Flushing question, no debates please.

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oldfogey420

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I don't want to come off as rude, but I don't care to hear the debate, I'm one who flushes at the end of flower. That's what I've personally determined works best for great tastings buds, so that's what I've stuck with over the years. I've always, always, always flushed with pH adjusted water but usually don't have such big containers as right now. I'm at 7 weeks flower with 8 week strains in 5 gallon containers.

I'm thinking of putting them in the slop sink and running the faucet to flush them with my 8.0 tap water and then run 1 or two additional gallons through at 6.2 to get the pH where it should be.
Otherwise I'm looking at having to make up about 100 gallons of pH'd water, 5 gallons at a time. Thats alot of effing work that i just dont have time nor energy for.

Does pH really even matter with 1 week left? I don't want them getting anything from the soil anyway, I want them to eat up their stores and finish up.

Your thoughts?
 
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oldfogey420

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I'm surprised to not have a response yet, but so it goes. It is Saturday after all. All you young bucks are probably out partying. I'm probably gonna wing it and run the tap water through them followed by adjusted water as planned. Unless of course I see a response that says "noooooo don't so it!!" before their sun comes up in a few hours. Somebody has had to have tried this. I can't imagine adjusting that much water for a flush unless you're working with 55 gallon drums.
 
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oldfogey420

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Definitely has chlorine in it. But they've been getting that water for the whole grow and hasn't seemed to be a problem.
 
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Buyfrommycity

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If you're flushing your plants in effort to extinguish the uptake of nutrients in the grow medium, ph shouldn't matter at all. Youkeep your ph in a certain range so the plant can uptake specific nutrients. So ph ing water after flushing would be a waste of time.
You didn't indicate in your post what your grow medium is.
 
Elvin Bishop

Elvin Bishop

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I think it is kind of funny that anyone would actually try to debate with you on if you should flush or not. Yes...flush. To anyone that says flushing is useless... Find me evidence that crackling, harsh weed that won't burn is where it's at and that there is no benefit in some form of flushing... until then, I'm not hearing it. I don't and won't smoke anyone's weed who doesn't flush it, and wouldn't recommend it.
 
jonsnow399

jonsnow399

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Elvin Bishop said:
I think it is kind of funny that anyone would actually try to debate with you on if you should flush or not. Yes...flush. To anyone that says flushing is useless... Find me evidence that crackling, harsh weed that won't burn is where it's at and that there is no benefit in some form of flushing... until then, I'm not hearing it. I don't and won't smoke anyone's weed who doesn't flush it, and wouldn't recommend it.
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There is no debate. Find me scientific evidence that flushing will take out excess nutrients in the plant. Harsh weed results from improper drying and curing. Until then i'm not hearing it.
 
MichiganMedGrower

MichiganMedGrower

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Elvin Bishop said:
I think it is kind of funny that anyone would actually try to debate with you on if you should flush or not. Yes...flush. To anyone that says flushing is useless... Find me evidence that crackling, harsh weed that won't burn is where it's at and that there is no benefit in some form of flushing... until then, I'm not hearing it. I don't and won't smoke anyone's weed who doesn't flush it, and wouldn't recommend it.
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I feed what the plants need tapered down in concentration as the plants need less through ripening intending on keeping all leaves healthy and green as a rule after trying flushing and just fading plants.

What you are describing is either overfed with crap or not dried properly.

My buds don't crackle or taste bad. And each strain and even pheno smell and taste different.

More so and more potent when healthy to the end in my experience.
 
Elvin Bishop

Elvin Bishop

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MichiganMedGrower said:
I feed what the plants need tapered down in concentration as the plants need less through ripening intending on keeping all leaves healthy and green as a rule after trying flushing and just fading plants.

What you are describing is either overfed with crap or not dried properly.

My buds don't crackle or taste bad. And each strain and even pheno smell and taste different.

More so and more potent when healthy to the end in my experience.
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That's cool, man. I'll flush my weed, but you're more than welcome to smoke your however you want. Unless you're so dialed that you KNOW beyond any doubt that you're not even slightly over feeding, I wouldn't smoke your bud. To each their, own
 
Elvin Bishop

Elvin Bishop

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jonsnow399 said:
There is no debate. Find me scientific evidence that flushing will take out excess nutrients in the plant. Harsh weed results from improper drying and curing. Until then i'm not hearing it.
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That wasn't the information that I was asking for, unless you're so dialed you know for a fact that you're not over feeding which I'm putting my money on "no", you're smoking hammer, but feel free to smoke nutrients in whatever quantity you desire, dude. You bud is not as smooth as bud that was correctly fed and flushed. It's not. I'm sorry. I'm not here to tell you how to grow your weed. I've done just fine since about 1999. That's goes for any other "well-known" member that doesn't flush their shit. Hahaha
 
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jonsnow399

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Elvin Bishop said:
That wasn't the information that I was asking for, unless you're so dialed you know for a fact that you're not over feeding which I'm putting my money on "no", you're smoking hammer, but feel free to smoke nutrients in whatever quantity you desire, dude. You bud is not as smooth as bud that was correctly fed and flushed. It's not. I'm sorry. I'm not here to tell you how to grow your weed. I've done just fine since about 1999. That's goes for any other "well-known" member that doesn't flush their shit. Hahaha
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1999? You're a youngster then! still haven't learned the truth about "flushing". Oh, well, you still got plenty of time.
 
Elvin Bishop

Elvin Bishop

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jonsnow399 said:
1999? You're a youngster then! still haven't learned the truth about "flushing". Oh, well, you still got plenty of time.
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Right, bud. Keep smoking trash. What state do you live in? Just curious. It's not so much the truth about flushing; it's more the truth about most people not being as dialed as they like to think they are, while they smoke nutrients and then toss around scientific evidence that they cannot accurately apply to their grow. Do you know for a fact you're not over feeding even slightly? You don't. Further more, you would smoke it all while telling people how you don't need to flush. No matter what medium, you should do some form of flush. I would never smoke your marijuana, and I would tell everyone I know not to. The truth about flushing is that you don't have the technology to know that your EC is EXACTLY right per the strain. I like knowing what goes in my body. You're talking about things that most people really don't have the technology to do. Knowing it is great, being able to effectively do it is a different thing all together. I understand the science behind it, but I have little faith in your, or most people's ability to accurately apply that science.
 
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Elvin Bishop

Elvin Bishop

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rkymtnman said:
i save alot of money by not using nutes and just flushing for the entire grow.
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hahaha. You really don't need them. They help, for sure but people get way too geeked out with their feeding. Less is more in most cases. Pushing is something I would do if you're doing something perpetual. If not, keep it mellow. GHS came out with a single powder you can run from start to finish. It's supposed to be the bomb.
 
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