The Truth About Flushing Your Plants that Cannabis Nutrient Companies DON'T Want You to Know

[@beaston_guitar]

KZbin is a wild ride for growing tips. "You must do this!" followed by "Stop doing that!"

[@StanMNdirt]

I like to run grow tips through the best version of bullshit filter I can muster up at my experience level. By doing or not doing a lot of this stuff it might make a 2% difference in quality but was 2% worth the extra work and expense? Best I can do drying is 68 degrees and around 50% rh for example. If I listened to the videos about drying they'd convince me that my attempts to grow are futile because I can't maintain a perfect 60/60. As it turns out, the reality is much more forgiving and 68 degrees at 50% produces good results.

[@hotdogsarepropaganda]

if you want to actually improve your grow game, read. read all the books you can and anything from studies that produce increased yields.

[@recursiveidentity]

Goes to show you just because you made a video doesn't mean you made a good point lol.

[@jesusoftheapes]

Right . Just grow . You can learn a lot of advanced grow tips but until you have roots of your own nothing on video you tube matters. Try things. If you think it is a good idea and it makes sense in your situation do it. If someone says No or stop and yet you like the results than their advice only goes to far. You know your grow and what it needs most times and online info is not specific to your situation so do what you want. Try new things and have fun with it.

[@thimovijfschaft3271]

I honestly just recommend to let nature do its thing at first and later try to play around with different things and if it works, you can remember that, if not you stop. Also learn about biology in general as well as the biology from the plant. Not from companies or KZbinrs trying to sell you products.

[@jaybird634]

I usually go with all water last week . I wouldn't call it a full flush though .Thanks for all you do for the community Scotty . God bless , and peace to the DGC !

[@ScottyReal420]

Thank You, DGC4Life

[@TedMishler]

Flushing is fine. Purging would be good too, even if you did flush, water solubles are still in the leaves, until you flush them out

[@jesusoftheapes]

@@TedMishler They are supposed to be in the leaves . They would take up these things in natural soil outdoors. The plant stores these things for seed production. They burn up the nutrition pretty efficiently . The last thing anyone would want is a plant devoid of the proper nutrition . This is an idea by people who overthink grows so they can make videos about does and do nots. Its simply not important . If you want the plant to flush itself you would have to embalm it with water and yuck . its flushing the soil more than the plant .

[@davetherave2892]

I use organic soil and feed and at the last week use all water same amount as I wld feeding..so smooth 👌

[@yurky1]

​@@jesusoftheapeswell said sir

[@rswayne100]

Rx Green Technologies did a study on flushing. Participants of the study didn’t prefer plants that were flushed. If fact, they could really tell no difference and actually preferred the un-flushed plants when forced to pick the “smoothest” tasting plants.

[@ZinfandelRed1914]

I watched an interview about that, wonder if it was those guys, I do recall them saying that the flavors were preferred from the non-flush.

[@nonymontana626]

I saw that too

[@theopinkman9244]

Always be sceptical about companies who try to "disprove or prove" themselves through a study that they invented. I mean its possible that they Tell the truth but its very unlikely. I'd always prefer flushed. I've got a lot of growers in my circle since they legalized in our country. I've seen, tasted and smelled the differences. Go and find it out for yourself. Not everything KZbin can teach you is and true every study can be faked.

[@theopinkman9244]

And this was the line that made me dont believe it. And this i know for sure, i tried a lot.

[@natas12rm]

I don’t care what they say, from experience, the smoke is better if flushed. The ash is whiter as well.

[@danielwadding8642]

💯

[@mrgrofire5848]

How is the ash with the organic grows not flushing ?

[@natas12rm]

@@mrgrofire5848 idk. I’m doing my first mostly organic grow now. I think I’m going to stay synthetic though because I’ve heard heavy metals can be a problem with growing organic

[@natas12rm]

@@mrgrofire5848 KZbin deleted my comment. Just crazy. It said I’m not sure. I am doing my first grow using fox farm trio. I was using Humboldt cal mag and koolbloom so it’s not fully the o word. I am going to flush it through

[@natas12rm]

@@mrgrofire5848 all my other grows I used gh 3 part and it works fine. Nice tasting, smelling, and white ash as long as I flushed.

[@rondocfeelgood6712]

if you are using salt base nutrients you are flushing out the salts and that you must do. if you are doing organics you don't have to flush.

[@realnews5697]

salt base nutrients is organic too, it's just the feeding over time builds up in the medium so you flushing the medium out not the plant. you won't the plant to eat all the food it have stored in its leaves, the nutrients in soil is the same as powder form or bottle nutes. the diffirents is that powder and bottle nutes is already broken down for the plant to uptake the nutes soon as you feed. the soil nutes are slow release nutes that take time to break down, the only natural ferts in soil is the meals all other ferts in soil is man made process stuff. the meals is in powder and bottle nutes also with the man made process stuff, so it dosen't matter if you use soil or powder or bottled nutes they start off organic but end with the man made process stuff.

[@derekdebois8297]

Just dwindle down your nitrogen towards the end of the

[@michaelbishop8445]

I grow organic, at 4th week flower, i wont be flushing but i will be just giving plan water as feeds.... they still need the microbes help all the way to the end.

