I see lots of question about the flushing thing, and I wanted to share what I've observed and documented:
The plant below is close to harvest - today is 3/14 and I flipped on 1/27. It's blue burmese (bagseed). The way my soil works is that I add food to the soil between grows, or for a new container I just mix up some soil with dry nutes, throw in live wigglers and their eggs, and I let that sit for a while. I always keep worms in the pot. So when I top dress, it goes away pretty fast. I don't use guano, just worm castings whenever and fish fertilizer once a month. So the nutes for the whole grow are pretty much in there from the start. It's impossible to flush. Besides, there is no runoff when I water, and if I overdo it I put it on a tray it gets absorbed from the bottom.
So here she is today, day 44:
If you follow the link in my sig, you will see my plants are healthy as can be. What's happened is they simply don't care to feed anymore. So the microbes in my soil stop giving. Either that, or I am such a master that I know exactly how much to feed and when. Which I assure you is not the case. I gave worm castings slurry just last week, because I was by the worm bin doing laundry.
This is headed towards a picture-perfect finish, and I wish I could take credit. But the plant did it. My big job was providing water. So... water boy.
If you are thinking about a water only (mostly) regimen with well populated soil taking care of your plant, don't let the fact you can't flush it stop you. Give it a try, it's easy, and cheap - so nothing to lose.
The plant below is close to harvest - today is 3/14 and I flipped on 1/27. It's blue burmese (bagseed). The way my soil works is that I add food to the soil between grows, or for a new container I just mix up some soil with dry nutes, throw in live wigglers and their eggs, and I let that sit for a while. I always keep worms in the pot. So when I top dress, it goes away pretty fast. I don't use guano, just worm castings whenever and fish fertilizer once a month. So the nutes for the whole grow are pretty much in there from the start. It's impossible to flush. Besides, there is no runoff when I water, and if I overdo it I put it on a tray it gets absorbed from the bottom.
So here she is today, day 44:
If you follow the link in my sig, you will see my plants are healthy as can be. What's happened is they simply don't care to feed anymore. So the microbes in my soil stop giving. Either that, or I am such a master that I know exactly how much to feed and when. Which I assure you is not the case. I gave worm castings slurry just last week, because I was by the worm bin doing laundry.
This is headed towards a picture-perfect finish, and I wish I could take credit. But the plant did it. My big job was providing water. So... water boy.
If you are thinking about a water only (mostly) regimen with well populated soil taking care of your plant, don't let the fact you can't flush it stop you. Give it a try, it's easy, and cheap - so nothing to lose.