not flushing chemical fertilizer out of plants

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whitebb2727

whitebb2727

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racerboy71 said:
websites are just like a thread on here imo, any larry shmoe or jack can start a web site these days and put up what ever they want.. having a web site doesn't automatically make one a master grower, it makes one a web designer.. same as writing books.. people always say, well jorge cervantes says that we must flush, and he wrote the grow bible, therefore blah blah blah.. again, writing a book doesn't make anyone a master grower, just an author..

imvho, flushing doesn't do poo to help the taste of quality of the buds we smoke.. i'll never understand who dumping water through a medium such as soil does anything to remove nutrients that are what make up these buds.. nutrients aren't even stored in buds to begin with..
secondly, what other crop grown in the world flushes ?? i know what you're going to say, but we smoke cannabis and only eat vegetables.. i don't really see what difference it makes if flushing is supposed to make the end product, buds, taste better, why wouldn't farmers flush their crops? surely they'd not want their fruits and veggies to taste like nasty chemicals, no?
flushing in cannabis is something that nutrient companies thought up in order to, get this, sell the magic potion that cannabis growers are supposed to use, say for instance, final flush, which is about 90 plus percent pure water, which is again, supposed to magically remove those nasty chemicals..
end rant.. if you really want to find out the answer, take a mother plant, take some clones from her, grow out exactly the same way, magically flush aways all those nasty chemicals on one or more of the clones, harvest, dry, CURE, and smoke the plants.. do the same exact thing again with the other set of clones, only this time don't flush, harvest, dry, CURE, and again, smoke the results.. mix the buds up in a pile so you don't know what one you're smoking when or other wise you might have a placebo effect thinking that one is different when it's not.. invite a few friends over, do the same thing.. mix up a few small buds in a pile and have a smoke out.. see if any of your friends think that one or the other has a different taste, or one pop, snapple and fisses, i've never had any sort of bud that does this btw, flushed or unflushed, and compare the color of the ash, my personal fave, and see the results for yourself..
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Snap, crackle and pop are from immature seeds. So small you cant see them.

The op probably hermed them from over feeding.
 
cat of curiosity

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CriticalCheeze said:
watering 1.5 acres by hand must be awesome lol.
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with a watering can (3g), and walking back and forth to fill it at the spigot on the side of the shed...

i remember getting bitched at by my parents when i spent MY money running hoses and sprinklers on 6' posts, and just turned the water on. the 'waste of water' was a sin that would send me to hell five times over...
 
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whitebb2727 said:
Not true. My veggie garden is no till organic. Yes it is a lot more work to setup but after it is less work. I know its veggies but its the same goal. Big yields.
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Is that like leaf gardening? My mother adopted that style after reading Mother Earth news about areas rich in leaf material. She had pretty amazing yields for a mountainside garden after working the soil for ten+ years with manure, seasonal lime, her own compost and shredded leaves. She mulched the whole thing with shredded leaves and if more fell while the garden was growing, she just raked or vacuumed them up and shredded them between the rows.

You wanna talk about some good dirt. That was REAL black gold ;)
 
whitebb2727

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qwizoking said:
What makes you say that white?

I've had plants herm towards the end and found premature seed. Once those were out it was good.
Idk coukda been to far along
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You ever burn a joint and a seed pop? I got a couple Mexican sativas I like growing and they throw nanners and seed a few lower limbs.

One time it happened late flower and were a bunch of seeds in a couple buds. Really small. It caused it to crack and pop when I smoked it. The seeds were tiny.
 
whitebb2727

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I grow organic so no need to flush. Even with salts you don't need to flush if a couple of proper watering techniques are used.

Don't over feed and water until 20% runoff to prevent salt buildup.

As others have stated, flushing only removes salt from the medium.

I am a firm believer in keep them green to the end. Why starve them when they are putting on weight.

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roseypeach said:
Is that like leaf gardening? My mother adopted that style after reading Mother Earth news about areas rich in leaf material. She had pretty amazing yields for a mountainside garden after working the soil for ten+ years with manure, seasonal lime, her own compost and shredded leaves. She mulched the whole thing with shredded leaves and if more fell while the garden was growing, she just raked or vacuumed them up and shredded them between the rows.

You wanna talk about some good dirt. That was REAL black gold ;)
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I have a huge compost pile that I put leaves, plants from the garden, chicken and cow manure.

I add alfalfa, compost and worm castings. Fresh cow manure. To the garden.

I mulch real good.

I have a rain catch and use a cast iron pump to water.
 
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