j2criticalMASS
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IF MY WIDOW AND CRITICAL MASS AREN'T FLUSHED FOR AT LEAST 2 WEEKS THE TASTE IS SEVERELY LACKING THE TASTE YOU WANT ABD LEARN TO LOVE NOT CHEMICAL TASTE, 2 WEEK FLUSH IS A MUST NO MATTER WHAT.
IF MY WIDOW AND CRITICAL MASS AREN'T FLUSHED FOR AT LEAST 2 WEEKS THE TASTE IS SEVERELY LACKING THE TASTE YOU WANT ABD LEARN TO LOVE NOT CHEMICAL TASTE, 2 WEEK FLUSH IS A MUST NO MATTER WHAT.
it is kinda hard to read, especially when your stonedBtw - your caps lock key is over on the left side of the keyboard, in the middle.
good organic growers dont need to flush. the only thing i flush is my toilet. DAVESNOTHERE
I am on the no need to "flush" or flood the soil team but, What we all agree on is to not "feed" in the end. That I agree 100% makes for better smoke.
For those with lush plants full of healthy leaves, they can ride easy the last month IMO..
"Healthy honeys" full of what it takes to interact with the Rizosphere is what I aim for. I take care to supply what I want the biologicals to eat for the results I get and I am learning all the time.
I do not depend on formula products. Hell I don't use formula products.. I even avoid buying my kelp and fish mixed together..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhizosphere_(ecology)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_food_web
To each there own style but in the argument of organic soil needs to be flushed to get smooth smoke? The answer is no. Plain and simple..
Jack
Yep jack i can agree to a point...in that if you dont overfeed then there isnt the same need to flush...but the reason im sayin to flush is incase newbies come on here and think "oh i dont need to flush" while they are pummelling the plant with nutrients thinkin more nutrients = more yield which obviously isnt true, basically theres no harm in feeding a plant plain water for last 2 or 3 weeks
I'll have to search to see if anyone has made a poll about this and look at the responses. If one hasn't, maybe we should do this to get a more clear cut answer?
I did NOT flush my first harvest, though I *DID* back my nutes off toward the end. (Not completely gone... just dropped it down gradually the last four or five waterings). I'm drying now. I'll post results when they're cured.
I was in a similar boat to you. In reading a lot of threads like this, I came to the conclusion that a large majority of people seem to be in the "you MUST FLUSH" camp, but also that a large majority of the people in that camp do not have any kind of science behind their reason. They tell you it must be done because someone told them it must be done.
In the "Don't bother flushing" camp, people seem to have a REASON for not doing it. And that reason has been consistently more convincing to ME than the "you better flush" reasoning has. The only way to really know for yourself would be to:
- Grow four clones of one plant
- Flush two
- Chop all at same time
- Take one of the flushed and one of the not flushed and cure them. Don't cure one flushed and one not flushed
See whether:
I will do this myself but it's going to have to wait til my moms have reverted and I can start cloning them. I'll post results when it happens.
- The flushed ones smoke smoother right after drying
- The flushed ones cure better
- The un-flushed yield better/more potent
- The un-flushed cure is noticeably harsher than flushed cure
What would be considered pummeling exactly? I definitely consider myself a newbie especially in term of nutrient supplementation. I am have been using the complete line up of FF products going by their nute schedule. I am currently using 1/2 of their recommended dose which is 1tsp of Tiger Bloom, 1/2tbls of Big Bloom and 1/4tsp of Cha Ching per gallon of water. This is soil btw
After reading your post, I'm kinda concerned that I should actually flush and/or quit using the nutes for the last bit of their lives. Is 1/2 the dose still considered high for the FF line?
This thread has such hard line opinions it's hard to tell from a newbie standpoint, where to go.
On one side, people say that you're starving the plant and robbing itself of the final burst of resin and bud production and it doesn't affect taste
You then have people who say the smoke is harsh and unpleasant if a flush and/or subsequent water only diet is not employed but maybe I missed the part where they disagreed with that final growth and resin production.
I'll have to search to see if anyone has made a poll about this and look at the responses. If one hasn't, maybe we should do this to get a more clear cut answer?
No i dont say flush because "somebody" has told me to, its based on a real reason
when someone says a plant is finished but the fan leaves are dark green...it just isnt going to be as smooth as flushed weed...when i mean flushed i dont mean running gallons of water suddenly through the pot...i mean gradually over 2 -3 weeks just giving plain water in a normal amount...
From personal observation I have noticed properly flushed bud taste better, and produces white ash. While bud that has not been flushed crackles and pops, smokes harsh, and produces dark sticky ash.