Roots Excellerator and Flushing?

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Larry Bovvah

Member
Hi all,

Just wondering why House & Garden Roots Excellerator has a 3 week break from the nutrient solution (in the feed chart) from week 3 - 6 of flower.. Does anyone run it straight through without problems? I wasn't aware of it until today and am in week 5 already. I stopped it now, and was going to leave it out for 2 weeks.

Also with flushing, should I still feed a very weak mix of base nutrients? Taper off little by little from say week 7-10 if the plant is to flower for that long? I have a Barney's Blue Cheese Auto that is doing well and from my 'inexperienced' opinion, is still 3-4 weeks from being done, maybe longer.

Just not quite sure if I should run it all the way through till the end and then flush for a week?

Should have my loupe next week so can start checking the trichomes soon.

TIA.
 
Grandpapy

Grandpapy

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You should have a nice root-ball by then. Perhaps too much of a ball, depending on the strain and root ball density, I like the results of adding 1-3 ml of H202 around week 7 it kills all bacteria, but they seem to like the additional O2 in the root zone.
Running it all the way wont hurt anything as long as it's not dying off, slimming and making a mess.
 
Dr. Who

Dr. Who

Well-Known Member
Larry Bovvah said:
Hi all,

Just wondering why House & Garden Roots Excellerator has a 3 week break from the nutrient solution (in the feed chart) from week 3 - 6 of flower.. Does anyone run it straight through without problems? I wasn't aware of it until today and am in week 5 already. I stopped it now, and was going to leave it out for 2 weeks.

Also with flushing, should I still feed a very weak mix of base nutrients? Taper off little by little from say week 7-10 if the plant is to flower for that long? I have a Barney's Blue Cheese Auto that is doing well and from my 'inexperienced' opinion, is still 3-4 weeks from being done, maybe longer.

Just not quite sure if I should run it all the way through till the end and then flush for a week?

Should have my loupe next week so can start checking the trichomes soon.

TIA.
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#1: FINAL FLUSHING is a myth - PROPER DRY AND CURE is the way to go.

#2: Why are you spending BIG $ money on a "root excellerator"? Collage studies have proven that the use of Kelp can increase root production by as much as 173%..........Get a Kelp extract and use that - Maxicrop Seaweed is great stuff and my go to Kelp extract.

Feed your weed, not a nutrient company's bottom line. H&G is over priced, to many bottles of crap that you don't need and watered down......Hmmm, just like AN!

Run plants to the end.
 
Dr Magill

Dr Magill

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Dr. Who said:
#1: FINAL FLUSHING is a myth - PROPER DRY AND CURE is the way to go.

#2: Why are you spending BIG $ money on a "root excellerator"? Collage studies have proven that the use of Kelp can increase root production by as much as 173%..........Get a Kelp extract and use that - Maxicrop Seaweed is great stuff and my go to Kelp extract.

Feed your weed, not a nutrient company's bottom line. H&G is over priced, to many bottles of crap that you don't need and watered down......Hmmm, just like AN!

Run plants to the end.
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Kinda strange that this topic comes up daily in new threads. Some people would benefit from reading prior to posting. Same questions over and over and over. I'd just say flush the fucking plants.
 
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Larry Bovvah

Member
It's always funny to see the usual lot of people that live on forums that really have nothing better to do than to whine and bitch about new people and their questions.. If it bothers you that much that someone has asked a simple question, maybe a few puffs would be beneficial, along with moving onto the next thread to read..

To the ones that were kind enough to give me some advise, thank you very much, it's always appreciated. To the miserable ones that feel clever and tough for talking down to others, it doesn't bother me as much as you, for I am not the miserable one. :)
Peace!
 
Dr Magill

Dr Magill

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I've read more about flushing without starting additional threads on the subject which, by the way, has been covered over and over again. I'm not trying to be a jerk but just read the previous 50 threads on flushing and you would have your answer. Unless of course its not the answer you want.
 
NanoGadget

NanoGadget

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Larry Bovvah said:
It's always funny to see the usual lot of people that live on forums that really have nothing better to do than to whine and bitch about new people and their questions.. If it bothers you that much that someone has asked a simple question, maybe a few puffs would be beneficial, along with moving onto the next thread to read..

To the ones that were kind enough to give me some advise, thank you very much, it's always appreciated. To the miserable ones that feel clever and tough for talking down to others, it doesn't bother me as much as you, for I am not the miserable one. :)
Peace!
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I'll agree insofar as people shouldn't get their blood pressure all high over questions from newbies, and it's always better to be nice than it is to be an asshole.... That being said........

It is tiresome, and entirely too common (particularly in affluent western societies) for people to do almost no research or preparation before they begin a new hobby/task. They jump in with both feet and no brains and then ask the same questions over and over again, make the same mistakes over and over again, get suckered into buying snake oil and old stoner wives tales over and over again.... it's frustrating for everyone involved.

It all boils down to something my dad taught me. Whenever you are learning a new skill or facing an unfamiliar problem you should seek to learned everything you can about the subject, and when you've done your homework thoroughly you give it your best shot. IF at that point you run into problems you ask for help.

It is lazy, annoying, and disrespectful to those that have put in the work to ask a bunch of completely basic questions about growing that you should have known the answer to before you ever put a seed in the dirt. Its hard to feel motivated to help someone who has done nothing at all to help themselves. Frankly I think that if you can't be bothered to put in some work when learning a new skill you should probably expect bad results and very little sympathy.

For the record, this rant was not necessarily directed at you or your specific question, more a response to your remark about the way the veteran growers on here react to newbs and their questions....
 
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