Alternative flushing method

[OnTheMove]

hi!

i learnt a way to "flush plants" that lets you give nutes up until harvest.. i have tried this already many times, infact ive very rarely used just water in the last 2 weeks before harvest..

get a bucket with some distilled water inside, and when ts time to harvest, pull up the plant, shake of the soil, an then places the roots into the distilled water, after 48 hours, all the nutes are in the water, and not in the plant anymore-- this is quicker, but it costs a bit for the water..

anyone know of this already?

 

[Srilania]

This sounds kind of counter intuitive given what people say to do, since soaking roots in water in fact hydrates the plant. Most people seem to advise letting it dry out a little at the end, which is why they flush the plants at the end, so the last few days, they can let it dry a little pre harvest.

 

[Perfect Sun LED]

The main reason of flushing is to get the nutes out of the medium, so the plant drinks almost pure water. After a few days to a week of drinking pure water, the plant isn't full of nutes, which makes for a smoother smoke.

So yes, this quick method works. Let the plant dry out, then pull it out of the pot, rattle around well, trying to remove as much dirt as possible, then let it soak in water, doesn't have to be distilled. Rattle it around here and there to get more dirt off. Once most of the dirt is removed, then put it in a new bucket of water. Let it drink from that for a few days, which will remove many of the nutes from the plant, giving it a smooth smoke.

In hydro, you only need to replace res with water.

 

[Srilania]

Given what my face to face teacher, and what I've been reading from several books, that's counter to what you ought to be doing. The reason got this is because you're literally pumping nutes in till the last second, then uprooting and washing the roots off, then soaking the whole thing in water for 48 hours.

Now, does it flush the nutes? Given what I already know, and what I've been learning, you want to flush the nutes out for a smoother smoke. BUT, you do NOT want to allow it to soak in water right before harvest, since while you're flushing those nutes, you're also just dumping tons and tons and tons and tons of water all through the plant. Sure, you get to use nutes right up till your pre harvest soaking, but, you also wind up wasting all those nutes, since you're literally allowing your ferts to sit in the medium till the last possible moment.

Granted, this isn't a worry with hydro. But, with dirt? You'reliterally sitting there wasting all those nutes, and really just whizzing your cash out the window.

 

[technasty]

Given what my face to face teacher, and what I've been reading from several books, that's counter to what you ought to be doing. The reason got this is because you're literally pumping nutes in till the last second, then uprooting and washing the roots off, then soaking the whole thing in water for 48 hours.

Now, does it flush the nutes? Given what I already know, and what I've been learning, you want to flush the nutes out for a smoother smoke. BUT, you do NOT want to allow it to soak in water right before harvest, since while you're flushing those nutes, you're also just dumping tons and tons and tons and tons of water all through the plant. Sure, you get to use nutes right up till your pre harvest soaking, but, you also wind up wasting all those nutes, since you're literally allowing your ferts to sit in the medium till the last possible moment.

Granted, this isn't a worry with hydro. But, with dirt? You'reliterally sitting there wasting all those nutes, and really just whizzing your cash out the window.

Lol so what youre attempting to say is that letting the plant sit in water the final 2-3 days before harvest will drain too much of the plants nutrients but then you agree that it's ok to do it for hydro lol makes no sense because in concept they are both the same sitting in distilled water the final days before harvest, only difference is it's a bit more work to do it with soil cause you need to shake off and remove much soil as possible sounds like a decent task while hydro its no soil involved, I'm actually thinking of testing this method cause flushing is by far recommended by many growers and at the same time I have long life, living soil that with adding a few amendments each grow and the minerals still inside the soil are all reusable if taken care of properly during each grow, so it completely sounds worth it for me to give this method a try. My only concern is how much soil can get easily removed without stressing the root system too much

 

[Phytoplankton]

Why do a pre harvest flush? Blind taste tests show that most smokers prefer unflushed weed over flushed weed for flavor and taste, and there is literally no difference in the amount of elements/micronutrients in the plants between flushed and unflushed plants as determined by mass spectrometry, only Iron was found to be reduced by flushing. Additionally, there is no difference in the amounts of terpenes and THC between flushed and unflushed plants. Once nutrients are incorporated into the plant, they cannot be removed by flushing. If you want to flush, by all means go ahead, it's your choice.

 

[garybo]

@Phytoplankton, I'm thinking like you about the flush. I'm a believer that a smooth taste comes from the way a plant is dried and cured. Just don't rush the process by a fan blowing on the plant while hanging. Yes, keep a fan going inside the room, just to circulate the air, but keep the direct blast from hitting the plant.

 

[technasty]

Why do a pre harvest flush? Blind taste tests show that most smokers prefer unflushed weed over flushed weed for flavor and taste, and there is literally no difference in the amount of elements/micronutrients in the plants between flushed and unflushed plants as determined by mass spectrometry, only Iron was found to be reduced by flushing. Additionally, there is no difference in the amounts of terpenes and THC between flushed and unflushed plants. Once nutrients are incorporated into the plant, they cannot be removed by flushing. If you want to flush, by all means go ahead, it's your choice.

Nobody ever said flushing remove nutes from the plants, the point of flushing is to remove nutes from the soil or just remove the plants from the soil so they stop feeding on the external soil ingredients and instead feed on the nutes they already have inside the leaves. And for those tests that are rumored to be legit, nobody who is a credible grower believes them