[@laynepipe5760]

​@@realnews5697they certainly AREN'T organic...(SALTS) they are INORGANIC! I believe you are confusing your terminology, you mean salts are a result of "organic chemistry" ....and as a former student of organic chemistry, I can assure you that organic means "containing carbon" in this situation versus "feeding your plants organically" as that means nutrients made bio available by specific processes of breakdown of multiple and diverse bacteria herd as well as fungal and mycorrhizal innoculants to work in symbiosis to break down nutrients and make them as we said above bio available for nutrients uptake and assimilation by the rhizosphere....essentially your feeding the soil and that performs the natural process that is the opposite of inorganic compounds and chelating processes of production to make the inorganic compounds available by osmosis by diffusion and make the ferts in a concentrated and uptakable and immediately available for (think dead reservoir vs. live reservoir in hydro, or TLO vs inorganic ferts in soil/soiless medium) Not being a dick, just been doing this about 30 years and I hate misinformation as it causes failure and misunderstandings, when I started there wasn't google, so when I got bad advice it was detrimental to my advancement or progress and took time/money/effort to fix, now we can prevent that with a little bit of researching on Google! Good day and good luck! Hope you learned something from my rant, it was pretty basic and MANY more pages in complexity but I will spare you the details as most don't read more than "lol" these days!

[@Florian-rk9fo]

Also biologic need flush...

[@ronhively8826]

I have experiment for you and all of your intelligent viewers. Take a small flower from the lower part of your plants. Put it on a paper towel in the microwave,wet and fresh, run it for 35 to 45 seconds depending on size. All the heavy metals and forever chemicals in the flowers will show themselves by arcing and smell when done. You decide for yourselves what's important. Your health or whatever , just watch what you use and always keep in mind some of what we do,can't be undone... Rock you all.

[@branjosnow6244]

I have 2 grows under my belt. 1st one was with nutrients, 2nd one was organic. 1st tasted horrible smoking it, I underfed it, flushing just didn't work for me at all. Tasted rank if I'm honest, really strong weed though. 2nd tastes good and smooth, a lot smaller, slightly less yield, but I got some quality weed out of it. I'm sticking with organic grows, everything is so much easier for beginners with organics. I try to eat organic when I can, so I should be smoking organic when I can too. But one thing is apparent throughout my experience. I LOVE GROWING CANNABIS! 💚

[@nkn8820]

I use synthetic and organic and I flush for at least 30 days

[@branjosnow6244]

@@nkn8820 I'm back to using nutes again, but I just bought Raw NPK packets to mix my own. It's a very precise measurement that I think I may have overdone a little lol. 30 days? You mean just water for the last month? I've been reading that flushing doesn't really do anything. We give the same nutes to a tomato plant, and it doesn't need flushing. Looks like it may be a bit "bro sciencey", not actually backed up by anything scientific. I have an Amnesia auto getting very close, I'm giving it nutes right up until the chop, just to see if makes any difference. I have 3x more seedlings on the go, but the auto is only 12 inches with about 3/4 ounce on it approx. I'll post back here with what the actual smoke is like when I dry it, if it's super harsh or not. Organic is great easy weed, but I just don't get enough of it lol.

[@AOLMEANWOODLS7]

IF YOU UNDER FED AND FLUSHED AND UR BUD STILL TASTE LIKE BONFIRE IT WAS UR DRYING...

[@branjosnow6244]

@@AOLMEANWOODLS7 100% agree lol. I've since learned that flushing is also pointless. Everything good or bad happens in the drying process.

[@Gary_Winthorpe]

@@nkn882030 day flush on a 60 day flowering plant???😂😂😂

[@jamessztorc3108]

Hey Scotty, Good topic. 5 years growing here I'm 72 and started smoking 7 years ago. I flushed the first couple grows using Fox Farm trio. Using what they recommend. Now I use Advanced Nutrients at 1/4 the recommended amount. And don't flush. My girls look great grow great and smoke great. Happy growing.

[@jesusoftheapes]

late bloomer.

[@trappenweisseguy27]

That “green taste” has always been a “chlorophyll” taste to me.

[@jrobbin24]

Curing normally helps with that in my experience after drying drop the temp and whatever room you're storing it in and make sure you burp the jar every day

[@trappenweisseguy27]

Yes, the “chlorophyll gum” flavour is only an issue with a bud picked off early in order to gauge where it’s at. Always gives me a headache and makes me sleepy lol. I’m currently babysitting 24 jars from this years crops 😳. I open the jars and force fan fresh air into them daily at the moment.

[@BandyGandy]

Greeting from Germany , First run is on its way . We are legal since 01.04.2024 but we have 3 plants plant count and 50g max. Rules. We have no Shops just Clubs starting in 2 Months you have to Pay each months and get 50g from the club. But also the Clubs have weird rules.

[@mnfisher129]

Congratulations on first run, good growing

[@Supertrooper9191]

That just sounds like a dumb law. How are you only going to get 50g of 3 plants?

[@BandyGandy]

@@Supertrooper9191yeah makes no Sense … Maybe with Auto‘s and a good cycle.. the goverment says just trash all Whats over 50g ….

[@scottganiere523]

Ohio can have 12 plants and 6 oz on deck

[@BandyGandy]

@@scottganiere523 with 12 you can have a nice cylce but all at 12 at the same time you have the Same Problems like we have

[@davidm4677]

Flash just use clean water 1-2 weeks before harvest you will save nutrients and get good tasting bud.If plants has nice green leaves two weeks before fully mature it doesn’t need any more nutrients they got stored plenty in the plant.

