Soil Flushing Problem OG Kush

[motoyamamoto]

I have a problem using Kelloggs Outdoor Potting Soil indoors. I've been flushing heavy for 3 weeks and the plants are at 82 days. I was trying to flush in 10 days like the label said on the Clearex and harvest at 70 days. Every morning I put in 2 cups of water and measure the ppm in the runoff and it's always higher in the morning. So then I flush, soak, drain all day and then finish with a couple of gallons of Clearex before they go to bed. I was seeing like 100ppm every morning never lower and smoking a bud leaves a dirty aftertaste. After a few gallons of fresh water ppm will go down to about 20ppm but never lower. So I added some processed but pure cane sugar like 4 tablespoons per gallon and poured that on all day. Then I mixed about 2/3 cup of sugar in a gallon of water and poured that on before bed. In the morning I found 385ppm of foul acrid smelling leachate. This is like the 2nd morning of this. Seems like the sugar is feeding something, can anyone explain what is going on and how to get this bud harvested clean before it's too late. Thank You

 

[Guest]

its possible that your roots may slowly be rotting because they havent had a chance to dry out with all the flushing they get everyday, and the sugar is just fuel on the fire as its feeding the bacteria that is root rot.....thats all i can think of

 

[Jnugg]

First off I wouldn't be flushing everyday only every watering to every other watering and 2nd off I think there is no need for these flushing agents that are on the market...good old water does the trick best IMHO.

 

[JeffSpicoli]

good water does indeed do the trip... But i have noticed first hand the benefits of using clearex.... You can have amazing tastin bud, the first day its dry... Not even have that dry chlorophyl harshness/taste
Yea if your doin organics, and never went to heavy on the nutes, then plain water is great... BUt if you ever over did it... Or just wanna make sure you have a REALLY CLEAN smoke... Then id reccomend usin clearex

 

[motoyamamoto]

I'm thinking the mix had bat guano and chicken manure and I added nutes so it never got used up. Could the sugar activate the manures to release salts? Also I'm basing my evaluation on the taste of microwave bud?????? Does taste cleaner today, hopefully there will be something left for harvest

 

[Dick Stallion]

^^ Don't microwave your bud man, thats a horrible way to test it. Just let it dry normal and cure it properly, then taste it. If you've ever looked at microwaved bud under a scope, it basically explodes all the resin glands and tric's.

 

[motoyamamoto]

OK, still getting 100 ppm in the am, 1 gal h2o drops it to 20 ppm but I don't think it's clean, the fans never yellowed, seems to be slowly feeding..on something..if it's not clean and I harvest dry and cure then it hurts my lungs to smoke then it's too late

^^ Don't microwave your bud man, thats a horrible way to test it. Just let it dry normal and cure it properly, then taste it. If you've ever looked at microwaved bud under a scope, it basically explodes all the resin glands and tric's.

 

[Jnugg]

You could use some straight R/O water as that will sometimes leach the nutes right out of the plant when no additives have been added to the water keeping it at 0-30ppm.

 

[motoyamamoto]

I decided to cut them and put em in a jar a water. Hopefully the capillary action will clean em out in a few days. I'll post some pics later, plants are only 2' OG Kush very slender. I checked the soil in the pot it still smelled like it had alot of manure. I never should have fertilzed this stuff...

 

[motoyamamoto]

Now I'm guessing but could the sugar be feeding the enzymes to accelerate the breakdown of the manure? My last 2 plants in this soil are 2 weeks out. I hit them with a quadruple dose of sensizym to try and accelerate the breakdown of any excess organic matter, the sooner I can flush it the better. These plants are larger, the Pure Kush fans are already yellowing and the Bubba Kush fans seems to be starting to change color a little..oh and the buds are looking amazing.

Just tested the OG abusive spear from a jar of water, mic 23 minutes power 2, actually very potent and tasting better all the time. The OG provides a rush of pain relief right up and down my spine, also helps make the wife invisible, lol, can hardly wait to get em cleaned and properly cured, they won't last long though I'm guessing it'll be 1-2 oz for all 4 plants which might last a week then I harvest 2 Master Kush plants, again maybe 1-2 oz for both plants which will last another week until the Bubba and Pure are done. Now those might be 1-1.5 oz each which again is good for maybe 2 more weeks if I just smoke and don't make edibles and then I have another OG and Bubba in Hydro due 2 weeks later so damm I might finally soon be a happy camper for at least a few weeks, but I'll still be feeling like an old dog that got hit by a car for a couple weeks while I wait for the first batch to cure.

 

[motoyamamoto]

no activity on soil bubba and pk letting them dry a little, leaves on the plants in jars are starting to turn brown and dry up but plants are not completely limp, seeing less than 10ppm in the jar water daily

 

[motoyamamoto]

Reminder I need to get those pics up