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Okay, Queue the people who want to smash my face in.

I don't believe in end of life flushing of plants.

It seems counter intuitive to me. Plants don't "get rid of" built up material unless they are in senescence (fall leaf drop) I don't see a scientific way that flushing could improve smoked flavor. Please, someone help me out here, let's talk it through. I will consult my old physiology manuals if I have to.
 
My rather interesting grow . Same strain . Different results . I have 3 like the one on the right and 5 like the one on the left . Go figure . :shrug:
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Okay, Queue the people who want to smash my face in.

I don't believe in end of life flushing of plants.

It seems counter intuitive to me. Plants don't "get rid of" built up material unless they are in senescence (fall leaf drop) I don't see a scientific way that flushing could improve smoked flavor. Please, someone help me out here, let's talk it through. I will consult my old physiology manuals if I have to.
@pop22 wrote an article on this very topic . I'm sure if you poke around you can find it .I believe it was called " Dispelling the Myth of Flushing Once and for All "
 
My rather interesting grow . Same strain . Different results . I have 3 like the one on the right and 5 like the one on the left . Go figure . :shrug:View attachment 685634

@pop22 wrote an article on this very topic . I'm sure if you poke around you can find it .I believe it was called " Dispelling the Myth of Flushing Once and for All "


I found it. He makes a good point.

I think whats most likely is that if the plant needs minerals and all you give it is water, than the plant will respond by going through its inventory of molecules in vacuole and storage organs. Until all that's left in the vacuoles is toxic material, or damaged DNA bits... all to improve the subjective characteristic of 'flavor'
 
Okay, Queue the people who want to smash my face in.

I don't believe in end of life flushing of plants.

It seems counter intuitive to me. Plants don't "get rid of" built up material unless they are in senescence (fall leaf drop) I don't see a scientific way that flushing could improve smoked flavor. Please, someone help me out here, let's talk it through. I will consult my old physiology manuals if I have to.
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Blasphemy, Pitch forks and torches assembling., not.
Since I've been here I have read two other opinions. One is semantics. "Change the term to cleaning instead of flush".The other, "Why bother. The healthy plant only takes up what it needs and it uses that up."
I only have a small grow. I need to restart as soon after harvest as I can. I flush at the end to weaken the hot soil for the next seedling. Then I empty and clean the pot, chop up the ball removing what roots are left, refill with a hole for the transplanted sprout and it's jiffy mix medium.
If the flush has a side effect on the plants cure? I can't tell. But it can't hurt.
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