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Cal mag helps break down solid salt deposits better than water alone. This is maybe why HB mentions better flavor and aroma as its a better more thorough flush. Yes there's cal mag still there but the ultimate ppm in the media should be less then if flushed with straight water.
i kind of getting where he's coming from, because it's easier and faster to catch salt with salt, than plain water catching salt.
also i've fed all the way to the last wk, one time up until the last 4 days (plants dried out on daily basis) and have yet to notice a difference in taste or the way it burns when compared to plants being flush the way most people do.
the key, to me, is to feed very low and allow a decent amount of runoff within the last 2 wks to ensure healthy buds and harvest when it come time to chop. i've done both ways and always noticed that when i use plain water for flushing, bud development and a very noticeable decline in heath just after a couple of waterings (during flushing period) and it's just not something i like seeing.
Thanks for that, I have a plant coming down today, which is my first coco. Fingers crossed.Sorry dude but that makes no sense at all. Cal mag breaks down salt deposits? Where did you get that info? Flushing with cal mag? That's one of the worst ideas I've ever heard of. Most cal mags contain nitrogen, which is something that should be scaled back if not totally eliminated weeks before flush.
More importantly though, flushing is for eliminating elements from your medium so the plant is not up taking the chemicals (fertilizers) that we don't want to be smoking. So by pouring a shit load of water (I prefer RO) through your medium (mine is coco) you will be reducing the total ppm of accumulated fertilizers each flush day. Coco holds onto calmag big time, so reducing it half way through flower and eliminating it soon after is a good way to make flushing easier.
Don't believe the BS, "you should never just give a plant straight RO water." I go straight RO for 2 weeks with no PHing and my plants look fine through it all. The only thing that you will notice is leaf yellowing after the first week or so. This is what we want. This indicates the plant is starving for nitrogen. Which in turn means we did a good job flushing, and our nugs are going to smoke clean and pure.
not trying to pick a fight but read up on calcium and you will find it does help break up and loosen dry salts in your soil.the whole flush thing gets played out way to much on the net imo.how do you flush a plant in the ground outside and does every outdoor grower do this?if not there pot must be awefull cause of all the chems right?how could flushing make weed taste better unless it was done for say 3-4 weeks?the buds dont just rid themselves of chemicals in 7-10 days because you stopped feeding right?every good coco grower i have seen has said not to water with just plain water,a touch of mollassas in it would seem a smart choice to me.Sorry dude but that makes no sense at all. Cal mag breaks down salt deposits? Where did you get that info? Flushing with cal mag? That's one of the worst ideas I've ever heard of. Most cal mags contain nitrogen, which is something that should be scaled back if not totally eliminated weeks before flush.
More importantly though, flushing is for eliminating elements from your medium so the plant is not up taking the chemicals (fertilizers) that we don't want to be smoking. So by pouring a shit load of water (I prefer RO) through your medium (mine is coco) you will be reducing the total ppm of accumulated fertilizers each flush day. Coco holds onto calmag big time, so reducing it half way through flower and eliminating it soon after is a good way to make flushing easier.
Don't believe the BS, "you should never just give a plant straight RO water." I go straight RO for 2 weeks with no PHing and my plants look fine through it all. The only thing that you will notice is leaf yellowing after the first week or so. This is what we want. This indicates the plant is starving for nitrogen. Which in turn means we did a good job flushing, and our nugs are going to smoke clean and pure.
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