[@pissedoffconservative347]

I have done it multiple times multiple ways and I have found that depending on how heavy you feed your plant if you use half the recommended dosage during the growing process typically you don't have to flush but if you stick to more of the recommended dosage it's important to flush because if you don't your weed does not taste as good it is a little more harsh . I do not worry about overwatering because I always face fans at my fabric pots directly this way the soil does not stay wet for more than a day and a half before it is light to the touch allow me to feed more often as well

[@TheDabbinDave]

I grow organically. One friend constantly points out “the taste“. That taste being back guano, I guess? I use Roots Organic dry amendments for feeding and liquids for watering. My last run, which is drying, I went seven days of straight water. Hopefully I can get rid of “the taste“ by flushing out, whatever is causing it. Microbes in my living soil and the worms, hopefully will do whatever they need to do so my stuff taste, amazing

[@OlSoolGrow]

Dry your buds slower. The longer it takes, the more the chlorophyll will dissipate.

[@StanMNdirt]

I grow in soil, 5 gallon photos and a couple 2 gallon autos to add variety. Two runs of one or two autos while one or two photos are going. While researching how to grow most channels said flush. I have to RO my well water and store it in jugs so I can’t put a plant in the laundry tub and flush the east way. I have settled into stopping feeding and alternate between a dash of bloom boost and molasses for the duration. I wouldn’t do much call it a flush as letting the soil starve. Whatever I’m doing is giving me sticky powerful buds. I think it was good for me to go into this with no preconceived notions. My only goals were to grow, enjoy and hope I could do better than I have on my lawn for the past fifty years. The nice thing about seeing this video is that I can just keep on doing what I do. When I opened the photoperiod tent thus AM and was hit by the smell of Fast Buds Orange Sherbet ff it was awesome.

[@ScottyReal420]

Hell yeah, Thanks for sharing!

[@AtzeD109]

Have had her as a mom as well! I loved how uniform her clones grew. Nice and even Canopy 😎 Some friends were blown away by her. Some told me you literally had little hash crumbs on your fingers from just putting some into your grinder. I love their Purple Lemonade FF! Still have her as a mom. You gotta give her a try! Been very happy with FastBuds So far. Fast cycle, no hermies, great smoke!!

[@StanMNdirt]

@@AtzeD109 I have had initial success going through North Atlantic using specific breeders. Barney’s Farm and Fast Buds. I’ve got a bunch of saved seeds I want to try as well. I tried a couple last fall, one was a runt I decided not to transplant and the other was a male so I have culled out a male plant already. Once I get the summer/fall grow done I have to shut down for a trip. After that there won’t be anymore vacations on the horizon that require finishing everything. After starting in August 2023 and navigating vacations like land mines I will finally have an open ended schedule to do clones and mother plants and look for hidden gems in bag seed. The only change on the next run is trying a different amended soil and upping the pot size on the autos. I’ll be tweaking this process as long as I can keep growing. Hopefully that will continue into my 80’s.

[@eliinthewolverinestate6729]

Great title. I worry about brix levels. Degrees Brix (symbol °Bx) is a measure of the dissolved solids in a liquid, and is commonly used to measure dissolved sugar content of an aqueous solution. The °Bx is traditionally used in the wine, sugar, carbonated beverage, fruit juice, fresh produce, maple syrup and honey industries. Higher brix makes better smells and taste in cannabis. More water means lower brix levels. And I do make jams and jellies, wine, syrup, and process honey. It's just another tool to use. Lower brix levels take longer to cure. Higher brix levels cure faster.

[@ScottyReal420]

Thanks for sharing, Brix is something new growers should look into.

[@UKGBManny]

I try and get a reading on how much the plant is eating for example. Pending on the time of the flowering period say your on week 5 and feeding around 1.8 ECC reading. Then catch your run off after feeding and check the ECC if this raises above 1.8 you know the plant isn't eating all the nutes, however if it drops up the feed next time. Taper this week down towards the end of flower with just PH perfect water untill your ECC is 0.8 or below. Your grow medium will dictate the readings a lot.

[@x_koolaid666_x6]

This is my second year growing. And i started "flushing" one of my plants monday this week, just straight water, not trying to "flush" persay, but since its about harvest i figured plain water would be better than nutriant water, this video was extremely helpful

[@GhostofGenX]

I would say no you don't want to "super flush" but feed ph'd water last 10 days or so

[@YoungJester.]

"He ate half a meat ball, he's in senescence." You got me over here making a mess spitting out my coffee. 😂 Thanks for the content. 🤘😎👍

[@ScottyReal420]

Glad you enjoyed

[@01spiropent]

I havnt flushed since 2007....never looking back.

[@ScottyReal420]

I hope you not talking about your toilet 😂

[@ModMax69]

your toilet must be bad... j/k :)

[@iseabeck9488]

I'm wrapping up week 7 of my first grow. My friend has been growing for a long time and still sticks to the old Grow Bible way of doing things - not necessarily wrong, but definitely stuck in yesteryear. He's a flush-or-die person (among many other things). I plan on telling him I flushed my plants when I really didn't, just so that when he tries it (and hopefully likes it, lol), I'll actually have half a shot at changing his mind.

