Is it necessary to flush?

[4fingerlid]

Is it necessary to flush my potted outdoor plants if I've been using Foxfarm products all along? For the last couple of months I've been feeding them Big Bloom & Tiger Bloom along with a worm casting tea. I know if you use chem nutes you should stop feeding two weeks prior to harvest.

[Zandor]

Even Organic nutrients I still like to see them flushed but that's just me. With Organics it's not as important as if you are using non-organic nutrients but still it's a good idea so you get the full flavor of the flower.

[rysk8er420]

So zandor whens the best time to flush? one or two weeks from harvest? And also how much water would you use for say a 4 or five gallon bucket?

[Str8jeepin4pack]

My best advice would be to flush at the start of your last week. If you use a clearing adgent then you can wait a little longer. Flush good enough so that 50% of your water comes out the bottom.


Green leaves

[HARDDON]

What about simply not nuting 3 weeks prior to harvest and have nothing to flush to begin with?

I am not advocating this, but rather, asking why not?

If you flush one week prior to harvest where is the plant going to obtain its calcium and some other minerals it needs? MJ simply cannot and does not store these minerals in the cellular structure of the plant.

From where would they come?...just curious :)

[Garden Knowm]

NO NOT necessary in the slightest

: )

I would guess that less than 10% flush..


but there bud probably tastes better...


then again better is subjective.. blah blah blah

: )

[HARDDON]

Yes, taste is very subjective.

FOr example, some girls think my tool tastes like vanilla ice cream whilst others think its more of a strawberry daquiri :D

(Little do they know it really neopolition flavored...I think,,, but how would I know.... right? :) )