Flushing Question

[blancolighter]

I think you are combining two different trains of thought here...what you are referring to is the flush you do to wash salt build-up out of your soil, this is to clean the soil...

flushing a plant at the end of the grow cycle is where you only feed the plant plain water for the final 10 - 14 days before you chop her down...the reason you do this is to allow water to wash the fertilizers out of the plant completely...

This may be completely out of line with conventional thinking, but it is what I have accertained from my reading...

Peace...j.b.

Nope, I meant what I said. Flushing during those 10-14 days is like feeding the plant only water, but better. Washes out even more of the fertilizers out of the plant. Makes perfect sense if you think about it...

 

[420ftw]

if you don't flush enough....is that why the ash burn black sometimes? or is that a different reason?

 

[HMAN]

Here's a article by Jorge that again shows a myth is a myth..........

Molasses and Kool-Aid
Last year's August issue had a question about improving taste with Kool-Aid and molasses sugar. Could I get some advice about how much of the Kool-Aid packet and how much molasses I should add to a gallon of water?
AKrider
Via Internet

Dear AKrider,
Sugar is one of the main 'secret' ingredients in many fertilizers. I have a lot of experience with molasses, fructose and refined and raw sugar, but little experience with Kool-Aid. I've seen Kool-Aid used and haven't been impressed with the results. Plants will suck up all the sugar they can when it's applied to the soil at irrigation time.

We did an experiment about 10 years ago and found that buds swell about 20% when sugar is added to irrigation water during the last four weeks of flowering. The sugar could also be enhanced with other flavors, but the flavors don't always come through as a notable taste when the weed is smoked.

Determining the dose of sugar is very easy: Add enough to a container of room-temperature water so that the solution is saturated. This will be about one tablespoon per quart of water. Remember, roots can only absorb so much sugar. Over-applying sugar won't make buds swell any more, and it'll also attract ants and other curious critters. This is why some growers apply only one tablespoon per gallon of water. If plants take a lot of water because they're in a windy location outdoors, cut the dosage by as much as 90%. As you can see, you'll need to play with the dosage a little, depending upon the growing situation of each plant.

It seem to me that the only advantage (if at all) would come from the sugars in the juice you added. I doubt you will see any "flavor" difference though. That will be up to the strain you're growing. A good flushing a week or two out is still the recommendation. just my 2 cents.

 

[daf]

hey guys do u flush prior to harvesting only or during the grow

 

[TheEnhancementSmoker]

Good Lord, sometimes I wonder why I read this site.

Flush with water, and forget the fruit juice.

 

[shakeymacd]

well well lots of comments and lots of personal opinions. well i did dilute it so it was about 1/4 strength. but the soil started to mold, i removed it daily from the top of the dirt. weird it didnt spread to the buds.anyway didnt really find any dif. taste wise, when we smoked it the ash was kinda dark not as clean as all the other plants. got bout 3/4 of what the other plants got and the people that said i was stupid for doing this..... havent you ever tried new things to improve????? next time its vodka. lmao joking