[@mnfisher129]

If it works what the difference when it came from? There are many was to get there it's about what works gor you

[@Evil_Chronic]

​@@mnfisher129 because flushing is essentially overwatering.

[@ag3nto578]

@@Evil_Chronic to me flushing just means no added nutes.

[@danielwadding8642]

Dont make your friend smoke nutes , he will know and your whole crop will be ruined ❤ the no flush thing is a myth about 2 years old now if that

[@danielwadding8642]

@@ag3nto578it’s about removing the Nutrient Soil Bank build up so instead of 4000pmm or 1000ppms it’s only like 40 -80ppms and yes the ash even turns fluffy white and doesn’t stay on fire in the ash tray like the black ash charcoal unflushed flowers

[@the_piper001]

also flushing we did back in the 90'S and it was to get rid of salt build up on the perlite and to flush out the return lines and water lines for the res water change and that was flushing.

[@KrisBrazil-l3v]

I have a question not unrelated, I have a wide variety of plants I work with. The question is whether or not, if someone was interested in the home remedies like old coffee grounds for nitrogen and a banana peel soup for potassium would be alright. My peppers and tomatoes love the mix and the tomatoes are in the same nightshade family. I'm new to this type of grow, so a a long time gardener. What are your thoughts?

[@7munkee]

Organic growers should never flush. In fact I do just the opposite...I water starve the plants the last week.

[@alcapone9550]

Good strategy, imo the plants are much faster dry and ready to smoke 👍🏻

[@AtzeD109]

I like dry stress before harvest too A The stress gives your ladys a little boost at the end B Your product will be "dry" quicker so you can start curing earlier

[@TheGerminator420]

Agreed! Organic no flush gives autumn look and I love it but I give last water 2/3 days before harvest.. let them starve and stress last few days

[@CHAKANOWANNA]

I'm starting week 10 on my outdoor autos and they had nothing but dr earth worm castings seaweed and molasses in coco so I'm gonna just water to a little run off for the next 2 weeks til their ready to harvest. It's my first grow so hopefully I don't fuck em up😂

[@Ihem777]

I am the fourth generation gardener , fifth generation is about to grown(my kids), I can't wait to use my skills, for something else and usefull. I really hope that in Finland things will change before time runs out,,, 🇫🇮🙏🧙‍♂️

[@ScottyReal420]

Best of luck!

[@TheRodBishop3]

I 'm hoping you could answer a question about my bamboo. It's about 18' tall, about 7 years old. I transplanted it when we moved in and have done absolutely nothing to it in 7 years besides the occasional watering during a heat spell. I'm in NW Florida. This year the whole bamboo plant turned yellow and I lost all my leaves. Something drastic happened and I don't have a clue. Not really a plant guy but I do appreciate good landscaping. Thanks for any help. Rod B

[@deadbeats4894]

I do bubbled water for the last 2 weeks. Makes a huge difference in the taste, size of the buds and itburns/ smokes better. Imo.

[@JohnSmith-lm1pl]

That's the beauty of mediumless grows. If i want to flush dwc I don't need to do it for a week. Couple of days at the end is all that's needed. Most times I don't bother with the flush and get comments "oh this is flushed really well". I think what they mean is it's cured properly 😂

[@Mark_Nadams]

I grow photos outdoors in 28 gallon pots. I stop feeding N and double the watering schedule at least two weeks before harvest. The plants transfer what N they have stored in the fan leaves to the buds as they need to. The bottom leaves I haven't already defoliated for air flow turn yellow and fall off. By harvest time it looks like I lollipopped them. This method makes for easier harvest & processing to buds but most importantly it makes for smoother smoke.

[@lostpony4885]

Adding extra water for preharvest flush? That doesnt make sense i thought we just switch to normal water at regular amount, let the plant use up what it already has.

[@carlderossi6497]

Synthetic nutrients can leave a bitter taste if not flushed at all . Organics don't need flushing . But if needed , the correct way to flush is to clean to the bare roots and soak the root ball in plain water for 1 or 2 days in a bucket of water . This does make the smoke much cleaner and smoother .

[@ScottyReal420]

Interesting! I have never heard of this method.

[@carlderossi6497]

@@ScottyReal420 That's because i never told anybody until now since i thought of it in 1989 . LOL... flushing out peters pro 20-20-20 back then was a bitch and i had to think of something .

[@BobSmith-kd6lq]

​@@carlderossi6497That stuff would build up the salts, but the plants loved it.

[@TonicofSonic]

Doing something the same way that long usually means you are not doing it the best way. The moment you stop improving is the moment you start getting worse.

[@carlderossi6497]

@@TonicofSonic You tend to lose the passion for knowledge at my age when things can be done with your eye's closed and there's no more need for improvement . The only time thing's get worse actually is when trying something new . Call it being a stubborn old timer . but if it aint broke , don't try to fix it !

[@crazyjay6331]

If there's something stinky and water soluble in your soil then the plant will take up that stink along with the water so you only need to flush out/ dilute that stinky water soluble stuff or make sure u didnt apply any stinky fert for a week or two depending on your soil mix/ environment.

[@kellykellerstein-meatchamb5361]

That which is claimed without evidence...can be dismissed without evidence. Lets see some graphs and charts.

