nope only used water when i grew in soil had good results so never tried anything else. gave it a shot in hydro and like i said, no difference as just using water for the last week imo.
What are you hoping to gain by using this? Especially in soil? No offence my friend, but they saw you coming - if you haven't opened it yet return it. Why is it that cannabis is the only plant in in the entire world that requires flushing? Please stop and think about that for a moment; there is not another plant anywhere that requires flushing - anywhere, ever, in any country or with any method of agriculture. Flushing is a MYTH and is a perfect example of Stoner Science. Return your bottle. J
i agree with jerry, i have ran multiple plants both hydro and soil, and you cant tell much at all if at all a flushed plant vs a non flushed plant. ive even had better tasting bud from not flushing in hydro, unless it was the difference in drying methods i used, either way it was the best tasting bud ive grown and didnt flush at all.
fuck it... I have two of the same plant in my flower room. I'm going to flush one of em, and feed the other nutes till I chop her. I'll quick dry half of each, and extended cure the other half. Then I'll blind "taste test" each of the 4 categories, and rank them in order of bud quality. Should be an interesting experiment. Maybe I'll even water cure some of it too, make 6 categories.
sounds like a good test, but id skip the water cure part. never tried it myself but it looks pretty gross and brown. so it loses its bag appeal for a small gain in smoothness, not worth it. just my 2c
I'm growing for myself, I'm really not all that concerned about pretty nugs. If it smokes as good or better than the full cure, I'm sure as hell not wasting my time (at least, not every plant... maybe I'll normal cure the super pretty stuff or something)
My friend who gave me these clones I'm growing now did not flush his plants they burn black ash and give me a headache mine burns so white its tasty and i didn't even cure them yet his have been in jars and it sucks .I dont know if i can agree with you on that man
And by rinsing the roots and grow medium this is doing what? Once nutrients have been absorbed by a plant in their elemental form and stored in the plants leaves and stalks, etc., they are there to stay. By adding straight water or a (ahem) flushing agent you cannot remove stored elements. I would be happy to see any type of proof that this is an accepted gardening method in any type of agriculture, botany, horticulture, etc.? Are or have there been any studies done, papers or books written by actual botanists, soil biologists, etc. that you can show me? Thanks, Jerry.
i cannot show u proof unless u smoke my buds i guess. it seems to work for me i hate buds that burn black and crackle and pop and taste like miracle grow .
i hate buds that burn black and crackle and pop and taste like miracle grow . Again - no offense intended, but what does this tell you about your gardening methods? Just how are you gardening to harvest buds that look and taste and "crackle and pop"? Something obviously not right going on... j edit: Why is it that cannabis is the only single plant in the entire world that "requires" flushing? Seriously? Do a search on plants and flushing and tell me what you come up with besides stoner forums.
My first 3 grows sucked but now thats over i really like the shit i grow now i was thinking final flush would let me use nutes till the last week get them really nice and juicy and then flush but iv been feeding plain water i think i over fertilized on one plant http://forum.grasscity.com/sick-plants-problems/1108861-what-please-help.html
Swisher - I've been growing indoors and out since around '82. 90% of this time has been spent using hydroponics and bottled nutrients. Yes - I flushed for many years because "I was told to". Some years ago I was turned on to Organics and haven't looked back. I haven't bought a bottle of nutrients in years now. While I understand that this method isn't for everyone, I don't think as many folks know about it as should. If you get a few minutes take a look. http://forum.grasscity.com/indoor-m...door-gardening-without-bottled-nutrients.html If you get another few minutes take a look at my organic grow journal in my signature - Jerry's Organic Obsession. You never know - it just may change the way you grow. I certainly don't get black ash or crispy crackly flowers - just massively sweet organic goodness. You're going to be growing for years, I assume. It's worth a look. Sincerely, J
either way tho, the plant uptakes nutes, whether chemical or organic, processes them, and sends the result up the plant and eventually into buds is the insinuation here that somehow chemical nutes are processed differently than organic, and you have a different result by the plant? I know organics should be more bioavailable etc, but shouldn't anything the plant processes, end up the same result?
Hello Ladies, yes, you're right, the end result is at least similar, however, when you're using chemical nutrients there is a good chance of overfeeding (its very easy to do) and the plant ends up storing these elements, which could, I guess, be the reason for the "black ash" syndrome. No, chemical nutrients are not processed differently than organic. Organic nutrients must be broken down into very simple (elemental) forms before the plants are able to use them, just like with hydroponics. For me, after having done both for a long time, organics is just more"gentle?" on the plants. Theres less stress involved for the plants. Soil bacteria know what the plants need and when they need it, whereas with hydro the plants get what you feed them, like it or not. j
So in your opinion, the most likely cause of a nasty tasting, sparking bud is an overfeeding of nutes, which no flush will ever be able to reverse and pull out of that plant?