[sourkush]

Hi guys,

I've been noticing, specially on my last crop, that on the same plant, different buds are not flushed the same.
To a point where i can roll a joint that's gonna burn to a light fluffy white ash and then roll another bud that's gonna burn dark and hard.
Not every plant though, some are fine all around.
How do you prevent that?

I flushed my plants between 2 and 3 weeks depending on when i harvested, just giving them PHed tap water

I grow with biocanna in light mix, so maybe organic is not as easy to flush

But i guess i had too much nutrients in the medium before i started flushing.

When you guys flush, do you just water like usual but without nutes or do you really flush the medium with 2/3x the amount of water so that you really get the EC of your soil as low as possible?

Could i flush my plants in my shower with straight tap water (ph is about 8) and full of chlorine or chloramine, and maybe give them a normal watering with PHed and dechlorinated water to bring down the ph a little bit? but the chlorine would still kill my beneficials? is it bad for the last weeks?

i'd like to hear your thoughts guys.

thx
sk-

[Levitationofme]

How about flushing in the shower with good water. Don't think killing the beneficials will be beneficial.

Do the nutrients have a chart, thay may have figured out the best flush. I have used a couple different flushes in a couple different media. Each with different nutrient lines.

But I am still figuring it all out. My last run in Coco with NFTG organic nutrients I followed the instructions and it seemed to work great.

[sourkush]

the problem is not where to flush but the amount of water needed. It was 12 plants in 11L pots so if i want 2x amount of water i need to prepare more than 250L (66gallons) of water to let the chlorine evaporate and adjust PH. I don't have a big enough reservoir.

I think a flushing agent is useless with organics because a chelating agent is for minerals nutes but i might be wrong

[sourkush]

what i don't get is why i have perfectly flushed buds and unflushed buds on the same plant, i'm guessing most of you harvest a plant in one time, so obviously some leaves will be yellow/crispy/dry/dead/empty of nutes, and some lowers will still have some green/nutes in them.
Or do you harvest in different times to let the lower buds flushed longer?

[Levitationofme]

For me, I worried more about harvesting when the plant was at its peak of THC ripeness
I flush a week or 10 days hoping to get timing right. I think you can go longer with your flush. Or perhaps the strain you are growing wants to go another couple weeks of maturing then flush.

I have found that the flowering times that come with seeds are fairly accurate, but I am not in a rush, so I let them grow as long as possible. I have had excellent results waiting a couple extra weeks.

Still i am fairly new to growing so I don't have tons of experience. I have found lack of Patience is usually at the bottom of any problems I cause.

[KingSkillz]

I flush with humic acid and add enzymes once a week. For about 2 weeks or so. I don't flood the rhizosphere, I just keep it moist. Never letting it dry out. Works great

[abuldur]

Same thing for me ,my theory is that it has to do with the amount of light the particular bud receves.
It seems that the closer the buds are to the light source the faster rthey turn yellow ,this on a same plant.

[KingSkillz]

I agree. The bud facing the light ripen faster. I'll have mostly dark hairs on one side, with white hairs on the opposite side.

[sourkush]

yeah i agree too, does it happen to everyone? Do some of you harvest in 2 times to prevent this? Or do you have another technic?

One other thing i usually notice is that the better buds are not the tops, they are flushed well but the terps are not preserved as well as the buds in the middle, because they get a little more heat and wind maybe, and then there's the lowers who are not as good because not mature and flushed as much

[Ratzilla]

Many peeps use the term "flush" when they really mean stop giving the plant any nutrients and only give them water.
What I find that works for me, organically is with up to 4-5 weeks to go I give them a tea that has molasses for molasses is a natural chelate and this helps move nutrients into and within the plant.
Usually @1 tsp./gal.
With 3 weeks left I will only give rain water.
Now that's just my style.
Ratz