Quote Originally Posted by Ocotillo
I'll try to field some of these queries since the Elders handle bigger more worldly issues. Perhaps one will chime in if I'm off base;
Not sure what your recurring issue is with the "elders," but since you asked, I will try to help.

Allow the soil to get mostly dry between waterings, flushings and leechings.
Leeches are segmented worms; many forms are aquatic. They have been used for thousands of years for bloodletting. The term you should be recommending folks search for is "leaching." Leechings are conducted at the barber-surgeon's office on Thursday evenings, immediately following the Inquisition meetings.


Flush is what you did and Leech is to run 3x the volume of water through the pot.
This is incorrect. "Leaching" salts out of your soil is what you hope to accomplish when you flush. (Leaching (in agriculture, at least) is the removal of solubles from an insoluable medium.) Flushing causes leaching--they are not two degrees of the same process.

I beleive the only one who can tell you when you've flushed enough is your soil. The runoff PH will tell you.
This is also incorrect. The EC of your runoff tells you if a flush is needed. It also tells you when to stop running water through your pots. Measure your runoff as you flush, and when the EC is down where you want it, you're done. :thumbsup: You should not need to flush just to change pH values; proper pH is normally maintained by adjusting ingoing nutrients and water. You do check runoff pH to determine your adjustments, though.

4, OK to flush while flowering? Dunno...
Of course you can. Many soil growers insist that a final flush results in a better tasting product. Hydro growers do it, too. :twocents:
DreadedHermie Reviewed by DreadedHermie on . QUESTIONS ABOUT FLUSHING?!?! Okay, so I've tried searching for the questions I have and still have not been able to find any info. BE GENTLE IF THE IF YOU THINK THE QUESTION is STUPID! HAHA 1. When you flush plant does that mean that the plant gets droopy and stuff from the over water? 2. Do you push the soil down to press the water out of the soil? 3. I poured 5 gallons of soil into a 3 gallon pot of soil in an attempt to flush the plant? I understand StinkyAttic says use 3x the amount of soil so that mean I should've Rating: 5