Dwarf Auto: Harvest Flush Help!

esbo

Active Member
Hello, this is my first post and I'm really happy to be a part of this great community. I would like to ask you when I should start flushing and harvesting my plant.

Prerequisites:

Medium && Equipment:
  • Soil: Bio Bizz Allmix
  • Pot size: 11.5 liters (Fabric one)
  • Light: Mars Hydro TS600
  • Numb of plants: 1
  • Light Schedule: 18/6
Nutrient Schedule: (BioBizz Products) - On every watering
  • Bio Grow 1 ml / L
  • Bio Bloom 5 ml / L
  • Bio Top Max 5 ml / L
  • Bio Heaven 6 ml / L
  • Bio Active Vera 6. ml / L
  • Bio Calc Mag 0.5 ml / L
  • Bio Fish Mix 1 ml / L

Current state:
  • Currently I'm on day 63 and week 9 of growing the strain: Royal Dwarf Auto from Royal Queen Seeds.

Question / Advice needed:

I don't know when to harvest or when to start flushing since I'm still feeding my plant full cycle of nutrients with hope of buds fattening up and getting stronger and bigger. I'm waiting for a microscope in a few days to observe closely the trichomes but currently with naked eye I can see that are in the cloudy stage window. I don't want them to be fully amber. I don't mind if they are cloudy with some of them amber so I believe if I keep it 1 more week I won't get fully amber.

My current plan:

Keep the nutrients for another 2 days and then start flushing for 1 week to drain all nutrients from the plant and clear it out. So basically harvest it in one or one and half week from today.

Extra questions:

Since I'm still feeding with nutrients I keep seeing new leaves growing in the colas and underneath, and growth keeps going on and buds are getting fatter even though trichromes are cloudy. Will I get to a point that I will be able to harvest bigger yield but with less potency? / I've been checking grow diaries website with the similar strain and the harvest window defers from week 9 to week 13. I'm a little bit confused, that's why I need your experts advice.

Worth mentioning:

This is my first grow and there have been many errors and problems, since I didn't have proper measurement instruments there were issues in previous weeks with wrong PH and nutrient lockout. Had to do a mini flush for a few days to stabilize nutrients and ph last week. This is why I selected this super easy strain for beginning.

 

Herb & Suds

Well-Known Member
Shouldn't I flush with clean ph'd water to get all nutrients out and have better taste? Dude if you don't want to give any input then don't reply at all.
Flushing is to remove salt build up which causes lockout
Running straight water will not alter the plants taste or effects
Welcome to RIU
 

esbo

Active Member
How do you remove nutrients from the bud? "flushing" just starves a plant at the end forcing it to cannibalize the leaves. Nothing leaves the bud.
I'm a little bit confused. From what I've read they are saying that at least 1 or 2 weeks before harvest you should flush OR water your plant with just plain water in order to clear out all remaining nutrients and prepare the buds for harvest. I've been also told that if you don't do this step, the bud will have very harsh taste and it will not be enjoyable.

Am I missing or confusing something? My question above is according to the looks of the current state of the plant, if I should start this procedure now ? I'm not expert .
 

Buddernugs

Well-Known Member
It’s been proven in lab studies to hurt end product for that Reason alone I don’t flush you’re hurting your terpene profile and resin out put, flavor and aroma buy flushing
 
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Eugenios

Well-Known Member
So best approach according to the article would be not to flush at all / because it might damage the final result / , just to continue with my watering and feeding schedule till the end? Thanks
I'm also a noob on my 2nd indoor grow and I was skeptical about not flushing because you hear about flushing everywhere and from anyone, especially fertilizer companies. I did harvest without flushing and did a proper WET dry and cure and the flavour was amazing. That's why I love this forum. REAL GROWERS GIVING REAL ADVICE.
 

Creature1969

Well-Known Member
Too much B.S. mysticism surrounding this plant.

I get a chuckle out of all the folks who spend a fortune on crap to dump on their plants during flower only to starve them at the end when they're packing on weight. Not much point in a super charger if you're gonna cut off your fuel before the race is over. :bigjoint:
 
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