Flushing?

[dejayou30]

Just curious what some of your flushing regimens are like. I just switched my res to straight water and 150 mL of FloraKleen. Can I run it with the Florakleen up to harvest or should I change it a few days before I harvest?

[porchmonkey4life]

How close are you to harvesting? I think I read somewhere that you should flush your plants a week before harvest. I have never heard of leaving them in the flush/water solution for extended periods for any other reason.

[dejayou30]

I'm at 51 days; Friday will be 8 full weeks so they have been flushing for 5 days now, three days with FloraKleen. I just got a 60x magnifier today and checked out the trichromes and they are all milky looking and one of them has probably 5% amber trichs. Can't wait to harvest!

Also, by regimen, I just mean if you use a cleaning agent, water, and when/how long for each.

[Ophistello]

you don't really need anything other than ph'd water to flush. it's just more shit companies throw out there to make money. it's like that stuff (and others) that advanced makes to clean your room/equipment. total waste of money....

[Cyclonite]

Floraclean will speed up your flushing process quite a bit...it can be very worth it.

[Opie Yutts]

Flushing agents are $20 per gallon sugar water. Read the ingredients. I too buy into the idea, but I'm sure you can make some easily. Anyone got a recipe?

[stinkyattic]

I use a very dilute solution of Soil Syrup- source of humic acids, and a natural pH buffer @6.8-6.9- when I feel that my soil plants are due for a flush.

[Opie Yutts]

Thanks stinky, but you know me, hydro and all. My soil plants are mothers, or mothers to be.

Does anyone know the proportions of sugar to water in the Flouraclean? Or actually what I'm asking is, does anyone make the $20 per gallon sugar water, and if so how? And what about honey, powdered sugar, or other sweet ingredients?

[PharmaCan]

DJ - Congratulations on your impending harvest! It seems like you started this grow only a couple of weeks ago.

If you can, post some pics of the plants before you chop them.

PC :thumbsup:

[the image reaper]

Thanks stinky, but you know me, hydro and all. My soil plants are mothers, or mothers to be.

Does anyone know the proportions of sugar to water in the Flouraclean? Or actually what I'm asking is, does anyone make the $20 per gallon sugar water, and if so how? And what about honey, powdered sugar, or other sweet ingredients?

I'd also like to see a legitimate 'recipe' for a good final-flush ... I'm thinking about just using a dollop of molasses, in pH'd RO water for the final week, see what happens ... :jointsmile:

[dejayou30]

DJ - Congratulations on your impending harvest! It seems like you started this grow only a couple of weeks ago.

If you can, post some pics of the plants before you chop them.

PC :thumbsup:

Sorry PhamaCan, but I actually chopped them 5 days ago. :( It totally does seem like I started a couple weeks ago. I put 9 more plants into my flowering room yesterday so I will be ready for a hopefully much more successful yield come February. I'll take some pics of the two I cut down once they are dried and I get a final weight for the yield. I'm hoping for at least 2 oz, keep your fingers crossed for me!

[Opie Yutts]

I'd also like to see a legitimate 'recipe' for a good final-flush ... I'm thinking about just using a dollop of molasses, in pH'd RO water for the final week, see what happens ... :jointsmile:

Yeah, I was thinking maybe something like that. Now for a dollop, is that like a tablespoon or two per gallon? That's what Botanicare's Clearex directions call for, which is 3% glucose and 1 1/2% sucrose.

[the image reaper]

Yeah, I was thinking maybe something like that. Now for a dollop, is that like a tablespoon or two per gallon? That's what Botanicare's Clearex directions call for, which is 3% glucose and 1 1/2% sucrose.

I used 'dollop' like 'glob', or 'blob' :D ... but, yes, I would guess one of my 'globs' about 2 tablespoons, or so ... I've never heard anything about molasses being too critical, and have read posts where some folks were regularly using 5-6 tablespoons per gallon ... I only use about 2 ... :jointsmile:

[PharmaCan]

I take a jar of molasses and mix it with water in a one liter bottle. It then only takes a little math to figure out the dose I want. The diluted molasses/water easily pours into a measuring cup, and mixes quite well in the nutrient solution. I've found this to be a very non-messy way to use molasses.

PC :smokin: