Impact of Flushing on Trich's

[BullDogDad]

Does anyone know, if you start flushing so the plant starts to become deficient, growth can obviously slow. But does being deficient have an impact on the rate at which the trichs change from clear to cloudy to amber? I was wondering if it's better to start flush only when trichs are where you want them or if it doesn't matter.

 

[mojave green]

Good question!

 

[Phaeton]

For many yeas I did not flush, now I do.
Any effects on trichomes has not been large enough for me to notice.
The larger shake leaves (still tiny) lower on the bud with sparse trichomes seem to change earlier but that may be due to my new magnifier.
I do not flush more than 14 days so the plants never get deficient in nutes only cleaner burning in the bowl.
I find different areas of the plant go amber at different times and am not sure which set to use. When the pistols are mostly sucked back in and the few remaining are brown I consider the plant done even if the trichomes do not agree.

But as to the original question, the plant continues to mature and this includes the trichomes when flushing.
Flushing until the plant suffers from lack of nutrition is not something I have tried.

 

[BullDogDad]

Thanks for the input. In my experience 14 days usually isn't enough. I get better results with three weeks. I've even flushed for a month before and let the plant devour itself and the results were great.