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I see so many that say they are growing organic and in the next sentence they want to know when to flush. I realize new growers don't get this so here is a basic explanation of organic growing.
Organic means that you are going to let nature deliver all the food to your plants, you only give water. To do this, nature requires microbes and enzymes. It takes a while to build these up in the soil but once you have them, don't let them get away. Never flush an organic grow. It's almost like killing your plants on purpose. when you flush, you will be robbing the plant of everything it needs to grow without commercial fertilizers.
The enzymes and microbes break apart the minerals and other goodies in the soil to give your plants what they need. By not having a decent size population of them your pH will suffer, and your plants will suffer without regular feedings which it doesn't need if the organics are in place.
Growing organic is easy, once you get it setup and running. Very little plant food is needed. You will use more soil than nutes.
Organic means that you are going to let nature deliver all the food to your plants, you only give water. To do this, nature requires microbes and enzymes. It takes a while to build these up in the soil but once you have them, don't let them get away. Never flush an organic grow. It's almost like killing your plants on purpose. when you flush, you will be robbing the plant of everything it needs to grow without commercial fertilizers.
The enzymes and microbes break apart the minerals and other goodies in the soil to give your plants what they need. By not having a decent size population of them your pH will suffer, and your plants will suffer without regular feedings which it doesn't need if the organics are in place.
Growing organic is easy, once you get it setup and running. Very little plant food is needed. You will use more soil than nutes.