Magnifiers for looking at trichomes

[brookerosebud]

mine finish about two weeks after the first ambers are sighted...

[harris7]

i still want to see a pic i would just leave them alone and feed them str8 h20 for the ten days. dont put them in the tub

so you dont flush b4 you harvest? you just feed water (and sugars?)

[dutch.lover]

here are the pics you requested. if we were to just water for 10 days, would we flush thoroughly after that? There are four pics posted, one of each plant.

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[the yeag]

i consider flushing in soil to be, adding as much water as the plants can take the last to weeks. i just moniter the ph

[dutch.lover]

sorry bout the quality (didn't snap pics of entire plant)... the pics don't really do the plants justice at all, i just wanted to snap a few bud pics quickly so you can check out what's goin on.

[the yeag]

looking good...if it was me i would cut the light to 11 hrs and just water them with proper ph'd water..i know this sounds different from everyone but go ahead and snip those broad fan leaves in about five days...you will thank me later .

[dutch.lover]

what's good about snippin the fan leaves, will you share your secret? lol. As for trimming once harvesting happens, i hear that some people cut away all the leaves right away, and then other wait until the buds have tried to do the manicuring. i hear that leaving the leaves on while the buds dry, helps them dry more evenly...i guess i will just have to do some more research and make the decision for myself cause i don't think there is any real consensus out there.

[the yeag]

if you plan on growing it out for 14 more days then in about five cut all those big leaves..with no crystals. the plant no longer needs them. it will improve light to the bud sites air circulation...you can look at your work easier.....i even read that the plant can get so stressed from it that it thinks it is being eaten and tries to cover itself with resin..i have never witnised the last statemnt though...trust the pontiff do it to just one if you do not believe me....or do it to all carefully...and you will thank me.

[harris7]

Ok lets talk the theory behind flushing.
Right, so buds that are full of nutrients and chlorophyll don’t tast good
So, the idea is that you flush the soil to remove the nutes from it, and starve the plant for a week or so. When the plant is starved it will use up all the stored nutes and eat away at some of it’s tissues (using up molecules that don’t taste good when smoked)
We agree right?

So your method is just to feed the plant water. I don’t think there are a lot of nutes in the soil, probably only a little left from the last feeding. So for you the plant gets a little bit of the ferts from the soil but will still use up what it’s got stored and eat away at it’s tissues.
so

Why do you think this is better?

[the yeag]

it is much easier, safer...you dont need to remove your plants...think if you have a scrog grow. just my personel preferance...so are you gonna wack the leaves?