greyskullfarms
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I am using canna coco and am just wondering when you guys start flushing at the end of the cycle.. I have heard a bunch of different things from two weeks to just the last water.. All advice is appreciated !! thanks!
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Flushing at the end of the cycle
- Thread starter greyskullfarms
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Part of the reason some people flush is to use up the left over nutes in the media, as well as the plant. In that case it's important to keep ph inline so the plants can absorb the remaining nutes.
To answer the op's question. Flushing is a bit of a personal preference. Depends on how anal you are about having clean burning herb IMO, the plant itself, and what media you are using. Some people can't tell the difference between herb that has been flushed for 2-3 weeks vs. herb with no flush. Personally I flush for a minimum of two weeks, preferably three, while growing in coco. Seriously though, the search function is your friend
. Almost every question you might have has likely been answered a million times.
When the plant uses up stored nutrients, it takes them from the leaves and draws them into the buds. So youre not really flushing anything from what you end up smoking. The whole flushing for taste, burn or other things like that is bunk....IMO of course.
I stop feeding the plant about 2 weeks before harvest. I do this because there are plenty of stored nutrients in the coco and plant to sustain it for the last 2 weeks and I feel like feeding it until the very end is a waste of nutrients.
I stop feeding the plant about 2 weeks before harvest. I do this because there are plenty of stored nutrients in the coco and plant to sustain it for the last 2 weeks and I feel like feeding it until the very end is a waste of nutrients.
Lesterburnum
Active member
So if you stop feeding for two weeks that is essentially a flush. The medium is void of nutrients after a week or so.
Isn't it the same end?
Personally, I cut nutes 40% one week then flush one week.
Isn't it the same end?
Personally, I cut nutes 40% one week then flush one week.
Lesterburnum
Active member
Not picking bones ron just asking. I do the same as you really. Haha
plants also stop absorbing nutrients anyway on their own in the final weeks when leaves start dropping so if you are cutting the plant in the right window you hardly have to flush them at all.. personally i think alot of people ruin their weed a bit by flushing for too long.. a week seems fine to me in soil, but in coco i used to do two weeks to get all the salts out..
Lesterburnum
Active member
To flat 9.
The point in ph'n flush is to maintain the ph you want in the medium. The lack of nutrient is not correlated to ph. At least not this topic. Haha
Catch what I'm thrown down?
The point in ph'n flush is to maintain the ph you want in the medium. The lack of nutrient is not correlated to ph. At least not this topic. Haha
Catch what I'm thrown down?
Not really.
The plants are being fed by the nutrients stored in the medium and then by the nutrients stored in the leaves. So while technically I stop feeding them by hand, they are still being fed.
IME, coco holds nutrients longer than other media. It takes a week of very low/no feeding before the leaves even begin to yellow.
I also never run extreme amounts of water through the pots to "flush" anything. I just water normally (just until runoff)
The end result may be the same but what people think is happening differs. I don't think I am "flushing" anything out of the plant. I don't think it improves taste or contributes to "white ash" or any of the other anecdotes floating around.
I do it because I don't want to waste fertilizer.
Like you, I do feed a low ppm starting in the last few weeks tapering down to almost 0EC by the end.
try reverse foliar feeding with r.o water. that usually speeds yellowing up and washes the plant before you harvest. do this during lights off and let the plant dry with the fans before the lights go on and possibly scorch your buds.
i had buds full of organic soil from falling over which the r.o water cleaned right up.
i had buds full of organic soil from falling over which the r.o water cleaned right up.
greyskullfarms
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Thanks everybody and I will rom now on use the search bar!!
kevin_spacey
New member
OP:
I flush my ladies 2 weeks prior to chop. The initial flush I water until the runoff has nothing in it. Molasses for the first week then nothing the last.
Flushed herb is much, much nicer - don't listen to some of the lazy bums here.
I flush my ladies 2 weeks prior to chop. The initial flush I water until the runoff has nothing in it. Molasses for the first week then nothing the last.
Flushed herb is much, much nicer - don't listen to some of the lazy bums here.
Midwest Toker
Member
First off we need to decide what constitutes nutrient's. What we feed our plants or what the plant feeds itself on! I could never go a week feeding my plants strait water in coco. One watering with strait water and I start seeing def. the next day.
currently growing 1 local skunk strain must be about the 9th generation.
Growing under 400hps
20litre pot
canna coco
canna nutes : A + B
Dutchpro : bloom also (ph+ & ph-)
estimated harvest - 8oz - 10oz
so ive vegged it from clone for slightly longer than normal in the coco from beginning to end.
Just started flushing 5 days ago and seeing the first clear signs of the plant uptaking nutes from the leaves (turning paler green/yellow).
I plan to flush for another week until all main fan&water leaves are yellow and dropping off.
At this point i will prune all waste leaves off and allow 1-2 day consumption of nutes from minor leaves.
I flush with straight tap water everyday same amount 2-3 litres.
IF you have no discolouration of leaves anywhere before flushing then you dont need to worry about PH EC etc thats just if you have problems in your medium and the plant cant take enough nutes.
I START flushing when pistills begin to turn orange at the lower buds. this is an indication your plant is going to end its cycle. it gives you a 2 week window to thoroughly flush before harvesting. Obviously certain strains give different indicators but this is a simple rule of thumb you can use for any strain simply. however other mediums require different flushing patterns.
anyways this will provide clean tasting buds.
Growing under 400hps
20litre pot
canna coco
canna nutes : A + B
Dutchpro : bloom also (ph+ & ph-)
estimated harvest - 8oz - 10oz
so ive vegged it from clone for slightly longer than normal in the coco from beginning to end.
Just started flushing 5 days ago and seeing the first clear signs of the plant uptaking nutes from the leaves (turning paler green/yellow).
I plan to flush for another week until all main fan&water leaves are yellow and dropping off.
At this point i will prune all waste leaves off and allow 1-2 day consumption of nutes from minor leaves.
I flush with straight tap water everyday same amount 2-3 litres.
IF you have no discolouration of leaves anywhere before flushing then you dont need to worry about PH EC etc thats just if you have problems in your medium and the plant cant take enough nutes.
I START flushing when pistills begin to turn orange at the lower buds. this is an indication your plant is going to end its cycle. it gives you a 2 week window to thoroughly flush before harvesting. Obviously certain strains give different indicators but this is a simple rule of thumb you can use for any strain simply. however other mediums require different flushing patterns.
anyways this will provide clean tasting buds.
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newtothiscoco
dude yield is never a bigger priority than clean bud.
why would the yield be a bigger priority than clean bud's ?
why would the yield be a bigger priority than clean bud's ?
