Flushing vs. Flushing

[Thunder]

Do you think it would be ok to add a little cal/mag during cleanse? Has anyone ever tried that?

 

[Muddy]

Very good to know. I am glad I read your thread since I was going to wait until 50 - 70% of trichomes swelled up and turned amber. So basically with autos what we want to do is just wait until the leaves are yellow correct?

I would still check the trics as some do amber. But yes, just watch the leaves. More about that here: https://www.autoflower.org/f44/when-harvest-autos-your-leaves-will-tell-you-4889.html. No need to add any cal/mag.

 

[wildone]

I use lemon juice to lower like the other guy my water is over 8 and that's with a whole house filter system

 

[Epic Genetics]

Whenever you water your supposed to have 20% run off so that the excess salts are removed, however there is a big difference between flushing and leaching

Flushing is something which is done in the last couple weeks of flowering, leaching is removing all the excess salts/minerals/build ups etc but people use the word flush for both.

Easy way to remember is a mid flower/veg flush would mean to leach the soil by putting 2-3 x the size of the pot worth of plain water through and although this is actually called leaching people may say to "Give her a flush" when they do mean "Leach some of the shit out of the soil"

The correct definition of flushing is just feeding plain water for the last 2 weeks of flower to clear out all of the chemicals/salts/nutrients out of the stems,leaves,buds, soil etc with a run off of 20% (BUT NOT 2-3 x the size of the pot)

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ive heard and used the term flush at the last while of a plants life for decades , and when a plant was needing a ph adjustment or salt/nute build up etc we would say give it a GOOD flush

there is no way im going into my local grow shop thats filled with old school growers and saying "i just started to cleanse my plants"

sorry muddy , not trying to be a prick , i just think this idea was a boo-boo

i do appreciate the thought you had when starting it though

:hug:

 

[Muddy]

ive heard and used the term flush at the last while of a plants life for decades , and when a plant was needing a ph adjustment or salt/nute build up etc we would say give it a GOOD flush

there is no way im going into my local grow shop thats filled with old school growers and saying "i just started to cleanse my plants"

sorry muddy , not trying to be a prick , i just think this idea was a boo-boo

i do appreciate the thought you had when starting it though

:hug:

I knew when I wrote this that some may not agree or wish to change what they are used to. But I've seen so much confusion and people running gallons of water through their plants at the end, that I thought a distinction between the two was needed. It seems to be catching on, at least here at AFN.

 

[jackmc]

How long should I cleanse my plants for in a hydro system? One or two weeks?

 

[Muddy]

How long should I cleanse my plants for in a hydro system? One or two weeks?

Everything happens faster in hydro so a long cleanse isn't necessary. Four or five days is plenty.

 

[Trapper]

Is it possible to run into a situation where you start the final flush too late and it becomes ineffectual due to the plant drinking less and less? If a plant's drinking slows down half way through the flush, should you increase the amount of time you flush to make sure you get all the nutes out?

 

[Muddy]

Is it possible to run into a situation where you start the final flush too late and it becomes ineffectual due to the plant drinking less and less? If a plant's drinking slows down half way through the flush, should you increase the amount of time you flush to make sure you get all the nutes out?

I've only done two hydro grows so far but even near the end when it looked like they weren't growing anymore, they were still uptaking a lot of water every day. Eight plants were using 5 gallons or more a day. Not something I've ever done but I don't see where it would hurt.

 

[Lizardtoad]

Thanks man.