seymour-buds
autoflowering scientist
Thank you for replying Seymour. From every post of yours I am learning something new. An dehumidifier never cross my mind.
This is history in the making and I am watching it live in front of my eyes. This thread got my thinking the last few weeks. I spend days thinking about my own DWC system. I spend hours looking for air pumps (specification, etc.), air stone, net pot etc. All that thinking is making me more enthusiastic of what the coming years will bring. I get the opportunity to be part of this movement as a "self-sufficient hobby grower". Too BAD LED panels cost a fortune. Hope we will come with something as "collective purchasing". Were certain members agree to buy collective direct from a factory in China for a reasonable price. Maybe Dutch Passion can play a role in this. They already have the "grower thrust" and ‘Goodwill’. Or they can start making LED Panels part of their merchandise. The future can start today!
I read a lot about flushing. Could you explain that concept to me? Don't you risk the Plant start “eating itself”, which can lead to a lower quality Cannabinoids. When do you know when to stop? And is there really a different in taste?
Thanks again!
flushing a plant is 1 of the most important parts of the grow, after using chemicals on the plants to help them reach maximum maturity or wherever you like your trichs to be its vital to flush all those excess nutrients out of the plants system, there is nothing worse than smoking chemicals that are still in the plants system even worse if you have been using some form of molasses as the buds wont burn right
flushing the plants also helps them finish off, because they have no source of nutrients coming from the roots so they start to pull off their own reserves which is why they turn yellow during the flushing phase, this sends a signal to the plant that her end is approaching so she needs to put out everything she has got in her final days
obviouslly the plant has a naturual cycle so you can recreate the whole process indoors with her feeding regime , start off low and build it up untill she is peak blooming then start to ease backdown again when she is near harvest
flushing the plants wont effect the cannabiods of the plant or the thc, its only when the plant is left to dry and be cured that the thc/cannabiods turn from non-pshycoactive acid into pshycoactive neutral acid, also the colour of the thc glands plays a massive part on the types of effect you will encounter when harvesting the plant but thats a whole other topic
best method i ever came across was to break a leaf off the plant where the stem meets the trunk and put the stem on the tip of your tongue, it will be slightly sour
when performing the flush do exactly the same thing and it will be just water thats when you know she is ready to be harvested
come to uncle seymour for more top tips of the week lol
although i grow in dwc its purely because its my own weapon of choice and ive been doing it for quite some time and have got to understand the system quite alot, i dont think it matters what medium you use aslong as you understand the true principals of why it works and how it works you will always gets good results
if you was to give me a bag of soil and some seeds i would probably shit myself as ive never done a full grow in soil
if you need a proper scientific explanation pm trifid as hes will blow youur stack with his insights
hope this helps