Quote Originally Posted by MasterBaker
forgive me for sounding like a noob, i know im a grow noob this is my first grow, but whats flushing

is can infer that its probably something about flushing out the nutrients with distilled water or something? but i dunno what it is exactly.
Welcome fellow Noob ,

You're pretty much right with the flushing.

Flushing (turtle's 30second definition) = trying to "cleanse" the plant from nutrients.

If you're doing soil, you pour shitloads of water over the pot... until the run-off water comes our clear (or so I hear).

If you're doing hydro, flushing is giving the plants pure water... nothing more.