thanks @Lizardking I do rate LEDs, been using them for a few years now. I moved from Blighty to the penal colony on the other side and still get my LEDs from the same UK supplier.... LED Hydroponics.
Indoor Teetee's Multi Strain Madness
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Flushing is a waste of time, and of bud! You accomplish nothing with a "final" flush except starving your plant at a critical time. See my post on flushing for more info.
to flush or not ? hmm pop22 wrote an interesting article on flushing.some do some dont,and some kinda half flush.its a personal thing.
good luck.
"My reasoning here is that the first 20L washes out the Coco completely. During the first hour, the plant will release its excess nutrients into the clean water in the Coco, which I then wash out with the next 10L."
No, the plant releases no nutrient it took in. It merely takes in more water in an attempt to balance the internal solution with the external. And thus, yes likely that excess water pressure increases the water vapor released by the plant.
No, the plant releases no nutrient it took in. It merely takes in more water in an attempt to balance the internal solution with the external. And thus, yes likely that excess water pressure increases the water vapor released by the plant.
I'll have a look at their website mate...cheers for ya help
What about flavour? So how you do "flush"? Just feed with minimal nutes last week?
Quit smoking butts!!! Wicked fu king hard.. now three months for me, I started w chantix.. whoaaa..nasty stuff, only thing that helped me was smoking joints and I'm a glass type of person. Any way congrats on quitting smoking pretty hard to do, I have cravings everyday.Cheers for your replies @RaeRizzle420 and @archie gemmill, I have been a bit quiet this week, cos I've been in crop mode....
Rolled up a few fat ones, made sure there's a fresh chilled can of Jim Beam and Dry close by..... laid down a sheet to catch the sweetleaf then got the headlight LED torch on, plus my specs, and finally some decent sounds via my phone and some earplugs. I cropped till I dropped, often up till 3-4am.
I got to work last Tuesday night, Pineapple Express chopped at day 81 after a 4 day flush.... I was getting EC 0 run off after 2 days, and I'm glad I got her down then as she had a little bit of mould in her main cola, losing maybe a quarter ounce max. The rest of her was solid with a heavy coating of juicy trichomes. Here's a shot of a stem that's been hanging for a week.....
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On Wednesday, I took down the Night Queen (day 73) having had 5 days of flushing. She gave me a decent amount of nice solid bud, again looking very juicy.
Here's a stem after 6 days hanging showing plenty of glitter....
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All sweetleaf was bagged and fresh frozen, ready to make Canna coconut oil sometime in the next few weeks.... I'm really looking forward to that, as I made sure the trim was high quality with no crispy old fans etc spoiling the show.
I hang the longer stems in perforated cardboard boxes, and brown paper bag the rest. Here's the PE (7 days dried) and NQ (6 days dried) in one box today.....
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.... and here's some bags hanging.....
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The Toofless Alien was next. I started harvesting her on Thursday and finished on Saturday watching the Hammers screw up Spurs season.
She was a big leafy old girl, and was full of long thick sticky colas. Here's one that's been hanging 3 days.....
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I have her stems hanging in numerous boxes.....
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The shorter one front right, had a touch of mould in it, so I hacked off the main cola head. She was as long as, and maybe thicker than that one at the front left
There's 3 more Toofless Alien stems in this box as well, otherwise crammed with Cream Mandarine buds.....
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I started taking down Cream Mandarine on Sunday having given her a 5 day flush. I also had the opportunity to switch off the lights for a day before cropping so I could get her to squeeze a few more trichs out. She was surprisingly big and had masses of sticky solid bud on her. Here's a shot of some 2 day dried Cream Mandarine.....
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I wish I could tell you how amazing everything smells..... but I can't.
I gave up smoking (cigarettes) 6 weeks tomorrow! Been doing really well, no cravings, I just keep reminding myself how much I hate the things. The problem is that I caught a nasty type of flu a week into it, and I'm still suffering to some degree. I have a load of shit in one ear, and despite everything I have tried, I am deaf in one ear, and half gone in the other. Currently I'm on antibiotics, steroid pills, decongestant tabs, and sprays, high doses of Vit C and B complex, and Immune Defence pills.... only now I'm as dry as a Nun's knickers and still bloody deaf.
I actually felt healthier when I was on the cancer sticks.
I'm on the mend, and actually feeling a bit better, and can't wait to get into this lot. I have had a few whiffs every now and then, and every time Mrs Tee comes in she goes "fuck sake...." or "fuckin' hell man....." so I think I have done well. This looks like the highest quality all round grow I've done!
The plan is to box dry them for around 7 days until the small stems holding the buds snap cleanly, then I will chop off the buds and jar them in Kilners for a month with Boveda 62's to cure. I am strict with this, so no little tasters to see..... I will do a weigh off after a couple of weeks jarring.
Thanks for looking in, good growing karma to you all!
Also excellent buds.
So you are saying if I read this right...DO NOT FLUSH?? Gonna go read your post now.
The idea that flushing changes taste is false also. Curing properly is the answer to that. Even when you "flush" a plant, the buds remain full of the nutrients they store, and the plant packs them full as it thinking its dying sacrificing itself for the buds. You'd have to flush until the plant was stone dead and brown....And its sugars from no/improper cure that make for harsh smoke and black ash. And popping sparking buds? Its NOT magnesium, its mites etc, their bodies explode when heated as water turns to steam.
My last grow was "fed until harvest", then last watering was only water. Then chop. Slowly dry 6 days, then couple of burping in jars. But after 40 days it's harsh to my throat and ash is still dark. I didn't fed much, maximum was 2,2 EC (with 0,5 EC tap water), so 1,7 EC of nutes. Also grown in soil.
I don't know what and how... your words are logical I also google these myths (I am also educated in these informations so I agree with you completly). But I am lost... it's harsh.
