I'm A Little Weary Of Asking, Should I "flush"

[Mrniceguy420]

I always second guess myself on this. Today is the start of week 9, and I see the calyxes are swelling up nice and good. I put my harvest time by this coming Friday, April 12.

Am I within the ball park, and if I am, should I, "Flush" (He said with a wavering hesitation)...

 

[1diesel1]

Your gona get a lot of opinions on this subject. I was an avid supporter of flushing. Last run I decided not to flush. Instead once a week I gave a bone meal feed phd to 6.0 (I’m in soil).
Last week I gave a heavy bone meal feed then finished with no feeding or bone meal for 7 days. Cut and dried then smoked. There was absolutely no difference whatsoever with the final cut. Now the only thing I flush is the toilet:)

 

[Pass2TheLeft]

If your growing in coco i would flush for the last week and let the fade finish my plants

 

[Pass2TheLeft]

And for something different you can flavour your prized flowers dont water 1 day before harvest let them dry out then 2 hoyrs before harvest feed them water and food essense some strsins take flavours better than others;)

 

[Mrniceguy420]

Your gona get a lot of opinions on this subject. I was an avid supporter of flushing. Last run I decided not to flush. Instead once a week I gave a bone meal feed phd to 6.0 (I’m in soil).
Last week I gave a heavy bone meal feed then finished with no feeding or bone meal for 7 days. Cut and dried then smoked. There was absolutely no difference whatsoever with the final cut. Now the only thing I flush is the toilet:)

Lol, right on. That's what I'm leaning towards. I have always fed less and less as I gets closer to harvest and I always give my plants balanced water in between feedings throughout the grow. As of now, the only thing they're getting is the overdrive from advanced nutes.

 

[Mrniceguy420]

I've heard many things about flushing being unnecessary. I've always flushed letting the medium dry out, then hitting it with water. I let this happen twice, in the week before harvest. I done this many a times, but recently, I gave a plant "overdrive" up until the day of harvest, and after a long dry and cure, it tasted and smoked great. I guess I just wanted to run it by some other perspectives before I completely transition to this method.

Btw, the grow medium I fox farm ocean forest and light warrior, with lotsa perlite. And then I just the advanced nutes, sensi a and b line. And a few additives like voodoo juice, b-52, overdrive and big bud

 

[Pass2TheLeft]

Lol, right on. That's what I'm leaning towards. I have always fed less and less as I gets closer to harvest and I always give my plants balanced water in between feedings throughout the grow. As of now, the only thing they're getting is the overdrive from advanced nutes.

Ive tryied feeding until the end a few times using products like shooting powder from house and garden seemed to work well but i still flush at least for 3days so the end result burns better ive found with no flush when you have a puff it burns black but wirh a flush it burns to white anyone else find this?

 

[Edinburgh]

I flush good about a week before I chop, I put the plant in darkness the last 48 hours, one last little flush then I chop, I do this beacuse i want to get rid of all the nutrients, i dont know if putting your plant in darkness does anything but a habit, one last little flush to get rid of any nutrient residue, may bee I'm wrong but water is free.

 

[Buzzer777]

Your gona get a lot of opinions on this subject. I was an avid supporter of flushing. Last run I decided not to flush. Instead once a week I gave a bone meal feed phd to 6.0 (I’m in soil).
Last week I gave a heavy bone meal feed then finished with no feeding or bone meal for 7 days. Cut and dried then smoked. There was absolutely no difference whatsoever with the final cut. Now the only thing I flush is the toilet:)

I think that your Bone Meal acted as a flushing agent (see Nectar of the Gods Herculean Harvest (Liquid Bone Meal)). I have used that myself with good results. NOTG recommends a large dose of HH when flushing. With all that's said, I believe that there are salts that will not just wash away with water, but need something like "snake oil" to bond with them and be gotten rid of. No science that I know of, but I do flush the last week with a flushing agent (Florakleen Final Finish etc)

 

[UncleRomulus]

I flush out all my maxibloom and shit after pk boost round week 6 and then run organic nutes till the end. (I ph bio thrive bloom to 6.5 and some molasses and that) By the end tho Im putting like 200-300 ppm only. Just water only last time or two and voila. Nice smooth product with white ash and it actually finnished nice.

 

[MBVapester]

Yes agree about tapering down the ppm if you can.

 

[MIMedGrower]

Yes agree about tapering down the ppm if you can.

I agree too. Taper them off as they need less and less at the end.

Works out for me much like stepping them up a little at a time when starting to fertilize in the first place but back down.

 

[Kepp89]

I always second guess myself on this. Today is the start of week 9, and I see the calyxes are swelling up nice and good. I put my harvest time by this coming Friday, April 12.

Am I within the ball park, and if I am, should I, "Flush" (He said with a wavering hesitation)...

what strain is that? looks tasty

 

[Edinburgh]

I mostly grow autoflowers now so it's kinda hard to taper, I mean by the time you aclimate your plants to the nutrients the plants are almost done and of course you want to get the most from your plants, but your method does sound good

 

[chemistry]

The look of your plant says it's trying to finish flowering. It's not the nuits you need to worry about flushing, it's the Chlorophyll you need to flush. Nuits are flushed in 3 days, but the Chlorophyll takes around a one to two weeks depending on how green your plants are.

 

[Edinburgh]

That makes sense, I was taught to flush at least 1 week before chopping, I allways though after 3 or 4 days was enough but allways did a week before and waited that probably explains why.

 

[BamaBushes32]

I always second guess myself on this. Today is the start of week 9, and I see the calyxes are swelling up nice and good. I put my harvest time by this coming Friday, April 12.

Am I within the ball park, and if I am, should I, "Flush" (He said with a wavering hesitation)...

Hey man I’m right there with you. I’m on day 68 of flower. Middle week 8. I started flushing yesterday. I have a hybrid OG, and purple pure Indica not sure of strain.

 

[Edinburgh]

Same here day 62, an unknown strain, yes i flushed out my plant, so now i let it sit for a week, then put plant in darkness for 2 days, i do not know why habbit good or bad dont know? then right before i chop i give a light flush to get rid of any residue and done, i like some Amber on my trichome that will happen in the next week to 10 days, most autoflowers average 70 days or so for me so the trains right on time.

 

[BamaBushes32]

Same here day 62, an unknown strain, yes i flushed out my plant, so now i let it sit for a week, then put plant in darkness for 2 days, i do not know why habbit good or bad dont know? then right before i chop i give a light flush to get rid of any residue and done, i like some Amber on my trichome that will happen in the next week to 10 days, most autoflowers average 70 days or so for me so the trains right on time.View attachment 865422

Nice! what kind of lights are you using?

 

[Edinburgh]

600w led.