days.

 

[Bannacis]

Right there We , that's why its important to have good run offs when you do your watering.
If TLO (true living organics), flushing is not as much an issue. As of flushing out the salts, its more of just adding clean balanced water so the plant can more or less flush itself.
If you have a supper soil mix that you feed teas to it in order to feed the microbes, you will need to stop with teas or any feeding....(Molasses for sure). so eventually the plant starts starving and have to use its own stored resources.
When your plant is still using water and the leaves yellow it is using up any left over nutrients in itself...that is what makes for a great tasting smoke. Provided that you have dried and cured properly.

 

[Chuckgenetic]

Thanx for the info.

 

[Panacea79]

Some chihuahua said that flushing is three times the amount of water for the pot size.
i.e. 3 gallon pot, 9 gallons of water to flush

I personally would never flush that much, twice as much water as normal with heavy runoff is good enough for me.
Never unless there were a bad problem with nute lockout or something where iy needed a heavy flush maybe?

Yeah I only really use sledgehammer if I'm getting nute burn, not for the final flush. Plain distilled/RO H20 at a 2 or 3:1 water:soil during last week or so...

 

[3N1GM4]

Yeah I only really use sledgehammer if I'm getting nute burn, not for the final flush. Plain distilled/RO H20 at a 2 or 3:1 water:soil during last week or so...

I would just mix up some lightly fertilized water if I was using coco so as not to wash away everything and cause more problems. If I was growing in soil I would probably flush with just water.
As long as you water with 15-20% runoff every time there should be no reason to flush at all untill the final swell imo.

 

[Panacea79]

I would just mix up some lightly fertilized water if I was using coco so as not to wash away everything and cause more problems. If I was growing in soil I would probably flush with just water.
As long as you water with 15-20% runoff every time there should be no reason to flush at all untill the final swell imo.

I agree. I can't say anything regarding coco as I've only ever used soil. I just got a tds meter so my present grow will be easier to tell what's in my runoff coming up on chop

 

[GROWLIFE23]

Can you use Sledgehammer throughout your grow and not just for flesh???? I'm growing in soil