First grow here not really sure if I'm ready to start flush lower buds seem really under developed what do you guys think
I grow in organic water only soil and never flush.. Not much help for you It's all the unseen lurkers we the real posters get to play for.. Do you have a microscope and how ripe is the plant ?? =========================================================== One of the better bits on " flushing" =========================================================== Pimp T, on 12 May 2015 - 8:13 PM, said: hey coot how does the whole "flushing" soil thing apply to the Clackamas coot mix? What are your thoughts on flushing LOS? Should aloe silica coconut water ful power and SST watering stop 2 weeks prior to harvest? Here's the most recent answer that I gave to this question a couple of weeks ago.... Chlorophyll b is the 'type' found in plants as we're defining it. Other structures are found in algae, cyanobacteria, et al. Here is the molecular formula - C55H70O6N4Mg so we're looking at 55 Carbon ions, 70 Hydrogen ions, 6 Oxygen ions, 4 Nitrogen ions and 1 Magnesium ion. All 6 forms of chlorophyll have one consistent dynamic, i.e. a single Magnesium ion. Not two, not three - one. So much for the mythology about magnesium-hungry plants or worse in the wacky weed world where specific 'strains' can be magnesium-hungry. Looking at just chlorophyll b a better myth would be carbon-hungry or hydrogen-hungry and maybe even oxygen-hungry and nothing to do with magnesium. My understanding of this worst example of stoner science is that by dumping copious amounts of water somehow water with it's simple H2O formula is able to reach up from the root zone then into a plant's vascular system and deconstruct a fairly complex molecule - that must be some really unique water indeed! In a dynamic called translocation plants can and do move materials from leaves to other tissues - that is established botany. Plants produce carbohydrates (sugars) in the leaves by photosynthesis but non-photysynthetic parts of the plant also require carbohydrates and other organic and nonorganic materials. It's for this reason that nutrients are translocated from sources (regions of excess carbohydrates, primarily matures leaves) to what are called sinks. ?Some important sinks are roots, flowers, fruits, stems and developing leaves. Leaves are particularly interesting in the translocation process because they are sinks when they are young and become sources later when they are about half-grown. Carbohydrates are simply Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen molecules, i.e. simple sugars. So let's say for sake of silliness that flushing can trigger translocation which must be a real threat for rice plants, where are the chlorophyll molecules going? They can't be destroyed because they're elements which cannot be destroyed or changed unless of course we're talking about cannabis which has special properties that negate almost every law of botany, biology, chemistry, physics imaginable. My simple question is this: once this special water deconstructs the chlorophyll compound where do the ions go? Into thin air? That would be difficult since Magnesium is a metallic element but again we have to suspend even common sense to shore-up the flushing argument so who knows? Perhaps a special air canopy is created from flushing which can move magnesium around at will. Even if water could deconstruct and force translocation of elements doesn't that defeat the purpose in the first place which is claimed that flushing will remove the nasties causing us to not have dank! If the mature leaves are the repository the why would you want to move these ions to the buds which you plan on consuming? It's difficult to write this stuff without falling out of my chair with laughter. The argument fails on every level - even common sense. Fire away! I'm wearing stainless-steel Fruit of the Loom briefs - I can take it! CC ======================================== End quote ======================================== BNW
Not sure what this means really in regard to flushing might be too high but doesn't really seem to make sense to me
When to flush depends on the substrate/medium ... and what condition that medium is in. my cheap LED grow. 168 watts at the wall: https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1393482-My-"Everything-Wrong"-grow...-probably-no-harvest-:-/
Flushing or not flushing is something that some people do, some people don't do. I don't. I don't load my plants up with chemicals throughout the grow process and it's never really been an issue for me. I do stop giving nutes a couple of weeks before projected harvest and only use plain pH'd tap water. This flushes the plants to some degree. But all I can tell you is to read up on it and decide whether you want to do it or not. Lower buds on a plant with a very thick canopy like yours will always be under developed unless you've got a super strong light in there and can get some penetration below the canopy. Nice pretty plant you've got there though. Really great for a first timer. TWW
That's more what I mean by flushing them out in this case just feeding them pure water to use up whatever's in the soil. How long would you say it's got left 2 weeks? Also should I defoliate now to get those lower branches light?
I tried defoliation this last grow... personally I didnt notice a difference in bud density or quantity my cheap LED grow. 168 watts at the wall: https://forum.grasscity.com/index.php?/topic/1393482-My-"Everything-Wrong"-grow...-probably-no-harvest-:-/
You need something in the 50x to 100x power magnification to see the Trichome heads to know just how ready she is.. You've waited this long you want to be damn sure you didn't pull it a week early.. I use a cheap 60-100x hand held I got from radio shack a few years ago for about 15 dollars.. I take several tiny snips from deep in the plant in a few different spots and take them in to the table for a real look.. I like enough amber to have there be no doubt it's present.. Big strokes of it like paint splashed on a wall.. BNW