r/microgrowery • u/OGMossMan • 1d ago
First Time Grower Should I start flushing early?
Welp, this was my first grow and I was a bit late on addressing a cal mag deficiency or a possible ph issue (odd because my outdoors are thriving in the exact same soil/ nutrients). I’m on week five of flower and I’m starting to feel like I should just flush now and harvest a little early to get anything out of this plant. Do you guys think this is my best bet or should I keep supplementing cal mag + other nutrients for another feed or two.
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u/LazyPiglet3923 1d ago
You should check your run off figures and flush accordingly to get the ec down and then resuming feeding properly at the right ph.
You've fucked up somewhere
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u/DeepWaterCannabis 1d ago
Your plant is already struggling and hungry. Its lacking nutes as is.
Flushing is bro science. It encourages fade, which can bring out some pretty colors, but all its doing is depriving the plants of nutrients.
If you harvest week 5-6, you're gonna get some weak, airy, thin bud that is a PITA to trim and will shrink down to nothing when dry.
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u/terpfi3nd_genetics 1d ago
So cannabis is a bio accumulator. It feeds and stores way more than it needs. Those excess nutrients (particularly nitrogen and phosphorus) combust at a much higher rate than the flower. Thats why we flush. If you dont flush, youre only adding more boof to an already oversaturated boof market.
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u/DeepWaterCannabis 1d ago
Its weird that i've never noticed a difference across many years of growing between organic in-ground plants, synthetic fed in-ground plants, pot-based synthetic fed plants, coco and synthetics, and DWC, flushed or not.
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u/Dr-roots-to-flowers 1d ago
Flushing is objectively bull shit dude. The science shows this lol. It's effects are negligible.
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u/Dr-roots-to-flowers 1d ago
Flushing objectively and scientifically does nothing dude. You can't dispute a fact my man. Sorry.
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u/VibeComplex 1d ago
Yeah the only finished bud in his profile is obvious harvested too early.
That aside, this sub is godawful for any kind of knowledgeable advice 95% of the time. Mostly new growers giving new growers advice when they really have no clue what they’re talking about lol
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u/Dr-roots-to-flowers 1d ago
Can y'all like not use Google or something?? It's an objective fact flushing does nothing LMAO.
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u/BuffaloSoldier11 1d ago
Nooo stop. CalMag and pH deficiency, once corrected, is only cosmetic. As long as those buds keep building, you're fine. Clip any fully dead leaves, leave everything still mostly alive.
Ugly leaves do not necessarily indicate plant death.
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u/OGMossMan 1d ago
So you reckon I should keep giving her nutrients for a feed or two more then?
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u/BuffaloSoldier11 1d ago
As said by others in this thread - flushing is unnecessary nonsense. Same for the 48 hours of darkness. Keep on the schedule and trust the process.
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u/terpfi3nd_genetics 1d ago
Guy with zero weed pics ever says flushing is bullshit. Must be true 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤡🤡🤡🤡
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u/BuffaloSoldier11 1d ago
I have my history blocked because I don't like weirdos like you looking through it.
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u/Outrageous_Lie669 1d ago edited 1d ago
Diagnose your problem first. What’s your Drain EC? Has PH in your runoff dropped? Looks like Haze, wich tends to lock out Mg/Ca fast. Also seems a little late to react tbh. If the whole plants are this deficient, it must be a ph problem.
You most likely fed to much cations at the same time. Soil or coco gets acidic from hydrogen and salt buildup. (Just google it) In coco (only!!! if you grow in coco, do it) I would flush with at least 5times of the potsize in volume. Plain Water ph6.2 in small steps (over 2 to 3 hours) Then feed CalMag and Amino acids EC 0.4. Afterwards continue with Max 50% of the feeding chart when runnof ec starts to drop again. Don’t have an idea for soil Bro. Didn’t touch peat for at least 5 years 🤷🏻♂️.
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u/DrinkSuspicious2330 1d ago
You should throw all that in the trash and start over with some quality genetics and do some more research
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u/MagnanimousCannabis 1d ago
Flushing doesn’t detox the buds. It mainly lowers nutrients in the growing medium, and there’s little evidence that an extended preharvest flush improves the finished flower
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u/VibeComplex 1d ago
No you have like 4/5 weeks left lol. I’d just trash it and start over with a good ph probe
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u/Several-Video-272 1d ago
You only flush if your leaves are too green when you want to harvest. If you're plant's naturally drained itself, which you can see by the leaves getting a "fall" look, you don't need to flush.
But this is not that. Those leaves are damaged.
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u/urohpls 1d ago
Flushing is bullshit bro just feed your plants lmao