AAHH! I need help with FLUSHING BEFORE HARVEST!!

Hey guys, ok so I have one week left exactly from today till harvest.

Am I already past the flushing phase? Is there no way to save the crop from that disgusting taste of stored of nutrients?? Too late to flush??

Honestly, I have been freaking out ever since I knew. Last time I fed any of my plants was about a week ago.

Am I screwed? It just feels pretty bad when something such as improper flushing can screw up so many months of hard work...

What exactly are the steps for flushing, in my case? Do I flush every gallon of soil with 3 gallons of water?

Newbie asking for help in the most time he needs it....

Thanks

greenish87 said:

Hey guys, ok so I have one week left exactly from today till harvest.

Am I already past the flushing phase? Is there no way to save the crop from that disgusting taste of stored of nutrients?? Too late to flush??

Honestly, I have been freaking out ever since I knew. Last time I fed any of my plants was about a week ago.

Am I screwed? It just feels pretty bad when something such as improper flushing can screw up so many months of hard work...

What exactly are the steps for flushing, in my case? Do I flush every gallon of soil with 3 gallons of water?

Newbie asking for help in the most time he needs it....

Thanks

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Just do it ASAP. Another great tip for flavor of bud is to harvest right when the lights turn on. Most of the crap in the bud is in the roots when the lights are out and it disperses it back through the plant during the day. you are right its 1gallon to 3 gallon.

EDIT: Plus it wouldnt of tasted bad ne way unless u foliar fed. It just tastes much better if u flush. JUST DO IT!!!! If you dont think 3 times is enough do it 4 or 5 its no big deal dont trip balls bro

Blazed Hippie said:

dont trip balls bro

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Ya he is right. Just flush that shit.

Blazed Hippie said:

Just do it ASAP. Another great tip for flavor of bud is to harvest right when the lights turn on. Most of the crap in the bud is in the roots when the lights are out and it disperses it back through the plant during the day. you are right its 1gallon to 3 gallon.

EDIT: Plus it wouldnt of tasted bad ne way unless u foliar fed. It just tastes much better if u flush. JUST DO IT!!!! If you dont think 3 times is enough do it 4 or 5 its no big deal dont trip balls bro

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Yes, but another reason I am worrying is because some of them were waterd like yesterday or the day before and the pots are full of water. So If I flush em now, they will get water stressed, like CRAZY. Is that ok to do right before harvest??

PBFseedco. said:

Ya he is right. Just flush that shit.

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lol, will do for sure. Is tap water fine man?? It obviously does have some Chlorine in it, but its not way off..

You can fuck your plants when your this close nothing will happen they are pretty much done growing bud at that point. Dont worry about water stress when ur this late in the game.

Blazed Hippie said:

You can fuck your plants when your this close nothing will happen they are pretty much done growing bud at that point. Dont worry about water stress when ur this late in the game.

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hahaha, what a guy. Ok then, I'm going to buy a hose now, and Im going to flush soon. I trust you guys lol..

Why not simply push back the day you harvest? Better to add a week or two to your time than to possibly ruin what may be some tasty smoke. If your pots have drain holes, you can flush almost every day if you want to. It's growing plants people, it isn't rocket science.

Ledhed said:

Why not simply push back the day you harvest? Better to add a week or two to your time than to possibly ruin what may be some tasty smoke. If your pots have drain holes, you can flush almost every day if you want to. It's growing plants people, it isn't rocket science.

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dpends on the type of weed your growing, if its amber already it needs to be cut asap or thc degrades.

greenish87 said:

Hey guys, ok so I have one week left exactly from today till harvest.
Thanks

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What are you basing your harvest date on? If you're using the seed bank "estimate" then you need to get a scope & look @ Trich's. The banks tend to publish optimum time frames & in my experience usually could add a week or two to be more realistic.

Blazed Hippie said:

Most of the crap in the bud is in the roots when the lights are out and it disperses it back through the plant during the day.

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I'm not sure where you got this, but it is make believe. Ferts are evenly distributed throughout the plant - it doesn't hide in the roots until the lights come on. ???

I'm not sure where you got this, but it is make believe. Ferts are evenly distributed throughout the plant - it doesn't hide in the roots until the lights come on. ???[/QUOTE]

Actually its says this in Jorge Cervantes book, It says "always harvest in the morning when THC is at its peak." I cant find where it is but I do also remember reading that there is some chemicals that are in the roots at night time and go into the plant during the day that can sometimes make weed bitter. Its in this book somewhere I just cant find it. I dunno anything about where the nutrients are during this I wasnt saying that it would fix the nutrients.


ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, jorge says you SHOULD flush a week in advance and fertilize up to ten days before harvest.

Ledhed said:

Why not simply push back the day you harvest? Better to add a week or two to your time than to possibly ruin what may be some tasty smoke. If your pots have drain holes, you can flush almost every day if you want to. It's growing plants people, it isn't rocket science.

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Just to make something clear, what is the difference between flushing on daily basis, and doing it ONE time only..I mean, what's the difference if I flushed a week before harvest or 2 weeks before harvest day?

Why would the smoke be ruined?

P.S - geting a scope tomorrow, plants look almost ready.

Blazed Hippie said:

I'm not sure where you got this, but it is make believe. Ferts are evenly distributed throughout the plant - it doesn't hide in the roots until the lights come on. ???

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Actually its says this in Jorge Cervantes book, It says "always harvest in the morning when THC is at its peak." I cant find where it is but I do also remember reading that there is some chemicals that are in the roots at night time and go into the plant during the day that can sometimes make weed bitter. Its in this book somewhere I just cant find it. I dunno anything about where the nutrients are during this I wasnt saying that it would fix the nutrients.


