When should I flush? I'm using Botanicare Pro bloom soil formula

gymfean

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So I'm in week 1 of flowering using Botanicare Pro Bloom soil (at half dose, 10ml a gallon to start), liquid Karma 5ml a gallon, Bud Candy 8ml a gallon and starting next feeding I'm going to add Snow Storm Ultra.

I was wondering when and how often would you flush? Every other feeding? Every other week? Once every 21 days? Or just in the last 2 weeks?
 

gymfean

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I think your confusing two types of flushing
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Well I understand flushing in the last two weeks is to flush out all the nutrients for taste / flavor..... flushing your plants during growth is to flush out as much old nutrients as possible before you hit them with a fresh batch of nutrients. Correct?

And what's your opinion on my original question?
 

bgmike8

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Well I understand flushing in the last two weeks is to flush out all the nutrients for taste / flavor..... flushing your plants during growth is to flush out as much old nutrients as possible before you hit them with a fresh batch of nutrients. Correct?

And what's your opinion on my original question?
I do aero and can't comment on soil
I can tell you that the last two weeks your plants are going to need food not flushing.
 

thewanderingjack

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NEVER!!! (imagine it like a battle cry... not like savage viking... more like schoolyard tackle football)

I stop feeding... well I don't really feed much at all... I mix my soil to get my plant through veg and then top dress for bloom. I sometimes add a little something to my watering... if I feel like it... tiny amounts... so yeah, I use only water for the last idk, week? before I stop watering altogether. But even if i was feeding them regularly I wouldn't call this flushing, more like, not spending more nutrients on a plant that's not gonna use them.

What are you trying to accomplish here? I mean you can flush the soil but not the plant, and you don't want to flush out the soil unless there's a problem. The soil is supposed to hold the nutrients in suspension for the roots to absorb... its like a buffet (to a degree) you make as much available as possible, and the plant will take what it needs as it needs it... As long as your quantities/ratios are right for the amount of soil and the plant you have, you're never trying to get the nutrients out of the soil... you worked hard to get them there, why flush them away?

One reason roots grow is because they are "eating" their way through the soil... absorbing the nutrients in proximity to them, and reaching out for more (they're also looking for more oxygen and water... so yeah, roots as mouths... wormy mouths). They're not just soaking up everything in the pot all at once.

I think you need to rethink your approach to feeding (in dirt... what you're doing sounds like something a hydro grower might do).
 
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beanzz

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Well I understand flushing in the last two weeks is to flush out all the nutrients for taste / flavor..... flushing your plants during growth is to flush out as much old nutrients as possible before you hit them with a fresh batch of nutrients. Correct?

And what's your opinion on my original question?

Don't flush m8
 

Six9

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OP you're in early flower. 10ml gal Botanicare bloom, 5ml Karma can be run every watering. If anything cut that in half last two weeks. The other stuff.. ehh keep it light too.
 

Dr.Nick Riviera

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flush when you have a problem depending on what hydro system you got I would flush it once a week to get that stuff out especially issuing organics "pro bloom " that's how I did it back when I did aeroponics
WHAT? WTF Why do people pipe in with bad info and info that has nothing to do with SOIL?
 

bgmike8

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Clearly you never grown hydro go ahead don't flush when you hoses and sprayers get clogged don't say I didn't warn ya I've grown aero hydro etc and when it's organic it leaves film and crust all inside res hence why you would flush it out and God forbid you feed and the plant can't take it and shows symptoms of burn wouldn't you flush it hence why you flush with problems you are most def not a DR in anything plant related enjoy that salt build up
I agree but I think the good dr. Is wondering why you're giving aero advice to a soil grower.
 

bgmike8

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Lol. Damn stoners.

I just ran aero with gh flora and it didn't clog shit. But I made my spray holes pretty big.
 

Alexander Supertramp

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Well I understand flushing in the last two weeks is to flush out all the nutrients for taste / flavor..... flushing your plants during growth is to flush out as much old nutrients as possible before you hit them with a fresh batch of nutrients. Correct?

And what's your opinion on my original question?
Search for RM3 thread on this site named :making it rain. At least thats close to the title. It contains pretty much all you need to know about your question.
 
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