"Christmas Tree" flush?

OK, maybe a stupid question but here goes. Could I simply cut down an entire plant and submerge the base of the stem in water and let it sit for a week to flush the plant? How about pulling up a plant grown in soil, rinsing the rootball and then giving the same treatment. Would it flush?

Reason I ask is that during harvest season, I've had the experience of cutting plants, bringing them indoors to trim and placing each plant in a five gallon bucket of water. They stay in pristine condition for several days until I can get around to trimming. Especially helpful when the weather is quickly changing and I wish to cut before cold, wet weather front is moving in.

Probably would be less work to just take a shovel and cut the root out of the ground and put it into a pot. Putting it into just water works the same as cutting roses and putting them in a vase of water; it keeps them alive for longer than if they didnt have any water, but it doesnt "flush" them or anything. This type of "flushing" or just "flushing" in general doesnt actually do anything other than strip your medium of nutrients unless of course you added way too much nutrients. Otherwise your plants are going to take what they need, and if you "flush" them, then youre depriving them of what they want and we should call plant protective services.

I think the shock will make the plant want to store as much of the nutrients as it can and save its energy. Have you tried a chemical flush like final flush or floral clean. it tricks the plants into expelling all the nutrients the plant has out of the roots. most flushes only take 2 days with those solutions. its what i use and works great.

I read somewhere that a slow flush is a better flush.. i read the "christmas tree" flush your talking about will cause the cells in the plant to stop moving things in and out causing the fertilizer to stay in the plant.

I flush twice over 10 days with RO water in rockwool. great tasting smoke in my vaporizer
some say don't flush at all

I'm an organic outdoor dirt farmer using 100 gallon fabric pots. No real buildup of salts or unused nutrients in the plants. Just wondered about opinions on the "christmas tree" finish as a help or hinderance.

bigskymtnguy said:

I'm an organic outdoor dirt farmer using 100 gallon fabric pots. No real buildup of salts or unused nutrients in the plants. Just wondered about opinions on the "christmas tree" finish as a help or hinderance.

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I would just stop using fertilizer the last 4 weeks of flower. I only grow my vegetables outside this is what I do otherwise the tomatoes are a little gross. My 2cents