Stop watering and let her dry out VS traditional Flushing

If you stop watering the plant that is to be harvested won't it just "use up" the remaining nutrients basically mirroring a "traditional" H2O flush?

I know it is not apples to apples because the water flush could be weeks as opposed to days of just letting it dry out, but I'm thinking there might be a sweet spot there or something... like a big final soaking then putting her on cruise control until harvest...

Wouldn't this not only be an effective lazy man's nutrient flush, but also provide a head-start in the drying process?

As an intermediate grower, what am I missing here ... and if I'm on to something please share your actually technique.

Thanks so much and stay lifted!

I've seen a lot of posts on here recently about flushing.

I don't flush. Seems unnecessary to me. Plain water for 2 weeks, no water for 5-7 days, chop chop.

Do you happen to know on what day it has depleted it's water supply? I'm assuming they are dry by at least day 4 if not sooner? good stuff, thanks!

TheDifferenceX said:

I've seen a lot of posts on here recently about flushing.

I don't flush. Seems unnecessary to me. Plain water for 2 weeks, no water for 5-7 days, chop chop.

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How is that not flushing?

It means both. One is when problems occur during grow and one is before harvest. I think he means he doesn’t run gallons of water through at a time?

TheDifferenceX said:

I've seen a lot of posts on here recently about flushing.

I don't flush. Seems unnecessary to me. Plain water for 2 weeks, no water for 5-7 days, chop chop.

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Plain water for two weeks is just a slow flush

farmingfisherman said:

How is that not flushing?

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Guess you got me there. I've always looked at flushing as giving a plant a large amount of water and achieving plenty of runoff. Not a normal watering schedule w/o nutes.

I do not flush anymore. It is not necessary in Coco grows ( Not a mix between soil and coco/perlite, but pure coco), the medium does not hold nutrients to begin with. Also I hand water till run off , so essentially every watering (1x-2x daily) it re-feeds the medium with fresh nutrients via the water. I find that flushing only deprives the plant of vital nutrients during the flowering stage, the plant yellows and this generally means it is screaming for nutrients. Without flushing you can still achieve a white ash , smooth smoke , frosty buds ect... Your just not starving the plant. However I am not a soil grower , so I understand it might be different when ramping the EC levels up for flowering in soil. From personal experience no flush in coco with EC 2.0 - 3.0 during the mid flowering stages makes for some great results!
Happy growing!

TheDifferenceX said:

I've always looked at flushing as giving a plant a large amount of water and achieving plenty of runoff. Not a normal watering schedule w/o nutes.

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That would be leeching, a method of flushing.

Thanks for this discussion everyone. It is terrific information.