Harvest time
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TommyDumper
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oh yeah. me too! I usually have to double flush. Not my plants
I do use the shooting powder and have noticed a difference. It seems to give the flowers a good hard final push in late flower. Worth every penny
I do use the shooting powder and have noticed a difference. It seems to give the flowers a good hard final push in late flower. Worth every penny
So you think I should flush for two weeks then ?
When did you use the shooting powder for the last few weeks?
TommyDumper
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Check our Purrrrple's post on H&G he describes what each product does and if it is worth it. https://www.rollitup.org/t/the-official-house-and-garden-thread.194632/post-2505994
TommyDumper
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yes, as directed per their website. Weeks 6, 7 and 8 in an 8 week flower
Kalebaiden
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So shooting powder is P and K mixed with hormones (marketed as vitamins). I can get an equal effect with bat guano and liquid kelp in an organic format.
TommyDumper
Member
Now you're talking above my pay grade. No idea. My philosophy is to surround myself with people way smarter than me and listen. I just do as I am told and try not to ask too many questions
The Gram Reaper
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I thought shooting powder was suppose to be used early bud, to get more bud sites, but I could be confusing products. Its a hormone isn't it?
The best thing to do with the topic of flushing is to do a side by side comparison and make your own judgements. See what pros and cons come from each and choose what is best for you. I hear just cutting cal mag and lowering nutrient levels the last 2 weeks is a happy medium between the two. That's about as far as I want to get into that subject lol.
The best thing to do with the topic of flushing is to do a side by side comparison and make your own judgements. See what pros and cons come from each and choose what is best for you. I hear just cutting cal mag and lowering nutrient levels the last 2 weeks is a happy medium between the two. That's about as far as I want to get into that subject lol.
Thundercat
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One of the biggest issues with this topic is that “flushing” has had different meanings over the years and to different people.
When I started growing and reading about growing in ‘05 and when I got on this forum back in ‘08, flushing meant: running a volume of water roughly 3x the volume of the medium being used through it.
Now a days many growers have begun to call it “flushing” when they just use plain water the last few weeks. Which is a misnomer, what they are doing is just called watering......albeit without nutrients.
I suggest everyone do their own tests. I’ve done mine, with identical plants, under identical conditions. I never found any benefit to flushing plants by either definition.
The way I ran my system the last 10 years it was more work to flush plants then it was not to. And seeing no benefit after studying the process I never adopted it for long term use.
As has been mentioned the main keys to smooth clean burning smoke is in the dry and the cure. But I will also add that growing a healthy plant to full ripeness is also key to a good result.
When I started growing and reading about growing in ‘05 and when I got on this forum back in ‘08, flushing meant: running a volume of water roughly 3x the volume of the medium being used through it.
Now a days many growers have begun to call it “flushing” when they just use plain water the last few weeks. Which is a misnomer, what they are doing is just called watering......albeit without nutrients.
I suggest everyone do their own tests. I’ve done mine, with identical plants, under identical conditions. I never found any benefit to flushing plants by either definition.
The way I ran my system the last 10 years it was more work to flush plants then it was not to. And seeing no benefit after studying the process I never adopted it for long term use.
As has been mentioned the main keys to smooth clean burning smoke is in the dry and the cure. But I will also add that growing a healthy plant to full ripeness is also key to a good result.
The Gram Reaper
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Flushing to me is a complete flush out of nutrients, like it was for you. Thank you for clearing that up. Its odd they don't just call it watering...
puffdatchronic
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Maybe we arent on the same page about the term flushing.
I mean i just water for the last 2 weeks with no food. The plant survives easily for a week then slowly yellows out its leaves by which stage its done.
I mean i just water for the last 2 weeks with no food. The plant survives easily for a week then slowly yellows out its leaves by which stage its done.
Boatguy
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That is true of any stage of the grow. Why you would deliberately do that at the end of flower is still a mystery to this noob.
puffdatchronic
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F off troll.
Boatguy
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You dont seem to like others disagreeing with your opinions. So far you have called me a noob for saying that seeds crackle and pop, and now a troll for saying that starving a plant for 2 weeks causes leaves to yellow.
Who is the troll? Pretty positive i am correct on both statements
puffdatchronic
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If youve never smoked weed thats cracked and popped then ...you are a noob. Its not seeds. Its over ferted bud. Every seasoned smoker has came across it at one time or anotherYou dont seem to like others disagreeing with your opinions. So far you have called me a noob for saying that seeds crackle and pop, and now a troll for saying that starving a plant for 2 weeks causes leaves to yellow.
Who is the troll? Pretty positive i am correct on both statements
And as per the results of the study. Makes no difference to weight ,thc or quality whether you starve them for two weeks or not. (Hint hint, there is plenty in the soil to keep them going for a good while) and many ,including myself feel that bud that has been faded out for less chorophyl , smokes better and tastes better. Plus two weeks of not mixing feed is very welcome
Seems to me, that you are indeed the troll.
And i shall not feed thee any further