Question about flushing

[talos4]

I was just wondering, I try to simulate nature when I do grows. I use organic ferts only. I was wondering about flushing. If I use organic ferts, then whats the point of flushing? When in nature does a plant get drowned with water and deprived of all nutrients the last two weeks of it's life? So I'm wondering if I need to flush and what the thinking is since its completely un natural

 

[junglistni]

i think the same, jus finished my first grow, cropped part of it, havent really flushed anything, if i notice a funny taste il mayb flush the rest of it.

 

[junglistni]

altho im sure people here can give a good reason as 2 why, i have yet 2 hear 1 myself, as 2 why flushing is good. imo its more of a hydro thing. but im only learnin ps im v v caned, so most of what i write is garbage

 

[DickAnubis]

Hey Talos4
well it would seem that fertizing is unnaural. Atleast in the amounts we do it to promote growth and so n.
The salts build up and need removing.
In nature the whole process is slower and at the end of its lifecycle perhaps the accumulated salts and such aren't as high or drain away somehow. I'm not sure.

But in the artificial situations and environments we grow our plants in, cleaning them out definately produces a better stash.

Peace

 

[talos4]

Ya I never thought about that either, which is why I can't decide. I just might go in between and just stop ferts the last 2 waterings and leave it at that. If I wanted to flush, what would be the procedure? I'm in 5 gallon grow bags at day 22 of flower

 

[Brian1975]

When you figure to pull the plants in two weeks. Just water with straight water in the same amount when you feel the plant is thirsty. I get about 4 to 5 waterings in that time. No excessive "flushing" is required. Normal waterings for two weeks is all it is.

 

[Juiceman]

Not that it has any real impact to the question, but nature doesnt flush it's plants because nature didn't intend to smoke them

 

[Guest]

organic or no...nitrogen is a chemical among the others the plant needs...if you dont flush you have weed that wont burn rite and black ash...lots of organic soil growers fuck up there shit

I was just wondering, I try to simulate nature when I do grows. I use organic ferts only. I was wondering about flushing. If I use organic ferts, then whats the point of flushing? When in nature does a plant get drowned with water and deprived of all nutrients the last two weeks of it's life? So I'm wondering if I need to flush and what the thinking is since its completely un natural

 

[redslayer187]

I would probably error on the side of caution and still flush even with organics. Like others have said gotta keep that ash burning clean and white.

 

[inflorescence]

When in nature does a plant get drowned with water and deprived of all nutrients the last two weeks of it's life?

In hawaii it rains alot.
In hawaii the 'soil" is mostly volcanic rock.
In hawaii a lot of the pictures I've seen of cultivated weed in these conditions are chlorotic due to the excess flush of N due to the amount of rain and permeability of the volcanic rock.

But was like said, chem's are salts and most mediums have a high CEC so the flush releases these salts from the high CEC binding sites and out the medium.

 

[Guest]

I use fox farm and PBP products and dont flush at all,I find its more beneficial for the plant to use plain water the last 10 days or so and let the plant use up the remaining nutes in the soil.Flushing is for hydro and soil growers that use heavy chem ferts IMO