Yeah I think that was wierdly talking about over burped weed becoming oxidized and turning brown because of it. How long would you say a "proper" cure is supposed to last because leafly says four to eight weeks, and some strains even benefit from six months or more of curing.
The biggest issue with doing it in soil is you can ruin the soil for future grows. I personally think using salt based nutrient solutions in soil ruins the soil and that they really should only be used in soil-less grows.This link is a coco flushing journal. If iron uptake was enhanced during soil-less flush, and the other nutrients showed no difference between 0 day and 14 day flushes, its possible that soil abundant in nutrients and microbes may follow a similar pattern as the flushing leaches mobile nutrients like Nitrogen. Or theres enough free nutes/microbe life to keep sustaining the plant. No idea, either way it’s not proven to enhance anything except finishing color, if done improperly it could ruin the buds. Non flushed was actually perceived as better tasting.
Cannabis Flushing Research Study
In our research study, RX Green Technologies evaluated the effects of different flushing times on chemical profile, flavor, and smoke of cannabis flower.www.rxgreentechnologies.com
One month is the minimum fora decent 'smoke report' on the weed but there are strains, particularly the longer flowering ones, that also get better after a longer cure.
It was the first trial of its kind, and it was only in coco. I really wish they examined this same flush RDWC and Soil as well. I agree that salt build up messes with soil, but couldn’t you remediate it by flushing it with tea, microbes/fungi, sugars and/or enzymes?
The salts in the soil will kill most of that stuff. You'll probably never see a bad effect from adding organic stuff, but it won't stay alive.
At that point there reallly isn’t much point in using soil. You’d be better off using something like ProMix HP than actual living soil.
My Pro-Mix supplier is already out for the year. I bought all they had left, which wasn't a lot. Gonna have to go another route in the near future.
But is that changing the trichomes or are the leaves just dying sooner? In nature those beautiful fall colors are a sign that the leaf is dying and will fall off if it is not in the genetics to be purple, or orange or whatever. My Vin Santo (Mandlebrot's Oilspill cross) started turning purple as it popped pistils, and was almost black at harvest. Neither had anything to do with the trichomes. It was like they were on a separate playing field.
Definitely cause the leaves to die sooner and if you left her on the bucket for 14 days I don't think there would be very many left come day 15. I think a 5-7 day flush in hydro is the sweet spot from what I have seen from my grows. I don't think it does much to the trichomes H.A.F. other than mautre like they normally would for X amount of days.
You missed my point. Is flushing actually making the plant ripen faster or just making the leaves die?
Hmmm, I guess I am missing the point. Isn't less moisture in the leaves and much less of them considered a ripening of sorts or are you saying that doesn't matter and it's all about the trichomes H.A.F.
If it doesn't make them turn milky/amber then what's the point? You are depriving the buds of having fully functional leaves as they finish out.
This is one of the things I love about growing organically. One of the ways I know the plant is close to finish is when the leaves get their fall colors. No need to forage the leaves to change.
Hmmm... So what would you say the best way to get your plants into senescence is DET—PDX?