Getting ready for flower

[feistfrost]

I'm just wondering if I need to trim any more before flowing ? .. I have black diesel on the left and purple paralysis on right .. also I've read about flushing my plants but I'm not sure how the hell to do that with those big tubs..any help would be appreciated

 

[$bkbbudz$]

As far as trimming...that is up to you. Personally I lollipop my gurlz and remove all foliage from under the canopy. It gets little or no light and will only suck developmental production from bud sites..IMHO.

As for flushing...many schools of thought there. Some never do it, some do it between cycles, some do it only at the end of veg and still others only at the end of flowering. Lots if threads on the subject...the search tool is your friend. In your particular case if you are going to flush...you could set the tubs on top of a grating of some kind...(an oven rack would work great). Place it over your bath tub...or outdoors if you can and flush away. Also if you are going to flush...the general consensus is to use 3 gallons of water per gallon of soil. Personally, I use about 1.5 gallon per.

But hey, get other opinions and make an informed choice. At the end of the day it is your grow.

 

[feistfrost]

As far as trimming...that is up to you. Personally I lollipop my gurlz and remove all foliage from under the canopy. It gets little or no light and will only suck developmental production from bud sites..IMHO.

As for flushing...many schools of thought there. Some never do it, some do it between cycles, some do it only at the end of veg and still others only at the end of flowering. Lots if threads on the subject...the search tool is your friend. In your particular case if you are going to flush...you could set the tubs on top of a grating of some kind...(an oven rack would work great). Place it over your bath tub...or outdoors if you can and flush away. Also if you are going to flush...the general consensus is to use 3 gallons of water per gallon of soil. Personally, I use about 1.5 gallon per.

But hey, get other opinions and make an informed choice. At the end of the day it is your grow.

...... now would I have to pH the water if I flush ?

 

[backtracker]

I'm just wondering if I need to trim any more before flowing ? .. I have black diesel on the left and purple paralysis on right .. also I've read about flushing my plants but I'm not sure how the hell to do that with those big tubs..any help would be appreciated

In that soil flushing would cause water logging. Flushing is used to wash fertilizer salts out of the soil but if you haven't over fertilized then when you stop feeding they will use the food available in the soil and leaves.. The last 2-3 weeks just use plain water it will do the same thing. The big leaves can be tucked away so they don't shade the buds that way you don't open the plant up to infections and the plants will take the nutrients stored in those leaves and drop them when they turn yellow

 

[feistfrost]

In that soil flushing would cause water logging. Flushing is used to wash fertilizer salts out of the soil but if you haven't over fertilized then when you stop feeding they will use the food available in the soil and leaves.. The last 2-3 weeks just use plain water it will do the same thing. The big leaves can be tucked away so they don't shade the buds that way you don't open the plant up to infections and the plants will take the nutrients stored in those leaves and drop them when they turn yellow

... thanks man