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smokingbud1977

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Hi lads ive got 6 blueberry plants and ive had loads of problems since week 3 of flower with yellow leaves
Ive had a lot of help off people on here and im very greatful for there info.
My problem now is that they are now at 7 weeks today and the pistols are 50% brown already, now i no that blueberry are not 7 - 8 week finishers, they should go 9 - 10 weeks if im correct. can they finish early because of the problems ive had because normally you dont see pistols 50% brown at this stage if im correct on blueberry. My mate put some in at the same time and they have not even started to change yet. Whats the best way to tell if they are ready to be flushed. cheers
 
4lomo

4lomo

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I all depends on what you fed them, and how much. By this stage you should have been tapering off on the feed. Run some mollasas, or sucant in with your nute mix about a tablespoon per gallon or 2.5ml per liter. Stress will cause plants to finish up earlier, and usually with more resin. The end product will be good, but not great. I usually flush between 1-2weeks before harvest, depending on my feeding regimine. Cheers! Happy harvesting!
 
mr2shim

mr2shim

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4lomo said:
I all depends on what you fed them, and how much. By this stage you should have been tapering off on the feed. Run some mollasas, or sucant in with your nute mix about a tablespoon per gallon or 2.5ml per liter. Stress will cause plants to finish up earlier, and usually with more resin. The end product will be good, but not great. I usually flush between 1-2weeks before harvest, depending on my feeding regimine. Cheers! Happy harvesting!
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I've never seen actual proof of this. Just hear say on weed forums.
 
Trousers

Trousers

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4lomo said:
I all depends on what you fed them, and how much. By this stage you should have been tapering off on the feed. Run some mollasas, or sucant in with your nute mix about a tablespoon per gallon or 2.5ml per liter. Stress will cause plants to finish up earlier, and usually with more resin. The end product will be good, but not great. I usually flush between 1-2weeks before harvest, depending on my feeding regimine. Cheers! Happy harvesting!
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The guy didn't say if he is running soil or hydro. How is a stressed plant better?
Flushing lowers yield, stresses plants and does nothing to improve flavor/smell/taste.
 
4lomo

4lomo

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Trousers said:
The guy didn't say if he is running soil or hydro. How is a stressed plant better?
Flushing lowers yield, stresses plants and does nothing to improve flavor/smell/taste.
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Never said it was better, just packs on more resin. The overall product\yield is def not as good. Taste, smell, flavor I do believe is improved when a plant is flushed. It also depends (like i said before) on what\how much you are feeding them. Also what medium you are running. TGIF!
 
mr2shim

mr2shim

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4lomo said:
Never said it was better, just packs on more resin. The overall product\yield is def not as good. Taste, smell, flavor I do believe is improved when a plant is flushed. It also depends (like i said before) on what\how much you are feeding them. Also what medium you are running. TGIF!
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It doesn't pack on more resin. That's more weed forum bullshit. It literally makes no sense when you think logically. Starving a plant will make it pack on resin? How? Why? Just because? Or because you read it in a sticky so it must be true?
 
Trousers

Trousers

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4lomo said:
Never said it was better, just packs on more resin. The overall product\yield is def not as good. Taste, smell, flavor I do believe is improved when a plant is flushed. It also depends (like i said before) on what\how much you are feeding them. Also what medium you are running. TGIF!
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I completely disagree. If you want to stress your plants, go for it.
I feed until the last day, then dry and cure properly.


I run coco. Flushing soil is just dumb.
 
joe blow greenthumb

joe blow greenthumb

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I'm not flushing anymore. I'm new and haven't noticed enough difference to stop feeding so ill do it until the chop from now on. Only flush to get rid of nutes during a burn or plant problem. While some people will say that thc productions goes up as a natural defense to stress, I'd say there's no way that stressed thc is mature if it took the rest of the thc 2 months to mature.
 
4lomo

4lomo

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mr2shim said:
It doesn't pack on more resin. That's more weed forum bullshit. It literally makes no sense when you think logically. Starving a plant will make it pack on resin? How? Why? Just because? Or because you read it in a sticky so it must be true?
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Ok, Im not going to argue with you big man, Just my personal exp..... A sticky?
 
Ghettobird209

Ghettobird209

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damn theres a lot of heads here sayn no flushing and before I've ever gotten on this website the handful of growers I knew said they all "flush" there nutes a couple weeks b4 chopping. So its really not needed ehhh? cool deal :)
 
333maxwell

333maxwell

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Ghettobird209 said:
damn theres a lot of heads here sayn no flushing and before I've ever gotten on this website the handful of growers I knew said they all "flush" there nutes a couple weeks b4 chopping. So its really not needed ehhh? cool deal :)
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I gotta tell ya.. I have been dabbling in grows for over 40 years now.. and 'soil flushing' was always something we did as a preventative measure.

Only when I started coming to internet grow forums did I hear about this 'soil flushing' as a practice.....


Of course that's just anecdotal.. however none of the ol school folks in my circle flush, I don't flush.. but a lot of the kids flush.. maybe they are on to something who knows.. I sure like the grass I grow without flushing.. I bet they like theirs too..
 
prosperian

prosperian

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Ghettobird209 said:
damn theres a lot of heads here sayn no flushing and before I've ever gotten on this website the handful of growers I knew said they all "flush" there nutes a couple weeks b4 chopping. So its really not needed ehhh? cool deal :)
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Yeah, and there's even more of us just watching to see what happens here. BTW, I don't flush either, I use diapers.

 
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