ON A DIFFERENT NOTE, jorge says you SHOULD flush a week in advance and fertilize up to ten days before harvest.[/QUOTE]

I trust Jorge for sure, thanks for the note...

GreatwhiteNorth said:

What are you basing your harvest date on? If you're using the seed bank "estimate" then you need to get a scope & look @ Trich's. The banks tend to publish optimum time frames & in my experience usually could add a week or two to be more realistic.

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Lol, although they look ready, regardless if they are, gotta chop em down, time FUCKING constraints!! I hate TIME CONSTRAINTS!!!

greenish87 said:

Lol, although they look ready, regardless if they are, gotta chop em down, time FUCKING constraints!! I hate TIME CONSTRAINTS!!!

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I hate constraints too, however, u can use this experience to be more patient and learn how to live with societies inherent time constraints. Try to do the time constraints by the book and it will help you in the long run in life

What Time of Day to Harvest?
Timing the harvest is Paramount to the final quality. Harvest your precious buds in the dark, just before the lights normally come on. If possible, do not allow the plants to see direct light as long as their roots are attached. Direct light on a plant will draw up stored starches and sugars from the root system.

During the nighttime hours, our ladies are busy storing food down in their root system that they made during the daylight hours. During “lights out," starches and sugars produced by photosynthesis during the day drain downward to the roots. Knowing this, it is easy to figure out that you want to cut your plants away from the roots before the lights come on, when food moves back upward into the buds.

Outdoor herb is often harvested during the daytime hours and the result is a harsh, difficult burn and an extra long cure. The starches and sugars present in daytime-harvested herb act like fire retardants—not the effect we're looking for. In addition to tasting and burning bad, these fire retardants also change the chemical make up of the smoke you're ingesting. This means that the THC, cannabinol, cannabidoil and other active cannabinoids can't burn at the perfect temperature to get you properly high because they haven't properly converted to their psychoactive forms.

greenish87 said:

What Time of Day to Harvest?
Timing the harvest is Paramount to the final quality. Harvest your precious buds in the dark, just before the lights normally come on. If possible, do not allow the plants to see direct light as long as their roots are attached. Direct light on a plant will draw up stored starches and sugars from the root system.

During the nighttime hours, our ladies are busy storing food down in their root system that they made during the daylight hours. During “lights out," starches and sugars produced by photosynthesis during the day drain downward to the roots. Knowing this, it is easy to figure out that you want to cut your plants away from the roots before the lights come on, when food moves back upward into the buds.

Outdoor herb is often harvested during the daytime hours and the result is a harsh, difficult burn and an extra long cure. The starches and sugars present in daytime-harvested herb act like fire retardants—not the effect we're looking for. In addition to tasting and burning bad, these fire retardants also change the chemical make up of the smoke you're ingesting. This means that the THC, cannabinol, cannabidoil and other active cannabinoids can't burn at the perfect temperature to get you properly high because they haven't properly converted to their psychoactive forms.

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so that one poster is ignorant I win yay! lol

greenish87 said:

What Time of Day to Harvest?
Timing the harvest is Paramount to the final quality. Harvest your precious buds in the dark, just before the lights normally come on. If possible, do not allow the plants to see direct light as long as their roots are attached. Direct light on a plant will draw up stored starches and sugars from the root system.

During the nighttime hours, our ladies are busy storing food down in their root system that they made during the daylight hours. During “lights out," . Knowing this, it is easy to figure out that you want to cut your plants away from the roots before the lights come on, when food moves back upward into the buds.

Outdoor herb is often harvested during the daytime hours and the result is a harsh, difficult burn and an extra long cure. The starches and sugars present in daytime-harvested herb act like fire retardants—not the effect we're looking for. In addition to tasting and burning bad, these fire retardants also change the chemical make up of the smoke you're ingesting. This means that the THC, cannabinol, cannabidoil and other active cannabinoids can't burn at the perfect temperature to get you properly high because they haven't properly converted to their psychoactive forms.

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Pretty wicked psycobabble going on here. How about we cut to the chase and you just cite a reference, just where did that information come from??
I do know that the real reason that we harvest before lights on is that THC is degraded by light, but nothing is mentioned about "starches and sugars produced by photosynthesis during the day drain downward to the roots" so I'm tossing the Bullshit flag on that one.

Ref: Organic Marijuana Soma Style (Soma)
The cannabis grow bible (Green)
Marijuana Horticulture & Med grow bible (Cervantes)
The Cannibis breeders bible (Green)
Marijuana garden saver (Rosenthal)

I'm always willing to learn so enlighten me please.

Blazed Hippie said:

so that one poster is ignorant I win yay! lol

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And you sir might investigate researching things on your own verses parroting incorrect information.

GWN

It's in Jorge's book "Marijuana Horticulture The indoor/outdoor Medical Growers Bible" I cant find the damn page but it's in the book I have read it many times. However, I don't think Jorge is the end all when it comes to growing. From his DVD he strikes me as a guy that's kind of full of shit. I don't know I just dont trust a guy that hides behind fake dreds and dark ass glasses. Ed never did that.

the real test is to just do it early morning on some and not on others on the same plant. Stop bitching about something you havent tried urself. Jorge is not full of shit he has been doing this for 40 years. Yes he is set in some of is ways. I have read many different articles stating to do this for several different reasons. If you dont think jorge is right then DO IT.