There are some ppl on RIU who just repeat what they hear, and there are others who actually do the work that it takes to find the answers. You and I must be among the few that have done a comparison grow with and without flushing, and KNOW what the outcome was. Thanks for chiming in, but unfortunately, I think there are still gonna be plenty of doubters who will follow the "Pied Piper"
You got it bro! The slow dry and the cure is the key. If both are done correctly, like I said in my first post, that is what makes for great tasting, smooth, quality buds.
Yes, I always grow organically in soil, and so is the kid who started this thread. Maybe that's the reason you feel like you need to flush, if you're growing in something other than soil. I answered his question because he said he grows in soil. If he said he was growing hydro or something else I wouldn't have even joined in. I have never done anything other than soil grows and know very little about other grow mediums. For all I know, hydroponically grown pot could very well need to be flushed, but none of my soil grows, except the first one, have been flushed. As far as doing what works for ourselves, I'm with you on that. We're all working towards the same goal
. That's the great thing about RIU.
I'm not a botonist or any kind of expert on plants, but I don't think that a plant that is forced to feed on itself, rather than being able to have what it needs to grow readily available, will reach it's optimum levels. Just the way I see it. Secondly, once a plant takes in ferts through it's roots, those ferts are processed into sugars and other shit the plant needs to grow long before they reach the buds. I don't think a plant uptakes Phosphorus from the soil and sends it right to the bud sites, it's changed into useable sources of food before it travels up the plant, I think. Check it out in the Growfaqs. And last but not least, I take more pride in my grows than probably anyone on here, and I'll tell you why. You see, I don't smoke. You're probably saying "Bullshit" right about now, huh? It's the truth, whether you or anybody else wants to believe it. I grow for the simple fact that I LOVE the way Marijuana plants look, smell, and just grow. It's just amazing to me and I think they are the most beautiful plant GOD ever put on this Earth for us to enjoy. The only reward I get, other than watching my ladies grow and flourish, is seeing other ppl enjoy the fruits of my labors(free of charge), and for me that's payment enough.
Damm skippy,flushing is just another case of people wanting to believe in something,it must be better for the plant because im doing something,right ?
There are a quite a few who run different grows & try new things but most get tired of arguing all the time with people who read then repeat as fact,its all part of the bobble head syndrome.
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AAAHHHHHHHHHH!! Like a breath of freash air. Finally some growers with clout come with the confirmation. By clout I mean that they have been around a while, and ppl know their info to be reputable. Not to say that the other ppl that agreed with me shouldn't be regarded as "in the know" as well. Thanks for chiming in Panhead.
I agree completely! If you read what I wrote two posts ago, you'll see that I pretty much do just that. Since I don't smoke, just grow, I rely solely on what my friends tell me. When I did my experiment, I did exactly what you said. I only have one room that I grow in so they were both in that room and never moved. Same strain from the same batch of seeds I bought, they were right next to each other throughout the entire grow, they were fed the same amounts at the same time, vegged for the same length of time, put into flower at the same minute, flowered under the same light and harvested at the same times. The only difference was that I flushed the one two weeks before harvest and fed the other one til the end. Dried together in the same temps and humidity levels, and cured for the same amount of time. Gave one of my best bros a bowl of the one, and then the other. I told him they were different plants, and for him to tell me which one was better. Guess what his answer was? He couldn't tell them apart. Tried it with my real blood brother and two other friends, same result. I don't know if there's anything else I could have done to make it any more unbiased, but that was enough for me to draw my conclussion. Peace...out!There are a quite a few who run different grows & try new things but most get tired of arguing all the time with people who read then repeat as fact,its all part of the bobble head syndrome.
You'll never convince them either,somewhere here in this thread one guy even claims it produces more thc from flushing
And for all the guys who claim they have done proper testing with both methods a proper test consists of this.
The weed.
Both flushed & non flushed must be grown exactly the same method,this includes same size pot,same nutrients,same length of grow,same harvest date & same durration of cure,nothing can be changed between the two.
Test subjects must not touch,see or roll the weed,they must not know what weed is flushed & what weed isnt flushed,they get zero information including knowing that there are differences in the weed,all they are to know is that you want to know if one weed tastes better,smokes better or gets them higher over the other one,if any claims of better quality are pointed out they must pick correctly 6 times out of 10 which was which,any deviation voids any validity to the test.
Any grower who has taken their own test with their own weed is biased because they know to much & have a vested interest in the outcome.