Live Stoner Chat When do you start your flush?

[Blackanwhite1]

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Environmental conditions plays a role in this decision. If it is cooler then ripening is slower. If it is warmer it will be faster. If it is hot it will be really fast. I personally like about 20% amber trichomes when I harvest. I grow hydro and harvest the whole plant at once. (Staggered harvesting may be better in other systems.) So all I need is a 3 day flush if you are in soil you need a week. So here is how it plays out for me.

Cool = 10% to 15% amber.
Warm = 8% to 10% amber.
Hot = 5% amber.

Using this general guide I am pretty close to 20% amber 3 days after starting the flush.

Thanks @Mañ'O'Green really appreciate that reply. Great info. Thank you!!

 

[Blackanwhite1]

there is a long thread about what is a flush......
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when i see an amber i swap the next 2 feeds for just water,then starve it for 3 days and chop.

Thanks for that @archie gemmill yeah I’ve just got my self a little magnifier. When you say you see an amber. Do you mean when you see an amber trichome? Also what medium would you be using?

 

[bad dragon bzzz]

the leaves turning and pistols and hairs colour is or can be a rough guide to trichs maturity,but its only rough..yep amber trichs.....but i do like to cut earlier than most.im not medical and like the high in my head not me body.
soil biobizz and same nutes

 

[Blackanwhite1]

Thanks for the reply @archie gemmill sorry I’ve just seen it now.

Here’s a link to my grow if your interested in having a look.

https://www.autoflower.org/threads/dutch-passion-auto-glueberry-og-coco-and-canna-nutes.65183/

 

[bad dragon bzzz]

to some people a flush is 3x the pot size to others its just a drink of plain water.as a home grower that uses semi organic nutes and dont push a plant hard.i dont feel the need to flush a lot of nutes out of a plant that didnt get a lot of nutes to start with.
an industrial or pro grower may be pushing a plant with alsorts of chem nutes and boosters,maybe would have to flush out x3.
some say a plant wont uptake much more nutes than it needs so there is nothing really to flush out.
when i make my mind up when to chop normally in 5-7 days time,id give plant 1 or 2 drinks of plain water,let it dry out a bit for 3 days and chop.
i do have a fairly good eye and can give the plant a good go over with a 60x lupe.set the focus in the living room,and dont ever touch the focus knob again,as long as the bud/leaf is flush with the guide focus will be perfect.but can take a bit of playing about with.
you are right in the harvest window i think +/- a week or so.no right n wrong its all personal taste with the % of clear,cloudy,ambers.it can be strain dependant to.
a nice chunky plant you got,happy harvest

 

[Blackanwhite1]

Thank you @archie gemmill great answer that, and a one that made a lot of sense to me.

Thank you for the kind words too!