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Grower, In today's issue... - If you're closing in on harvest and you want to ensure you're growing the best bud
possible...you need to try flushing!
- All strains of cannabis can benefit from flushing, but why not start with incredible genes that will make the benefits more obvious?
- Check out a veritable forest or early-flower buds! If you say "OOh!"
when you see them, you're not alone!
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of GrowWeedEasy.com)
"Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind."
~ Leonardo da
Vinci
Flushing for Better Buds! by Nebula Haze |
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What is Flushing?
Flushing is free and easy technique that may improve the quality and smoothness of your
cannabis buds. Sounds good, right? Of course it does! But growers must also be careful with flushing before harvest because if you do it too early you can actually hurt your quality (and reduce your yields)!
The process of flushing involves giving your plants just plain water (no nutrients) for a period of time before harvest. An example of flushing would be if a grower gave their plants just plain
(pH’ed) water for the last 2 weeks before harvest.
The idea behind flushing is to let the plant “use up” all the nutrients contained in the plant and buds, so there isn’t any left over after harvest.
So in soil or coco coir, the grower would give the plant just plain water for days or weeks before
harvest time. This lets the plant use up the nutrients in the soil/coco, and then theoretically start leaching extra nutrients from the buds.
In a hydro or DWC setup, flushing is even easier. The grower simply replaces all the water in their reservoir with plain water, and the plant doesn’t have access to any nutrients available except for what’s already in the
plant.
Flushing is Giving Plants Only Plain Water For Days or Weeks Before Harvest Is Flushing Important?
I used to think that flushing wasn’t that important. I'd still do it most of the time based on good practices,
but other times I'd cut the flush short. One of the most common reasons growers tell you to flush is that not doing so affects flavor. I’d tried flushing and not flushing, and I personally couldn’t tell any difference when it came to smell or flavor.
In fact, I got lots of compliments on the taste and flavor of my buds. My unflushed buds didn’t have a “chemical” taste like others have warned of,
and I figured the need to flush was basically a growing myth, or something growers should only do if they’ve given their plant too many nutrients. I became the worst thing a grower can be - a "theory crafter" - someone who bases their ideas on a theory or idea instead of actual evidence or experience. When
it came to flushing, I told myself, “How could the plant be removing nutrients out of buds, anyway?” I also figured that a flush wasn’t needed for my grows since I kept nutrient levels low throughout the entire flowering stage. I thought maintaining lower levels would prevent any type of nutrient buildup (so to speak) in the buds.
I still don’t truly know about the science behind flushing or why it
works, but after my last grow, my experience has completely changed my opinion on flushing. For my last grow, I harvested different plants at different points in the flushing process.
While this was definitely not a honest-to-goodness scientific experiment since I was growing different strains without controls, my experiment was enough to change my mind. I grew three plants - I had one plant I didn’t flush at all, one that was flushed for a couple of days, and one that got flushed for a little more than a week.
My fellow grower Sirius Fourside grew two plants at the same time and flushed his for 2 weeks.
We both used the same nutrients (General Hydroponics Flora trio) and the same type of grow light (HPS).
So how much of a
difference did flushing actually make?
It seemed pretty obvious that flushing made a big difference. The longer the plant was flushed before harvest, the more “smooth” the buds were when smoked. When I say smooth, what I mean is that the smoke was less likely to irritate the back of the throat or lungs.
The plant which wasn’t flushed at all had buds that were particularly harsh, and caused me to cough every time I smoked it; not that the quality or taste suffered. The ones that were flushed for longer were just plain better. Luckily, you can partially fix harsh buds by curing them for longer - giving buds a little extra time in curing jars will reduce the harshness dramatically, but why not try starting with smooth
buds from the beginning?
The two plants flushed for two weeks yielded buds that came out buttery smooth, not irritating the throat at all.
In conclusion, in our insanely informal experiment, longer flushing seemed to create smoother buds, at least up to 2 weeks.
As far as we could tell, the taste and smell seemed completely unchanged, so I stand by the fact that, at least in our experiments, flushing didn’t seem to have an effect on flavor/smell.
So does that prove anything? No. But it is enough evidence to change my opinion and I’ll be doing at least a 2-week flush on all my
future harvests. There doesn’t seem to be any true downside to flushing (as long as you avoid common mistakes like flushing too early) and the potential benefits are worth it!
Ready to get started with the super-easy, super-free way to make you buds better? Click below to get started!
Flushing + Good Genes = Smoother Potent Buds |
Flushing makes for smoother buds, so it's only logical that to get even better buds, you need to start with plants that already have good qualities such as potency!
Because what's better than super potent cannabis?
Cannabis that is also very smooth and easy to smoke or vaporize!
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Here are some strains we've recently grown that that are so good they warrant multiple grows!
- AUTO Sour Diesel by Dinafem
- While not as potent as Reserva Privadas Sour Diesel (due to it being an auto), it will change your mind about how strong/smelly an auto can be.
- Sour Diesel by Reserva Privada
- An absolute powerhouse. It's smell is only matched by its potency!
- Liberty Haze by Barneys Farm
- Wow! No waiting here! This strain is a steamroller and doesn't take any time to take effect.
- Critical Kush by Barneys Farm
- Imagine Liberty Haze as a creeper and you have Critical Kush. Wait a bit after using this strain as the effects tend to
pile up after a few minutes!
- Wonder Woman by Nirvana
- In our opinions, Wonder Woman is easily one of the best strains on the current market. Unbelievable yields, a borderline offensive smell, and ridiculous potency. A sure winner!
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2nd grow bought quality
seeds. Planted 10, 7 were females. Killed 4 due to soil being too thick, last three pretty much had the same nutrient/ph problems as the first grow. The pure Kush had no kick to it.
Then I started getting your news letters every Sunday, and spending a lot of time on the web site and watched grow videos on you tube. I'm on my 3rd grow now. I'm on day 23 in flower and everything is looking
amazing. Planted 10 seeds, 5 strains. All female and looking beautiful. You are proof than an old dog can learn new tricks...Thank you"
~Donald G |
Trophy Pictures of the Week! |
"Double Berry week 4 flower"
~doogle
"doogle didn't say much, but the pictures speak for themselves!"
~Sirius |
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Nebula Haze:
Medical cannabis is important to me personally, and I'm dedicated to showing others how easy it is to grow their own supply of
cannabis at home.
It is my mission to educate and build growing resources to help both new and advanced growers get bigger, better yields with less time and money. |
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Sirius Fourside:
Sirius Fourside is a hobbyist grower who has gained the bulk of his experience growing in water as a medium(deep water culture,
bubbleponics).
"Growing cannabis is a relaxing hobby in and of itself, but it also saves you money and keeps you from having to deal with shady characters. Cannabis is much
easier to grow than people give it credit for, and growing in water doesn't increase the difficulty much, if any. But whether you want to grow in water, perlite, or a different medium, we'll show you how easy it can be!"
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