First and foremost... this discussion will be kept on topic. Expect opinions to vary.
Flushing means many different things to different people. The word "flush" is used all the time and often the technique being called "flushing" is not really flushing at all.
I hope we can standardize a few definitions here.
The original word "flushing", was used to define a technique where excess amounts of clean water were run through a medium in hopes that it would pick up and remove dissolved salts and minerals from the medium. The reason was to deny the roots access to these salts and minerals before harvest time. Why remove these excess salts/minerals? Well, since salts and minerals are generally fire retardant... it stands to reason that you don't want to dry your herb with any more fire retardant stored in the buds than is absolutely necessary.
THC, CBD, CBN, etc are most potent when burning at a high temperature, like when you're smoking a joint with a red hot cherry. Less clean herb, herb with excess salt/mineral/carbon/chlorophyll content, will burn unevenly, harshly, etc.
What we really should do here is to identify and name the different methods to achieve low salt content in our herb.
IMO... The word Flushing should be reserved ONLY for the above-mentioned method, where excess amounts of water are run through the medium to wash away dissolved salts/minerals.
The problem has been with the use of the word Flushing. When, for instance, I use an organic soil with very little organic matter present, in hopes that by harvest time most of the organic material is depleted, therefore minimalizing the amount of salts being released to the plants... This isn't really flushing at all. It's more of a nutrient step down. There is no formal word to describe this process, so the word "Flushing" is used.
I can see why some people have a problem with the word, because their method requires no flushing... at least not flushing in the classic sense, where tons of water is used to flush the medium prior to harvest. This misunderstanding has lead to some nasty, unwarranted ugliness in this community.
So... what I'd like is for the people with experience in cultivating marijuana to share their ideas as to what we should call the different methods to reduce salts in the herb prior to harvest. Share your observations and experiences, and help us standardize a few definitions we can use to better describe these methods.
Flushing means many different things to different people. The word "flush" is used all the time and often the technique being called "flushing" is not really flushing at all.
I hope we can standardize a few definitions here.
The original word "flushing", was used to define a technique where excess amounts of clean water were run through a medium in hopes that it would pick up and remove dissolved salts and minerals from the medium. The reason was to deny the roots access to these salts and minerals before harvest time. Why remove these excess salts/minerals? Well, since salts and minerals are generally fire retardant... it stands to reason that you don't want to dry your herb with any more fire retardant stored in the buds than is absolutely necessary.
THC, CBD, CBN, etc are most potent when burning at a high temperature, like when you're smoking a joint with a red hot cherry. Less clean herb, herb with excess salt/mineral/carbon/chlorophyll content, will burn unevenly, harshly, etc.
What we really should do here is to identify and name the different methods to achieve low salt content in our herb.
IMO... The word Flushing should be reserved ONLY for the above-mentioned method, where excess amounts of water are run through the medium to wash away dissolved salts/minerals.
The problem has been with the use of the word Flushing. When, for instance, I use an organic soil with very little organic matter present, in hopes that by harvest time most of the organic material is depleted, therefore minimalizing the amount of salts being released to the plants... This isn't really flushing at all. It's more of a nutrient step down. There is no formal word to describe this process, so the word "Flushing" is used.
I can see why some people have a problem with the word, because their method requires no flushing... at least not flushing in the classic sense, where tons of water is used to flush the medium prior to harvest. This misunderstanding has lead to some nasty, unwarranted ugliness in this community.
So... what I'd like is for the people with experience in cultivating marijuana to share their ideas as to what we should call the different methods to reduce salts in the herb prior to harvest. Share your observations and experiences, and help us standardize a few definitions we can use to better describe these methods.
