If I don't flush I'm going to have nasty black ash, buds that won't burn and my lungs will be fried.
Where does this shit come from? Over and over, the same thing.
Listen up. If you don't overfeed it, Including especially Silicon use in soil (Si makes for darker ash that's stronger). You won't have that problem.
Uncured sugars impart bad tastes and cause improper burning. Makes you cough and is harsh. PROPER DRY AND CURE!
NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING gets "flushed" in the
real world! No food stuff and for sure. NO product used for smoking is ever "flushed"..... I smoke high end cigars. I've been on tours of the top tobacco plantations, curing facilities, and rolling houses. All over the globe. The real
key to ash, burn and flavor.....
Is all done by the dry and cure!
In the Dominican Republic, on a tobacco plantation, in the field with the head grower... I asked (decades ago) if or when they flush. The translator did his thing while the grower was looking at me. His face changed to a look of complete confusion.....He replied, "What ever for?"
I could go on and tell a longer version of what we talked about next but, WHY?
Flushing removes NOTHING from the plant!
Fade only moves what your trying to get rid of. Go right to where your intending to getting rid of it.
Both of them reduce overall quality and you can't reach potentials by doing it.
How about you study drying and curing, instead of wasting our time here with your old school myth's from logic that doesn't work!