I am a little confused about when to flush. I am doing a hydroponic setup. My plants are a few days into the 7th week of flowering. I am growing white widow, and the buds are quite large and have quite a few orange-ish hairs. The trichomes look clear/cloudy (I think, I don't quite have the hang of my magnifying glass. It is a lighted 30x-50x though). I am just wondering:

1.) When do I want to flush? I know it is 10 days before I harvest. But, do I want to wait until I see like a 50/50 spread of clear/amber trichomes and then start to flush for 10 days? Or do I want to flush before that? Such as when most of the trichomes turn cloudy?

2.) With a hydro system, will the plant continue to produce THC and cannabonol during the flushing? With just plain water and residual nutrients, will it still grow? This kind of hooks in with the last question.

Thank you

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first, let me say that i'm no expert, especially with hydro. ...so i will try and answer
what i can.

if you can clip a piece of leaf from near a bud, one with trichs on it, you can then
lay that on a table where it will be much easier to focus on with your magnigier.
...btw, is it a magnifying glass or a handheld microscope?

personally, i let the trichs tell me when to harvest, i note the day i flip, i
even count the days and weeks, but i harvest when about 20% of the
trichs are amber.


the plants will indeed continue to grow in every way during flushing,
it's just that they are forced to leach needed nutes from the reserves
contained within the plant itself. ...which is of course why we flush in the
first place, otherwise, our weed tastes like nutes, lol.

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So I still don't understand completely. So when the trichomes are about 20% amber, do I want to start flushing at the time? Or should I have already started flushing before that?

I am just confused as to whether I start flushing before I see the %20-%50 amber colored trichomes, then harvest right when it gets to the right percent. Or, do I wait untill I see the %20-%50 amber colored trichomes and start flushing at that moment?

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if it were me, and again i'll say i'm no hydro guru, when i thought i was about
10 - 15 % amber i'd dump my res and replace with just plain ph'ed water.

then i'd chop about 4 - 6 days later, by then more of the trichs would have
matured so you'd have about 20% at chop, plus, that's about a week for the
plant to use up all the nutes inside so the weed has a more natural flavor.

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For my final flush I add Florakleen to my buckets and do the mild flush with the existing nutes then I run water only for the last week. I wait till all the trichs looks milky before I do my final flush. When the trichs are 1/2 milky and clear I usually add the Bud Blaster and the SugarDaddy to fatten the Buds. A good flush improves the taste and smell of the final product. Enjoy!

Very interesting thread
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High Hydra.. everyone..

Thanks for starting this thread, thanks for the answers everyone..

May I ask.. if one grows hydro and uses RO thruought the grow, does it make any difference if you flush with tap water (with a ton of ph down, to get to 5.8ish) .. ?

Should I have started another "flushing question" thread?
Seems redudndant.. thank/sorry hydra..

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I am a med patient and long-time smoker. This is what i do

If I have an 8 weeks strain, I grow it for 56 days and then I start the 10 day flush.

I use no Florakleen/Final flush...I merely drain and fill the system w/tap water...ph'ing it on the first fill and then letting it bubble in the system for 12 hours.

I then drain the system again and refill with non-pH'd tap water...checking the ppm's all along the way. I continue to drain/refill until I see the ppm's drop to the level of the tap water and stay there and then I know the nutes have all leached. I will then run the plain water for a few days.

This process usually take 7-10 days and 3-4 drains and refills. I do not ph the last refills of the system because I want to close the portal and lockout as many minerals/etc at the end as I can

I watch the trichs and like em cloudy/amber....but in the end I am more concerned and can tell more of a difference in my weed if it is properly and thoroughly flushed than i can the subtle differences between clear and amber trichs on the same strain. (I grow mostly indicas and they knock your dong in the dirt no matter where the trichs are)

have fun

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