Dan, please tell me how you cqn dismiss science?
I don't actually know the science. But I do know the reality. The reality doesn't match up with what that article claims. That article btw is not science. It's not a pier reviewed study or anything, it's some anonymous dude with a blog who uses lots of sciency words.
He knows the right words to sound credible, but the problem is what he's saying contradicts what I know to be true based on personal experience. Science is not faith. Basically you're saying I should have faith in an anonymous dude with a blog because he knows lots of sciency words even though it contradicts reality.
Sorry, but growers who pretend they are some sort of scientist are a dime a dozen. Most of them are completely full of shit. I literally know dozens of people like that who just talk out their ass all day but expect people to believe whatever they are saying because they mix in a few sciency words.
Science is proof and evidence, not just some random dude who knows sciency words. The evidence I've seen says that's incorrect. When I do a 2 week flush my plants do not develop crippling deficiencies that reduce quality and yield, they just develop a better taste. Sciency words does not change that. I do this grow method over and over again and it works out just fine. That to me is evidence. It's evidence that even though that dude knows sciency words what he is saying isn't true.
Please do, when the fact of growing a plant is science and it took science to tell us that nitrogen levwls need to be high in veg and pk in flower?
I'm not arguing that science is bad, I'm arguing that what you presented is not actual science.
Also, in all these posts, you only speak of npk? 3 of the 6 macronutes and haven't said anything of the micronutes?
Ok fine, when flushing for an extended period I do not notice any micro-nutrient deficiency either.
Also, there could be more variables to you tests you ran. Please elaborate on your experiment and your hypothesis of flushing. How many side by side grows were ran, was temp of water for feeding exactly the same on every feeding. Were ppm/ec exactly the same, was ph exactly the same. See where I'm goin? Even if they were close to being similar, if it was at all different, its a variable and can lead to an inconclusive test.
I see where you're going, you're grasping at straws and bringing up irrelevant information. I'll speak about what's relevant. The ppms/ec were roughly the same each cycle up until the point of flushing.
Sorry, but I've done too many grow cycles not to know this. When I flush longer, my buds taste better. It's that simple.
This isn't be debating flushing, its me standing up for science. Hell half of the hydro systems are science based, HPA/HPAA is derived from NASA?? You seem extremely stuck in your ways, so keep on flushing man...
If you were standing up for science you'd be, you know, showing me actual scientific studies. You're not doing that. You're citing random dudes on the internet you use words out of a biology 101 textbook and pretending it's science.
And yes, I'm "stuck" in my ways because I have a system that grows lots of dense, strong, high yielding buds that look and taste amazing. Why wouldn't I want to be stuck in those ways"?
Also, what do you think about terpenes? Are they non essential? They are only the building blocks of essential oils (ie resin, cbd, cbn) and are natures seasoning. They are a huge part of taste and aroma, especially in cannabis. At the same time, they are easily dissipated. Sensitive to light and humidity...
Yes, terps are very important and I never said otherwise, but go a head and pretend I did if that makes you feel more sciency.
I recommend studying some science, plant anatomy and organic chem and learn the whys to things.
Yeah, most growers who think they are some sort of organic chemists are generally full of shit in my experience. I see them all the time and with all the knowledge they pretend to have, I still put out a better product that just about all of them.
I know the science I need to know, and when I don't know something, I have actual experts I consult, rather than anonymous internet bloggers. I have a guy teaches masters classes at UC Davis who helps me with my organics (who by the way thinks indoor organics is a joke). When I develop problems, he examines my soil under an electron microscope and tells me exactly what I need to fix it. That is science. The use of biology 101 words to explain why something that is true isn't true is not science.
It's that same type of sciency talk that plagues this forum with such bullshit as a 70 page thread on cloning fan leaves and the wonders of growing with LED's. People using a bunch of sciency words to explain their bs even though it doesn't match up to reality.
And maybe taking a look at your drying curing process, to maximize taste and aroma and to keep from the loss of terpenes during the process.
My drying/curing process is as legit as it gets. My buds have their own climate controlled room just for them. I frequently store my outdoor from winter to summer and when I open those jars up in the summer, they smell fresh as hell.
You're pretending I have some sort of problem with the taste of my bud when I actually do not have that problem at all. I'll put the taste of my hydro up against just about any organic bud out there. Why you think that's a problem that needs fixing is beyond me.
The only taste problems I've ever had is when I do not flush my plants long enough before harvesting. I've been using the exact same process for the last decade and it works just fine.
ImO your bud taste better flushed bc you are heavy on ferts and its the only way to rid your stash ofthat chemical taste. So yeah I agree, your buds probably taste cleaner, but until you actually understand the science behind taste and aroma of cannqbis, you'll never maximize it's potential...once again opinion based. And yes, sciencey too if that's alright.
Yep, definitely to sciencey. If you have actual science, I'd love to see it, but I get bored with grower psudo-science real quick. Every stoner seems to think they are a scientist these days.
Yah...you're dummin pretty good 
. So why don't you use that 4credit course in chemistry and cook bath salts instead. that seems up your alley.
