final flush.

Nursejanna · Mar 19, 2015

I'm a newbie myself, and have been told to flush, but be cautious about how much water is used (have been told too much will blow up the buds and decrease quality grade). Thoughts? I'm using sensi bloom (with added open sesame/big bud/overdrive), so shouldn't have a lot of leftover in the soil anyway since chelated (by my understanding anyway). I usually decrease to half normal watering for the first day of flush, then half it again and continue that daily until my girls are ready for harvest. I grow big for indoors, in 7cu ft containers I go from 1 gal to 1/2 gal to 1/4 gal. Pics are from my current run, around 18 days into flower (White Widow).

Pic below some of the apical buds from the last turn.

Thanks for any advice!

althor · Mar 19, 2015

ogreballerina said:
If you have good foliage your plant ( buds ) should never know the difference.
I have no problem with the plant cannibalizing the leaves. It's not affecting bud growth.
Leaves are not there just for photosynthesis....they are little nute storage units.

I just know that after years of growing, slow faded cannaibis tastes the best, ( cleanest, smoothest ) and buzziest.
Maybe why I win so many local coop awards. Even beating dispensary ( MMJ and retail )
And one of the reasons I don't smoke anybody else's weed but mine.

Try it yourself.
Take 2 plants feed one late and start fading the other 10 days to a week before harvest. Tell me which one better.

This is a Blueberry / Northern lights a week from harvest.
Doesn't look like it's suffering to me.

I have done the same thing myself many many times and the flushed plants are always better....

Be prepared for a verbal beat down though from 3 or 4 posters who live for this subject.

As far as the argument of denying nutrients during the growth, that last week the buds arent growing anyway, they have already finished their plumping stage. At that point they are just maturing, any nutrients they need will be stored in the leaves. At that point, that is the only thing leaves are good for.

final flush.

Nursejanna

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althor

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