Question about flushing and watering cycle.

Hi all, thanks for your time. Now I heard a ton of things regarding these subjects. I wanted to know your opinion and what you found to work best.

I use a soiless mix with vermiculite/perilte and peat moss. Now my question is what works better, a nute / water / nute / water cycle or give nutes every time but flush every couple weeks?

I'm having a bit of a salt build up right now and the plants are seeing problems. So I will be flushing tonight. (PPM meter is flashing 2000 on the run off, which I know this is the problem)

How often should you flush if you give nutes everytime and how much water should you use? I am using 3 gallon pots atm. Also, is there a product out there that can help from preventing this or flushing with pure PH'ed water does the trick just as good?

Much love guys, 3lusive.

I'm soiless growing in coco hand watering with nutes everyday and my plant loves it I just feed lightly everyday. I'd give it a flush with phd water x3 amount your medium if its saying 2000ppm. I'm no expert but just what I would do, sure more people will fill you in with more info, GL

Thanks achaser87, ya I'm flushing right now. They are 2 weeks away from harvest, and they looks great just showing a little signs.

Water everyday? Not a 3 day cycle and watering until there is run-off? How much do you give them everyday and how little nutes, and how big are the containers?

I've got a 3.75 gal pot with botanicare cocogro and 15% perlite added. I use General Organics Line, I make a 2L solution light feeding 850ppm and 5.8 pH. 2L give me a good amount of runoff and my girl seems to love it!

So I flushed 2 plants last night and 1 tonight. Weird thing happened tho....the PH level went up after flushing. I used 30 L's on the 2 last night and 40 L's on the one tonight. I tested the water run off at the start and the PPM was off the charts but the PH level's were normal, then I got the PPM to what the water was going in but the PH went from 6.2 to 6.72. The water going in was about 6.15ph. I used lemon juice to bring the PH levels down, did it somehow dissipate while flushing?

Flushing stresses plants, lowers yield and does nothing to improve flavor and smell.

I'm not sure about the runoff. I know runoff means nothing in coco it's not accurate so I've never checked, always just made sure whatever is going in is ph at 5.8. But I'm not sure about perlite/vermiculite/peat moss I don't have experience with that

Trousers said:

Flushing stresses plants, lowers yield and does nothing to improve flavor and smell.

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Listen to this guy

j/k with the op

Clearly I had salt build up, what else are you suppose to get rid of it? Flushing is vital when you're PH is out of whack or in this case, salt build up. I've experimented with 2 other plants and when I seen signs of cal/mag deficiency I gave them cal/mag...nothing happened. The problem got worse.

Could it be the plants are root bound? Is it normal for your run-off to read over 2000 PPM...I'm guessing it's def not normal. So again, I'm left with the vital question, do I flush to get rid of salt build up...or re-plant into bigger pots.

Or stick to a nute/water/nute/water cycle, instead of nutes everytime...oh the joys of learning.

Cheers, 3lusive.

Fuck it imma re-plant into bigger pots.

If your pot is in a hard side pot...
First grab main stalk of plant
Then pull slightly out of bucket...
If soil is not to wet, you can pull 1/2 way out of bucket to check for root bound...
If it looks just like plant and not all the dirt and roots will pull out
STOP...You are not root bound...
Good Luck
BTW-I'd never re-pot 2 weeks before harvest....

Thanks sand, I just transplanted one that is only 18 days into flowering. It had roots all wrapped on the outside. I am confused, as I was told that I can keep them in 3 gallons until harvest. I was told to flush them every couple of weeks as well. fml...the only reason I ask questions is to learn, as we all had to start somewhere. The reason I ask such "newb" things as flushing is to better understand MY way of growing. I have read a ton, but a lot on soil/miracle grow and coco. This is only my 2nd grow and instead of only doing what I read and told....I am trying different things so I know for sure what works.

They are all the same strain and watered the same. I have now, added cal/mag with no results, I have flushed (however recent and won't know for a few more days) and now have transplanted my youngest as I see the stems starting to turn purple. So instead on giving up, killing them, or hahahaha look at this newb trying to learn...I want to grow, and grow good medicine I shall. Thanks for everyones time, and for those that are helping me, much love. Those who have nothing positive to say go waste your time elsewhere.

Peace, 3lusive.

Hope someone down the road reads this thread and learns from my mistakes, I'll tell everyone what it was and what helped in the end.