Flushing. How much is too much?

[Derick32]

Hey everyone. I have a few questions for anyone out there who would like to help. I have a few plants that are in veg that are starting to yellow a bit. Pretty sure they're not root bound or suffering a lack of nutrition. The run off is too acidic so I've been flushing with PH'd water with a PPM of 20. Organic soil mixed with pete and perlite. How much can I run through them? Should I keep flushing till the PH is right? Should I wait few few days before flushing again?

 

[Iamlegend2121]

Hey everyone. I have a few questions for anyone out there who would like to help. I have a few plants that are in veg that are starting to yellow a bit. Pretty sure they're not root bound or suffering a lack of nutrition. The run off is too acidic so I've been flushing with PH'd water with a PPM of 20. Organic soil mixed with pete and perlite. How much can I run through them? Should I keep flushing till the PH is right? Should I wait few few days before flushing again?

What I was told when I did my flush for the same reason is 3 times the size of the pot like if you have a 3 gallon pot run 9 gallons of ph'd water through them

 

[chuck estevez]

you have organic soil, what is it that you are trying/thinking you are flushing?
Organic soil should be kept alive to feed the plant, that is how organic soil works, you FEED the soil, the soil feeds the plant.
starve the soil by "flushing' mass water will only hurt your organic soil.
also, forget ph and measuring run off, both stupid things with an organic soil.

 

[Derick32]

What I was told when I did my flush for the same reason is 3 times the size of the pot like if you have a 3 gallon pot run 9 gallons of ph'd water through them

Did that work out for you?

 

[Derick32]

you have organic soil, what is it that you are trying/thinking you are flushing?
Organic soil should be kept alive to feed the plant, that is how organic soil works, you FEED the soil, the soil feeds the plant.
starve the soil by "flushing' mass water will only hurt your organic soil.
also, forget ph and measuring run off, both stupid things with an organic soil.

Don't the microbes create waste that can build up in the soil and harm the plant? Why is my run off acidic and piss colored?

 

[Diabolical666]

you have organic soil, what is it that you are trying/thinking you are flushing?
Organic soil should be kept alive to feed the plant, that is how organic soil works, you FEED the soil, the soil feeds the plant.
starve the soil by "flushing' mass water will only hurt your organic soil.
also, forget ph and measuring run off, both stupid things with an organic soil.

*Bows to the allmighty Chuck*

 

[Iamlegend2121]

Did that work out for you?

My run off is still low so it did not help with that but it did help my plants. But I'm also not growing all organic I use some chemical nutes so you should probably listen to chuck on this one.

 

[vostok]

to my blog on the fine art of .....https://www.rollitup.org/Journal/Entry/flush-baby-flush.30160/

 

[Derick32]

to my blog on the fine art of .....https://www.rollitup.org/Journal/Entry/flush-baby-flush.30160/

Thanks. That was helpful.

 

[Derick32]

My run off is still low so it did not help with that but it did help my plants. But I'm also not growing all organic I use some chemical nutes so you should probably listen to chuck on this one.

Thanks.

 

[chuck estevez]

Don't the microbes create waste that can build up in the soil and harm the plant? Why is my run off acidic and piss colored?

NO,No and NO. do not flush an organic soil. see what I posted earlier about run off and ph, forget about them, especially with organics

 

[Derick32]

NO,No and NO. do not flush an organic soil. see what I posted earlier about run off and ph, forget about them, especially with organics

Thanks for the advice. Cheers.