New Grower Hope She's Gentle. It's My First Time! - Think Different

[ThaGreenBandit]

Just woke up out of my sleep with another nagging thought on my mind; I plan on starting my girl on the Explode next week, but also plan on chopping her in about 3 weeks. That means, if I give her the 2 week flush, she'd only be on the Explode for a week. Will only one week of Explode decrease her potential potency? You know me, guys. I'm all ears. What's a brotha to do?

 

[medi]

Just stopping in to remind you you're doing it again

 

[FreeLivin]

Medi's on to somethin. Since I'm the most worthless visitor around these parts I will try to chime in something usefull for once.. Prob not, lol. I can tell ya stressin never did a damn thing for me, although after a grow or two you'll be in your comfort zone or just not give a fuck, I'm the latter, so sad. I should prob go look up explode before opening my fat keyboard, but I presume it helps with buds Here's my point, there is talk about whether you really should or need to flush, POP22 has posted about this and articles showing how the plants convert nutrients and utilize what's there or not, I will look it up and send it too you. So if you needed to run it a lil longer and flush less or not at all (a lot of people will disagree) I believe you aren't gonna be disappointed. This is a hot topic however I have tried it both ways (same strains) after reading about it and I will tell you my experience was it made no difference at all in taste and my yields were a lil more, but that could have just been the plant. Since there is so much back and forth with so many topics I rarely ever say much unless I know for a fact, but at least you can check up on it, try it out and decide for yourself, best way I guess for you to truly know, but sometimes trial and error can be just that, and you might learn the hard way now and then, I choose to learn the hard way all the time. I am prob the last person anyone should listen to, lol
But I'll burn with the best of em

 

[ThaGreenBandit]

Just stopping in to remind you you're doing it again

:roflcry: I know Medi, I know! I wasn't even thinking about Explode, or flushing, when I went to sleep last night, but when I woke up at 4 something this morning, I couldn't think about anything else!

Medi's on to somethin. Since I'm the most worthless visitor around these parts I will try to chime in something usefull for once.. Prob not, lol. I can tell ya stressin never did a damn thing for me, although after a grow or two you'll be in your comfort zone or just not give a fuck, I'm the latter, so sad. I should prob go look up explode before opening my fat keyboard, but I presume it helps with buds Here's my point, there is talk about whether you really should or need to flush, POP22 has posted about this and articles showing how the plants convert nutrients and utilize what's there or not, I will look it up and send it too you. So if you needed to run it a lil longer and flush less or not at all (a lot of people will disagree) I believe you aren't gonna be disappointed. This is a hot topic however I have tried it both ways (same strains) after reading about it and I will tell you my experience was it made no difference at all in taste and my yields were a lil more, but that could have just been the plant. Since there is so much back and forth with so many topics I rarely ever say much unless I know for a fact, but at least you can check up on it, try it out and decide for yourself, best way I guess for you to truly know, but sometimes trial and error can be just that, and you might learn the hard way now and then, I choose to learn the hard way all the time. I am prob the last person anyone should listen to, lol
But I'll burn with the best of em

FREE... What it is, man?! Bro, I don't even know what brought on the thought of Explode, but it was fresh on my mind when I woke up! It's funny how I can devote so much time thinking about growing a plant, when a few months ago, all I was thinking about was smoking it! I'm on day 55, so in 25 days, she'll be right at 80 days, so I guess I got some time to work with. I've read a little on the debate, but never really got any direct feedback on the situation. Flush or your buds are ruined!! If you flush your plant for two weeks, or even a week, you're starving and stressing her!! With Medi's reminder that I'm buggin' out for no reason, and you telling me that, in your experience, there is no real difference, that's proof enough for me. I'll start her on Explode today, and let the chips fall as they may the rest of the way through. Besides, nothing says that she has to come down right at day 80. Thanks bro.

 

[medi]

FYI, you really aren't starving your plant by flushing, you're just forcing it to use up what it has left in the soil and stored in its vascular system(roots/stems/leaves). I think there is value in flushing and if you look at a plant in nature at the end of its growing season it isn't bright green, it's usually gently fading out. There is a real reason to flush, f you wouldn't be willing to take a swig off the bottle of nutes why would you want to combust it into your lungs? Food for thought. Anyway with the time you have left you could easily give two weeks of explode followed by 10 days of flush time and still be doing great.

 

[ThaGreenBandit]

After realizing that I still have over 20 days, I was thinking something along those lines. Give her explode for 2 weeks, then give her as much of a flush as I can, even if it's not a full 2 weeks. 10 days should be sufficient. I've read about only 1 week being necessary, I've read about a full 2 weeks being necessary, no flush at all being the better way to go, flush being an absolute must, etc... I'll do 2 week with Explode, then, as I said, let the chips fall where they may from there. Get in as much flush time as I can, and when the trichs are where they need to be, take 'er down.

 

[Trapper]

Hydro takes less time to flush, but soil grows need a good one IMHO, you're going to have better tasting, smelling bud if you purge all the nutes out of the plant prior to harvest...don't want to fumble on the one yard line.

Just remember, the final flush is different than a mid-grow flush...you don't want to push tons of extra water through the pot, that's not the goal. The goal is simply to feed to normal run-off with plain water. This'll force the plant to eat the stored nutrients (and purge via transpiration) in the leaves and vascular system, like Medi said. Can't wait to see some harvest pics and some dried pics!

Doing Great, TGB....in the immortal words of REO Speedwagon, all you gotta be doing is.....

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[ThaGreenBandit]

Definitely don't wanna fumble at the one yard line, as the time expires! I want to get in a flush, but I don't want to go so far with it, with the little time I have left, that I take the plant past the point of maturity that I prefer. I want a nice high effect more than I want that couch lock stoned effect, but I also want a smooth tasting, good smelling smoke

 

[Trapper]

I had no opportunity to wrangle with these thoughts on my grow...I left town and the bud sitter administered the flush. When I got back, I chopped...I may have been able to flush a couple more times but the stuff up top was way amber and I was antsy to get to the Paul Bunyan stage

 

[ThaGreenBandit]

Decisions, decisions, decisions...