[@halcreasy4707]

So donate the money to give these guys the ability to make graphs and charts for you instead of give you their honest experience; they obviously have a ton. Or just just experiment yourself. But for real though, why are you bringing bad vibes here? We are talking about weed man. Peace and best wishes to you growmie.

[@MalcolmYoung-h4k]

My rule of thumb is exceptionally simple. If my lips turn a little numb, you didn't flush properly.

[@mylogify]

What could you say about a difference between 1 week flush and 2 week flush? I wish I can do 2 weeks, but they are so close to be done in about week I can only do 1 week. I am wondering if it's a bit worse than 2 weeks. What do you think? By the way, you looks like Johnny Knoxville!

[@nickmac6998]

I flush from day 60-75 on autos. If you don’t then you are smoking hay and end up giving the grow away to people. If you flush you get good tasting smoke

[@roncozad4108]

I look at flushing as a way of resetting the soil for reuse in the next go round. At the end for the last week I'm really only feeding the microbials and suchlike.

[@T-money0985]

Personally, I do what I call a "soft flush." I use 2 different calmag one with N and one without. With RO water you HAVE to add calmag back. In veg I use with N in bloom I transition to the no N and cut my base nutes back a little as I introduce a bloom booster. I use fabric pots and almost never get nute spots, unless I water heavy near the sides. I have been growing for three years and have only ever flushed once when I over fed them. Again, works for me and I have never had any hay bud. P.S. Invest in a separate grow tent/area, my bud dries more evenly.

[@redeye1773]

if its yellow let it mellow if its brown fush it down if its green somewhere between

[@ScottyReal420]

😂

[@listerinestrips1156]

I believe you should flush. One time i hurriedly harvested a plant and made edibles with it. I could feel the bottled nutrient ingredients in my body after eating. It felt dirty

[@StanMNdirt]

How can you tell if the feeling in your body is from bottled nutrients? Are you sure that isn’t caused by the preservatives in food and pollutants in the atmosphere? I drank four IPA’s and had a few bowls with them last night. I couldn’t identify where all the feelings were coming from but I liked it.

[@listerinestrips1156]

@@StanMNdirt I made edibles with butter I made from a plant and had just fed it before harvest a day or 2. I think it got into the butter from the plant and into the food I made the edible with

[@listerinestrips1156]

@@StanMNdirt I do get kind of sick or at least can feel stuff sometimes like high fructose corn syrup in sodas. I don't think my feelings from the edibles were from any preservatives in the food or pollutants from the atmosphere. I did this in an old apartment I lived in a few years back.

[@StanMNdirt]

@@listerinestrips1156 I worked on a truck farm in the mid 60's and wiped tomatoes on my blue jeans and ate them. We're not the same, I'm 0% fussy about my weed and it always exceeds my expectations.

[@samlipsit517]

I do not always flush. This time I did , used an Organic 3 part and recharge…had to flush at day 56 as they were not fading like I would have liked. Water only for the last 2 weeks. PPMS were 1000, knocked it down to 100… I do not keep track of my par levels or runoff , basically read the plant. It’s summer where I am and was going to run autos, maybe run the DOTS this time. Any discount codes would be awesome ! Cheers …

[@DistinSadler-m1l]

I am a new grower I don’t know if I should or shouldn’t after watching your video for my soil, I have cocoa core. And I have miracle grow potting soil mix. and for my compost, I have mixed in with that horse, cow, goat, and chicken poop and my perfect technology that I’m using grow micro and bloom. They manage the pH by themselves. Just mix the wand in and put it in, but I’m not giving them that much nutrients because of what I have in the soil. I don’t wanna over feet them and I don’t know if I should flush it out or not

[@justarandomname420]

No need to flush organic unless it is making the flower taste funny. Flushing is for heavy salt grows. If you do flush, I suggest just using some molasses and water.

[@LoveWins]

First off when you mention that you don't ever flush your vegetables before Harvesting you also don't smoke your vegetables . Eating nutrients and smoking nutrients is a completely different story.Now I could see not flushing if you're just going to make edibles with your product but if it's going to be vaporized or smoked or turned into a concentrate you don't want all of that extra stuff

[@southeastswell]

i use to flush a flood & drain religiously every fortnight and for the last 2 weeks. It was annoying to do so i experimented with no flush during the entire grow cycle. The difference? None whatsoever. If anything it smelt better with no flush and tasted the same.

[@ScottyReal420]

Very interesting, thanks for sharing!

[@jeandepainter2657]

i`vee been growing on simple tomato fertiliser for years , works perfectly and i always flush because thats how my mentor learned me to do it 20y ago , how do i do it , the last week of flowering i only use ph controlled water and thats it , its not really flushing a lot imo but thats the way i do it

[@MARIOMENTAL]

Where can we find grow dots in Europe please?

[@Vincent-ez6rp]

Over 45 years of growing different styles,never once have I flushed. And I also don’t do any overflow during any watering, try not to anyway.Great results. Like you said, why give someone a gallon if they only drink a quart?

[@ScottyReal420]

Most people do it, because that how they were taught.

[@joeross7762]

I use half the amount of nutrients in veg and give more in flowering l do flush the last2 weeks with just water to get the chemicals out and hope the weed tastes better

[@slimthunder2601]

Can you use recharge to help with root rot after cleaning the roots up.

