Flush

[Psycho4Bud]

Plants are at 5 wks now and I started the flushing process to get rid of all the ferts and salts. I used 6 gallons of water on a 2 gal. pot.

I was rather amazed that with the first 3 gallons, the water drained out with a heavy yellow tint and by the end of the last gallon I was draining clear water. I take it the yellow was all the yech I wanted to get rid of....right? :D

Oh yah, and a pic of the children! :D

[BobBong]

yes that yellow is the "Yech" you wanted to get rid of :P


they're looking pretty man, definately another few weeks on em though.. flushing now won't hurt though...looks like she has almost more than enough fert in her already..

i'd give her another 3 weeks easy

[llamaman666]

i'd give her another 3 weeks easy
Defentily not done yet, 5 weeks is short short, I think the fastest strain for flowering is 39 days, M-39, which is obviously longer than 5 weeks. Most strains, what is it by the way?, take around 8 weeks.

[jadeius]

56 days is typical...8 weeks....

is that flushing something I would really really need to do late in the veg growth/early in flowering? I recently realized I had too much ferts in my babies and flushed them out...they started back growing well and stopped drooping...but would I need to do this again? (I'm not giving ferts for a while since the soil already had delayed release nutrients)...And is there a significance in doing that at that stage or did you just need to do it?

[jadeius]

Oh, btw, look under a magnifying glass at the trichomes...that's the best way to tell if it's time to harvest...they'll be starting to turn brown, but not even quite 50%...when they're starting to turn brown (or yellow or amber), that's when the THC is gonna start trying to break down into 2 less psychoactive components...

[BobBong]

no flushing is the process right before harvest, generally 2 weeks before harvest. I like 3 weeks.

it get's the excess nutrients out of the soil and plumps the buds up

[sirsmokalot]

damn man those are nice what strain are they

[Psycho4Bud]

Northern Lights from Amsterdam Seeds. I'm keeping an eye (30x) on them for a color change in the trich's. Not to shab for a first grow! :D

[jadeius]

actually, even better than what I said before, look for the trichomes to turn CLOUDY instead of amber or brown...cloudy to yellow is the peak potency...

[jadeius]

those plants kick ass, my 1st is well on its way...

[Psycho4Bud]

Did a little head count today...roughly 120 buds per plant from nickle size to a little bigger than a Bic lighter. Checked the trich's out and their about 80% cloudy. 5 1/2 weeks into it and the recommended flower time...according to the Amsterdam Seed site is 6-7 wk. Can't wait!!! :D

[jadeius]

wow, if they're 80% cloudy, you should be really close, don't let them get too yellow before you harvest...you're at peak right now...

[jadeius]

you got any new pics (closeups maybe?)