flush even if trichomes are clear?

hossfield

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hey this weekend will be week 8 of flowering, theyre looking pretty ready but the trichomes are still clear, i want them to be that milky white befor i harvest, should i flush? or wait till the trichomes are ready and then flush for a week
 

hearmenow

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The whole point in flushing is to remove the remaining nutes from the soil and to force the plant to use up what it's stored internally. This would give you a "cleaner" taste, with no chemical after-taste. Some growers flush periodically throughout their grow and some never flush at all. I would flush a week before harvest and then only give them plain water the rest of the way. Good luck.
 

hossfield

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well what im asking is most people say 2 months of flowering, and the last week flush, next week is my last week but the trichomes dont look ready yet, think they wil be ready in a weeks time?
 

green_nobody

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well what im asking is most people say 2 months of flowering, and the last week flush, next week is my last week but the trichomes dont look ready yet, think they wil be ready in a weeks time?
well most indica heavy strains need about 8 weeks to "get to the point" but i would rather go with the trichomes color the with a time schedule since you seem to be checking 'em;)
flushing is suppost to reduce the amount of chemical compounds in the plants, but i would rather call this a myst then a fact;) the harsh taste of weed normally comes from poorly dryed and then even poorer if at all cured buds, very typical with bought weed which is usally just forced dried in a oven:evil:

dry it slow and steady and cure it well and save you the trouble of flushing them to death;) if you want some super smooth smoke look into water curing, a form of water fermentation also used with high end tobacco to avoid blending it with chemicals to smoothen the smoke of it.:blsmoke:
 

green_nobody

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how much extra weight loss can you expect when you water cure them?
if you water-cure it would be 10 to maybe 15% less weight but this is just from salts and fertilizer residues and chlorophyll you washed out. if you want to sell this, which we not promote here to do, you will have to adjusted, but then it is really premium anyway:D

on the other hand that is what you can loss if you flush the last 2 weeks of flower as well, but then in actual grow;)
 
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