[@dmo848]

I did but I changed the soil before I added recharge. 2 days later it looked great

[@samblake9667]

You always want to do at least a week flush or else your flower will never taste as good and might be a little harsher. I have 25+ years growing experience ive tried both ways. Flushing works better every time.

[@snakeinthegrass7443]

I'm a newbie grower and I've been so overwhelmed by all the "advise" online that I said the heck with it and just put my first four plants in 5 gal fiber pots and filled them with miracle grow. They're doing fantastic so far🙏 I have no idea if I should, if I even CAN, or even HOW to flush a plant. Reading these comments have got me bonkers again bc seems like everyone is mixing fert in their water as they go and just stop at the end and just give water. I'm already just giving water. Is that what flushing means, just plain water at the end? Cause I'm thinking it's like getting the garden hose and saturating the soil til it runs out of the pot for a while and flush the soil.

[@BadhbhCatha]

@@snakeinthegrass7443it does mean plain water :) the idea is to use up all the nutrients in the soil and let the plant die naturally. I’ve heard a lot that soil / organics do not need it.

[@Kenny.G-33]

​@@snakeinthegrass7443It's definitely always a personal experience I think, too much info out there. Whatever works for you someone else guarantees that it failed for them 🤔

[@devaughnkousins5439]

I tried the no flushing of my plants n when I do I get a tingling sensation in my mouth. When I flush I don't get the tingling sensation. Some people could be more sensitive than others.

[@dmo848]

So I'm not crazy. 😊 I thought the same

[@TonicofSonic]

Oh wow I need to test this I HATE tingle mouth weed I refuse to touch the stuff.

[@GregDean-e7q]

I m on my first grow I cut down on my fox farm big grow by 1/2 beginning the 4th week of flowering and added tiger bloom 1/2 dose did that for 2 feedings. Then at the beginning of the 5th week dropped big grow and started unsulfered mollassas and full dose of tiger bloom. My flowering time on the purple queen 7-9 weeks. My question is at the end of 6th week. Should I quit all feedings and just water. My plant looks great and I’m scared to death I’m going to mess it up. Would you flush if you were me or do u think I backed off the nitrogen in time. Plant smells sweet and looks great

[@OlSoolGrow]

Stop the nitrogen before the 2nd week of flower. Plain water the last week or 2 is fine. It'll help the plants use what's left in the medium. You should be double or triple dosing with flower bloom by 5th and 6th week. If the tips start to burn, plain water every other day while cutting back to normal dose of nutrients.

[@DrGonzo12676]

I flush with sugar water, 1 1/2 cup per 5 gallons of water the final week, helps with flavor I've found.

[@BlockchainMoney87]

Sounds bout right im add molasses

[@ronmailloux2386]

@@BlockchainMoney87 I tried molasses once and noticed that it gums up my bong.

[@jaredgarnett181]

Why not raise or lower medium ph so no uptake of nutes?

[@MrFly-kw6kq]

Because the lockout condition prohibits beneficial osmosis which stalls capillary action, thus negating the ability of the plant to effectively transpire residual salts via stomata.

[@tjsylvia285]

Do you need more Grow Dots when growing outside vs indoor?

[@ScottyReal420]

Nope. But you should probably go with the Extended Veg Grow Dots. They lost longer for an outdoor grow season.

[@GregDunne-zf2ep]

Scotty if you have a plant that only gets 1 to 3 leaves and doesn't pollinate well would that be a tripled great at harvest time big buds very little leaf

[@Rolex-s1f]

Any plans to get grow dots and recharge into hydro stores across the pond? I’d love to give them a try but they cost a small fortune on Amazon over here

[@ScottyReal420]

We are working on it!

[@ksimm1986]

So to be clear...if I'm using grow dots, I don't need to flush? I've had great results with them so far and I'm thinking about only using them in my future grows....recharge too. :)

[@chinaco750]

I hope you get an answer for this. Good question.

[@WineHouse33]

Advanced Nutrients realized they could split everything into 25 differently labeled bottles, for profit...

[@YeahYofurtYeah]

And people use it!! And recommend it at stores!!

[@OGDadAverage]

It's why Remo left them and made his own line

[@leesamardzija9165]

I flush until the water comes out clean and there's no nutrients in the substrate

[@supermuffin38]

First time user of grow dots and recharge. Great stuff! Finishing week 7 with master kush and she's stacked! Will definitely be my go to nutrients source from now on! Keep on keeping it REAL, Scotty!

[@ScottyReal420]

Good stuff! Join us at our new site realgrowlab.com and share you grow.

[@taraamoretti8853]

Hiya What do grow dots look like would have been awesome if you had some to show😊

[@DavidPriller]

As long as you have plenty of fan leafs you can just give water towards the end and let the plant feed on itself which is the perfect nutrient for that specific plant

[@Msburto55]

If you can believe it im on my 5th run with the same media promix water with recharge a little cal-mag . Terp and taste on point no flushing just plain water last 2wks.

[@jmar2229]

for my autos i use fox farm nutes ya think i should keep using sledgehammer like it recommends between week 6 and 7. i dont really notice the difference if i dont use it

[@ScottyReal420]

If you don't notice the difference, stop using it. You will see the difference in your wallet.

