how often to flush hydro?

i use a bucket/dripper fed/ gravity hydro system, homemade. i have my plants in 3 gallon buckets with hydroton as the medium. i use advanced conniseur. and i have been told by some people not to flush weekly and others say that flushing that often is bad. any one know of a good solution

It really depends on the kind of nutes and how much of them. Flushing is to clear out salt build up and i used to have a religious flushing schedule but since i lowered my ppm from 1600+ to 800-1000 i have not had the salt issues and i no longer flush.

I flush at 10 days til harvest, also growing in a drip system with hydroton. Using GH, having a ppm range in flower of 1200 - 1700 and have had no issues. If your worried about it though a quick flush probably couldn't hurt.

I used to flush at every water chg. Like super said, since I dropped my nutes no flushing necessary.

Flush every water change for 2-3 hours with plain water ph'ed or clearing solution Ph'ed to keep medium working at optimal levels. Its not that hard and no reason to be lazy. Prevents salt build up and keeps your hydroton from fluctuating ph in your water. It also may get some extra dust out of the hydroton that your initial rinse did not get. Just do it.

not flushing is not being lazy. It is just not necessary and can be harmful to your plants.

Another fantastic reason to not use a media. Collars and netpots are the easiest and cheapest. You run 250+ gallons in res's and see how lazy that sounds.

Ya what he said!

superstoner1 said:

Another fantastic reason to not use a media. Collars and netpots are the easiest and cheapest. You run 250+ gallons in res's and see how lazy that sounds.

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yep, just over 300 gallons myself. Nothin lazy about it.

wolftickets500 said:

i use a bucket/dripper fed/ gravity hydro system, homemade. i have my plants in 3 gallon buckets with hydroton as the medium. i use advanced conniseur. and i have been told by some people not to flush weekly and others say that flushing that often is bad. any one know of a good solution

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C'mon guys no one is talking about your super huge expensive grows...

HuH? No we are talking about flushing. Someone said it was lazy not to flush. It doesn't matter how big or small ur rez is the need to flush or not is still the same.

I dont know if DWC is a whole lot different from drip but I only flush at the end for 5 days.

joe macclennan said:

HuH? No we are talking about flushing. Someone said it was lazy not to flush. It doesn't matter how big or small ur rez is the need to flush or not is still the same.

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I agree, flushing is not mandatory, but until you get dialed in and stop using the charts on the bottles or even suggestions your buddies say about feed schedule you should take the precaution because salts are going to build up and your medium is basically a fluctuation waiting to happen. Just from the post this guy put up I would say he needs to flush.

Now if you want to give him detailed instructions on how you run your flush free perfect grow is a whole different story.

Oh, now I see. You were the one who suggested flushing for like 3 hrs. No need for all that IMVHO. Al. B. Fuct. says no flush. So I no flush.
kay?

joe macclennan said:

Oh, now I see. You were the one who suggested flushing for like 3 hrs. No need for all that IMVHO. Al. B. Fuct. says no flush. So I no flush.
kay?

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Every professional grower I have ever read about flushes and so do I.

joe macclennan said:

Oh, now I see. You were the one who suggested flushing for like 3 hrs. No need for all that IMVHO. Al. B. Fuct. says no flush. So I no flush.
kay?

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Well since you want to be a DICK. You need to flush especially if your using Hydroton. I never flushed and re used my hydroton after only rinsing with water. Then I saw Ph fluctuations from 5.8 to 4.3 with normal use of GH nutes in a power grower. Not only should he flush he should make sure he soaks his Hydroton in the desired Ph for 24 hours before his next grow.

Al B fuct also says you can grow like 2 pounds every two weeks... GTFOH Mofo's aint doing that shit til they get dialed in x2....

bigv1976 said:

Every professional grower I have ever read about flushes and so do I.

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If you are happy w/ your results good on ya. bro. I follow al's lead on this. No offense.
I consider him a professional.

joe macclennan said:

If you are happy w/ your results good on ya. bro. I follow al's lead on this. No offense.
I consider him a professional.

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No I hear ya I am sure Chem Dog couldnt hold a candle to Als grows.

bigv1976 said:

No I hear ya I am sure Chem Dog couldnt hold a candle to Als grows.

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Don't know chemdog

joe macclennan said:

Don't know chemdog

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Sounds like there is alot you dont know.