Some people say don’t flush at all some say do?

Joshjgreen

Joshjgreen

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volcanoOFhistory said:
Synthetic nutes are nutrients already broken down into chemical salts. Organics utilize biological processes to break down organic matter into chemical salts. Idk what dude is talking about with his bacteria making chemical salts "organic" talk.
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Science mate! The specific bactos digest the npk, then "excrete" a chelated npk "isomer". Not sure of the specific bacto species though...
 
TychoMonolyth

TychoMonolyth

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volcanoOFhistory said:
I'd love to see an article about this.
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Have at it.
University of Guelph paper- Flushing is a myth!

Abstract
[snip...]Three treatments; control (irrigation events every 1-2 days), mild-stress (irrigation events every 2 days), and moderate-stress (irrigation events every 3 days) were tested. The effects of flushing were also investigated to determine whether it had the intended effect of reducing nutrient concentrations within the dried bud. Through the use of psychrometers, water status (cWP) thresholds were correlated with humidity (cVPD) thresholds and reduced irrigation frequency resulting in water use reductions up to 45.7% which had negligible impacts on yield and cannabinoid profile. Flushing was found to be ineffective in removing any significant amount of nutrient from the bud.
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If your weed is harsh, you didn't dry and cure properly. Period.
 
volcanoOFhistory

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Well considering "organic" is merely a designation that just implies that synthetic chemical nutrients aren't used in the growing process I'm pretty sure that even if a bacteria was processing chemical derived salts that it wouldn't become "organic". Its origination in that case is not from organic matter... which is the whole point behind the "organic" designation. Organics isn't a scientific designation, it's more of a marketing designation.
 
Joshjgreen

Joshjgreen

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volcanoOFhistory said:
Well considering "organic" is merely a designation that just implies that synthetic chemical nutrients aren't used in the growing process I'm pretty sure that even if a bacteria was processing chemical derived salts that it wouldn't become "organic". Its origination in that case is not from organic matter... which is the whole point behind the "organic" designation. Organics isn't a scientific designation, it's more of a marketing designation.
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I disagree with this. If it's not from synthetic sources it's organic. Doesn't matter if it was once pure nitrogen.
 
volcanoOFhistory

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Joshjgreen

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volcanoOFhistory

volcanoOFhistory

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Joshjgreen said:
I disagree with this. If it's not from synthetic sources it's organic. Doesn't matter if it was once pure nitrogen.
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If you feed synthetic nutes to any crop it can't be sold as organic. Regardless if you're claiming that bacteria is processing a percentage of that synthetic nutrient before being utilized by a plant.
 
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