[@ksimm1986]

Are there metals in the fertilizer you don't want to end up smoking?

[@ScottyReal420]

Heavy metals are not good to smoke.

[@michaelbranscum]

Not Metals, Some ferts have salts in them. The reason to flush is to remove as much salts as possible before harvesting. If you use growdots or other organic ferts then flush isnt needed if im thinking correctly.

[@DMP2923]

Do grow dots put less nitrogen in the soil at the end of flower?

[@taylordauwe]

If you grow with synthetic nutrients I say yeah flush, if you grow organically you don’t have to, but I still do. A good flush, even with organics, typically results in higher cannabinoids and better terps. It’s marginal but I still do. The last week or two of my grows I feed nothing but distilled or ro water.

[@neilolivier4751]

Same here buddy. I agree it's easier to achieve better cannabis. But to each his/her own. I'm not big on mineral tasting flower. Plus I don't smoke cigarettes

[@dmo848]

Try grabbing rain water when it rains just for that. I swear it gives a certain taste in terps

[@taylordauwe]

@@dmo848 yeah I agree, I have my 5 gallon harbor freight buckets outside right now collecting rainwater. 😂 I give my plants rainwater when able to during seedling and flush stages.

[@francismorganstern6455]

I never flush at the end just ph water the last several weeks I'll flush before I go into flower from veg if the plant looks like it's struggling

[@Satsumanottz09]

😂😂that’s flushing 👊

[@BBigOso]

Is grow dots good for Hydroponics?

[@DanJonesShow]

I don't smoke, I dry flower vape and make tincture oil and I gotta be honest.. it tastes SO much better than smoking. No flushing but I do put a lot into my dry and cure and that seems to have the largest impact on flavor IMO. Good video as always bruh

[@ScottyReal420]

Thank you, the dry and cure is the important part.

[@Udtghost840]

A cannabis plant is a hyperaccumulator and tomatoes are non accumulators which means cannabis can retain heavy metals like silicon and lead .but tomatoes are non accumulators which means they don't retain these salts and minerals that are harmful to the cannabis plant. That's why I flush so many people have their own opinion about flushing I think it helps

[@thepatriotsrage661]

While this may be the case for organic dry amendments, it is not the case for hydroponic salt based nutes. Thos you have to flush out, at least a week before chopping to ensure clean tasting, good burning smoke. No flush = harsh, black burning ash that is not appealing.

[@justarandomname420]

I gorw with salts (Grow More USA), and flush for the final two weeks with just molassas added. Have had quite a few people think it was organic.

[@brentthedetailman2228]

i give distilled water 3 times in the last 2 weeks just as a normal watering

[@ploed]

My Compo Organic Grow liquid fertilizer says: "2 weeks before harvest, stop using fertilizer".

[@pfrillele]

Years ago when i used liquid fertillizer i never flushed i only took pure water the last 3 weeks,now i use something like Grow Dots!

[@johnkehoe8368]

i am a mg fan i trying the bloom booster they have 15 30 15 it works well for my indoor i will see in august if its good for my outdoor plants i have been told to use bloom with auto's all the time not the high N then bloom booster but i hate changing what i do since its been so good to me and omg i wanna use grow dots bro how would i get it in canada or are you up for a drive lol

[@ScottyReal420]

😂 We are working on making them available again, but it will take some time.

[@johnkehoe8368]

@@ScottyReal420 thx bro i still use MG and so many say it does not work but hey we all know better lol

[@LS-vo7hc]

Ive been growing since the late 70's My medium of choice is rockwool, and I've tried them all. I flush the final 10 days before harvest and the result is sweet delicious white ash perfection. Haven't grown in the last 4 or 5 years so not up to date on the latest nutes and such though so I may have something new to learn.

[@LarryPetty]

I really dig these video's , Job well done

[@ScottyReal420]

Thank you very much!

[@frankstavro]

... any retailer in Germany?

[@jonpfeiffer5482]

Greetings from Thailand like to tell you my experience with flushing I had a nutrient lockout on one branch of a flowering and I was told that I needed to flush it so I flushed it to where I can pH the water going in and pH the water coming out and the very next day the whole plant went into nutrient lock and I lost it old plant anybody got any ideas why

[@davidm4677]

Too much water

[@jonpfeiffer5482]

Hey man I do appreciate that reply but what else could I have done besides flushing that's what I really would love to know if you've got any words of wisdom on that it would be greatly appreciated as I said when we started I had one branch with one flowering on that Branch just totally went limp all the leaves went and then after the flushing the whole plant did that and I understand too much water trust me I do but what else could I have done at the time when I had the one branch cut it off

[@davidm4677]

@@jonpfeiffer5482 Just water it with plain water but not over socking it the buildup salts can bounce back and lock your plant so next time just use water for serval days without over watering it or remove the plant from the pot and flash of ale the dirt and try repotting it.

[@jonpfeiffer5482]

David greetings from Thailand thank you so much for that information I definitely know what to do next time I just been growing here in Thailand for a year and a half now trying to put me a grow room together I've got air conditioner put in it but so far that's about all I've done so I'm growing outside in pots and Chasing the Sun so your information is greatly appreciated I'm a 60 year old man just trying to refigure it all out after a 30-year pause and growing things you should change man that really changed but once again David thank you so much for your information brother

[@davidm4677]

@@jonpfeiffer5482 No worries where about your in Thailand?

