Dude, you gotta flush. Yellowing out is natural senescence. What the plant should do
if your only feeding at 0.5 they wont need much flush if any, a lot of growers in the know will reduce feed gradually with little to no actual flush, DHF for one.Planning on 63. I don't know if its my lights or what but I can't give straight water for two weeks. I'll have a whole lot of dead going on.
Plus in my experience chem strains tend to yellow out really fast for me. That's why I was wondering. I'm only feeding at 0.5 right now so they are already getting light green on the fans.
My LOK and my SFVxChem both yellow out in about 3-4 days on fresh water. Maybe cause I only feed at 1.2-1.4 max in flower???
Thanks bud!
you don't need to do 3 weeks Third. many like the long leach for a smother smoke. For you a good 7 days will be fine. I use 2 weeks but have used 7 days with no difference.
Sometimes you just wont get the yellow leaves. I have had plants on 3 weeks of water still green as the 1st day of flower.
third coast does your illadelph have 5 holes in the bowl?
I wonder how long till end of cycle on Jack me`s GG4`s , cuz them fans are still gourd green with burnt tips and guaranteed stored N although they look awesome.....but ....
Your`s do as well Third , and yeah....I never bought into that flushin shit....just never made any sense to me to starve your bitches when the last 2 weeks is when max swellage occurs in a dialed environment with lower ppm`s across the board start to finish...
If you`re only feeding 250 ppm`s right now and only up to 1.4 max throughout the life of the grow , I can`t understand why natural plant senescence isn`t any further along , although ....
If 2 weeks are left till Harvey , they should start yellowing off real soon unless there`s stored juice in the medium itself preventing or rather retarding the yellowing off process , which can absolutely happen with coco , especially if it`s re-used , and....
Runoff ppm`s are misleading since what`s in said medium`s being mixed with what`s being run through , so again the "slurry test" gives proof positive of what`s actually stored in the core of your rootzone`s medium.....regardless.....
Not raggin on anyone`s effort toward end of cycle and flushin with plain water , especially in coco or organics , cuz the mediums can hold onto residuals longer if higher feeds have been employed from start to finish...anyways....
As you showed with the illadelph ashes after a proper "slow" dry and cure , everything get`s leached out IF ppm`s are brought down to and around normal tapwater ppms by end of cycle IME , so bottom line....
What works for you and makes yas happy is what works and makes yas happy.....Me ?.....I was a whore and wanted every gram I could squeeze outta my bitches , but lower ppm`s start to finish , and dwindling ppm`s down gradually with R/O topoff`s the last couple weeks or so produced the same white ash and awesome smells and tastes as well , so there you go.....
Many ways ta skin a mule....
Peace....DHF.........
waste of nutrients if you are feeding during senescence... its already dying... why feed it! Flush ftw!!! Plus that ruins the medium with build up - could trigger the plant to keep growing and/or cause some natural survival instincts to kick into gear...
I never go over 1ec. Most of the time im at .8ec @ 500 scale 850ppm is the highest I have ever gone with gg#4
Fred , what would you do if that was the case ??? i just started reusing my coco & 3rd has too . so if that is the case of residules holding off the yellowing , would you suggest plain water for 2 weeks or what would you do ???Sorry Joesy , you know we`re on the same page , and I didn`t come here to debate the flush or not to flush ongoing argument since weedsites began , I was only wondering if Third was re-using his medium and residuals could be locked in the core of his rootzones preventing plant senescence from occurring sooner since he`s feeding such low ppms.....