I don't think this statement is entirely true. Any grower with any experience will recomend flushing. By flushing, you remove alot of the chemicals from the root system thus improving taste and also the way the finished product burns. Im a soil grower and you pretty much just place your pots in the tub or I use a 5 gallon bucket and 2 wooden boards, set the plant on it and pour 1 gallon per pot size, of straight water thru it till drains all out. Repeat process when pot dries and that gets em flushed pretty well. Then just plain water from that point till harvest.
First I am a newbie so I probably shouldn't give any advice. But I did just finish my first grow in a NFT chamber so I did hydroponics too. I did not flush my plants. Now that you have my disclaimer here goes.
this^.. and everyone has there own way of flusing... this is wat i do.... 2 weeks before harvest i put it in the tub or sink wit 2 blocks underneath the pot for easy drainage,then run a hose and let it run for one full day and keep it dark in there as possible, then i put it back under the light wait a week or so wen its completly dry and repeat the process, then wen the pot is dry again i cut
I can appreciate that flushing is one of those controversial things, like trimming fan leaves, that has two very armed camps. Neither side has 'proven' their point. However, I would say that the grower's first responsibility is to be like Hippocrates, and 'do no harm.' Plants do not need to be flushed, and it can (at least) potentially hurt the final weeks of the plant's development.
i've always flushed, but i only have two in soil at the moment im midway through week 6 and was planning on beginning my flush steps over the next two weeks. however, after reading this thread i am wondering if weight wise i may be better off not flushing and just focusing on a perfect cure?
I flush a week before or ten days one crazy flush and let the soil dry completely dry before I harvest it I just flush it for a cleaner smoke most of the chronic bought of the street r not flushed anyways I say if your using strong nutes flush it u see the smoke being more white then grey more cleaner and it won't be popping and sizzling and it been working out for me
You guys are just fixing your mistakes.. to much nutrient in the soil? here's an idea don't fucken feed it more then it needs.. sure the flush takes care the plant. But who pays for all those wasted nutrients that got flushed out of the bottom of your pot? U guys need to look at this a different way.
Lol, you make claims about most educated growers but you aren't in the advanced marijuana section where the more seasoned hang out. Flushing is a myth, try growing nice green healthy leaves and the rest will happen for you like magic. Try not feeding so much at the end instead of flushing, all you are doing is fucking the root system during the last 10 days. Why would you wanna shock your plants?