[@TheGerminator420]

First off... I've learnt so much in years, from others and mistakes and I'm learning now even more from you so for that thanks a bunch!.. can you please do a video on the pros, cons and everything else on sharing pots/holes to having them in their own space? I see you haven't done this one and I would love to know the ins and outs about this 😁 keep it going bro! 🇬🇧 WEED.. connecting people✌️

[@mdjenks]

Is the green "earthy"? When you say it taste green?

[@ScottyReal420]

Bud can be earthy, this green taste is the chlorophyll.

[@michaelbranscum]

earthy taste like earth, green taste like fresh "green" hay which mostly comes from chlorophyll

[@loopmantra8314]

Actually chlorophyll not degrading (so that's too fast of a dry, say in 3 days) is what gives you that hay taste/smell Nitrogen and phosporus build up is harsh on the throat

[@josemacon7385]

Do you use liquid nutrients?

[@ScottyReal420]

I used to used Canna Nutrients, before we developed Grow Dots.

[@Kenny.G-33]

Worm castings is the way to go 💪 no flush required Always super rich flavours and good quantity

[@That.Grumpy.Scotsman]

can i use growdot without any nutrients? or do i still need to add to it?

[@bradhunt9518]

Live in Canada. I go to the Mohawk resavation for my weed. I get to touch it,smell it,smoke a bowl to taste. 100 dollars on once. Hash,200 an oncd. Man6 choices. Oil,rexin,rosin,live rosin,all the good stuff. Shrooms too. Cone on fown.

[@danielwitt1148]

hmm i got 19 plants and its 50$ a grow dot for extended veg.. thats so expensive least for me.. sadly i will try it tho some day sounds really good

[@michaelbranscum]

theres a 9.95 bag of growdots also, you dont have to start with the big bag.

[@ModMax69]

Anyone else have herb that crackled and sparked when smoked?

[@ScottyReal420]

That can be from seeds or stems being smoked with the bud.

[@ModMax69]

@@ScottyReal420 It was seedless. The weirdest thing like a sparkler going off consistently.

[@michaelbranscum]

@@ModMax69 if yur seeing sparkles when you fire up its most likely the flint from your lighter.

[@mikeg1032]

Im growing organic, week 6 of flower is tomorrow. Leaves are super dark green, last top dress was last Wednesday, will water only be enough to yellow the leaves in 2 weeks????.....

[@ScottyReal420]

Water only will be fine.

[@danielwadding8642]

There is a reason state law mandates you flush as a dispensary, your not allowed to sell cannabis with that dosnt meet the ppm standards

[@aig9672]

Ppm standards, for what

[@chuckbailey6835]

What state?

[@danielwadding8642]

I actually worked in a professional production facility.. and yes state law also regulates the ppm allowance. Parts Per Million

[@Kenny.G-33]

​@@danielwadding8642lmao 😂😂 douche

[@RT10Viperman]

I grow hydro and I always flush for 7 days before harvest.

[@DAVIDSavageGrowsDank]

If you want good tasting bud you need to flush out the extra salts or it will taste like them organic can do better tastes too

[@matprang4508]

There is absolutely no reason why you shouldn't flush it doesn't hurt the plant in the last two weeks of flower. That being said tapering your nutrients up towards flower from vegetation from start and then tapering it down towards late flower is the way to go as far as I'm concerned if you're using synthetic nutrients. If you're using all organic or veganic nutrients it's kind of hard to do that because there's no real measurement going on your top dressing and what not with different amendments. That being said there's a lot of organic growers saying they don't have to flush tapering your nutrients down towards the end of the life cycle for cannabis will make it taste better as far as I'm concerned I've done this I've run hydro and dirt and I always flush certainly doesn't cost me any money because I'm only using RO water I don't notice any significant difference in yield but I do notice a significant difference in terpene production and quality. That's only one part of the puzzle though light cycles and light strength is super important especially when you're getting down to the final week or two of flowering One would think you would need more light that is incorrect You're going to do more harm than good and lose those good turps. I like to add a little bit of blue or reintroduce it at the end of flower I feel this again helps terpene production and preserves it. That being said anyone that's growing any type of plant can do what they want with it it's their plant and they're the ones growing it do what you want to All I know is my cannabis always burns bright white ash it is not harsh and the terpenes are always there especially when handled properly when drying and curing and then after that keeping it in jars at the right temperature with no light. 😊

[@TjLambo-f3g]

I flush my plants everytime i harvest. But i use a finishing solution that still gives the plant essential nutrients while still flishing the plant.n

[@bigit40]

Your products look great and with so many DGC cup top products using Grow Dots and Recharge can't wait for you to do a deal to export to us poor growers in Europe! Or how about a deal to get it produced here in Europe under licence? Please find a way.

[@ScottyWalker420]

Just watered the way you said, 6 gallons of water with recharge into 15 babies in 3 gallon pots of happy/ocean mix. no burn, nice green color. recharge good stuff I had to buy enough to know i wouldnt run out :D.

[@ScottyReal420]

🙌Thanks for sharing

[@porcgardenEducational]

There is a mixture of thing u can flush out like salts is the worst build up with bottle liquids I don't use them but they allways want you to flush it's mainly.bottle stuff not organically grown fertiliser is good