# Different plants at different stages? **URL:** \ **Category:** Indoor Growing\ **Tags:** firsthydrogrow, flowering, flushing, indoor-grow\ **Created:** [December 13, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670 "2020-12-13T22:45:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jambi1214](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/jambi1214/32/462102_2.png) [@jambi1214](https://ilgmforum.com/u/jambi1214)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 10:45pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670/1 "2020-12-13T22:45:19Z")
I just started flushing my hydro setup. One of the plants seems more advanced then the other, with much more amber pistils … I don’t want to loose it but the other doesn’t seem ready and so heavy it’s going to break… I don’t think I can separate any suggestions? ![IMG_20201213_163702624](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/0/5/7/0570090174bead2f997c931cd4d7cf0f84c47c1f.jpeg) ![IMG_20201213_163658448](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/e/6/8/e68f9af0f1bffd142e6065339272657cf2a0a5cd.jpeg) ![IMG_20201213_163705518](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/1/5/1/1517037dc67baebdecafc13e6edcfd9f3860b90b.jpeg) ![IMG_20201213_163713610](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/9/0/7/9071d8e1cbd86a5831fd9e1d4c5103f165c5cb7b.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Eagles009](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/eagles009/32/430861_2.png) [@Eagles009](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Eagles009)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 10:59pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670/2 "2020-12-13T22:59:42Z")
I’m confused, why not just chop the one that’s ready and let the other one continue on? Is it the one that’s not ready that is too heavy? In that case time to start tying em up to something. ---
**Author:** ![jambi1214](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/jambi1214/32/462102_2.png) [@jambi1214](https://ilgmforum.com/u/jambi1214)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2020, 11:59pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670/3 "2020-12-13T23:59:50Z")
I just tied up more. They are both on the same hydro system so I just started the flush… So I guess I could cut the plant that is smaller and has darker pistels and leave the other one in flush longer? ---
**Author:** ![jambi1214](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/jambi1214/32/462102_2.png) [@jambi1214](https://ilgmforum.com/u/jambi1214)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670/4 "2020-12-14T00:00:22Z")
Do those look close to harvest in your opinion? ---
**Author:** ![Eagles009](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/eagles009/32/430861_2.png) [@Eagles009](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Eagles009)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670/5 "2020-12-14T00:03:52Z")
First three pictures I would hold off. Last picture looking pretty done to me. In my humble opinion a pre harvest flush is probably not necessary. In any event I believe you can flush in hydro very quickly, days not weeks. So you just do a couple day flush, then resume normal operating procedure after chopping the first one, I think. Let me tag a hydro guy and see what they think. @peachfuzz ---
**Author:** ![peachfuzz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/peachfuzz/32/38092_2.png) [@peachfuzz](https://ilgmforum.com/u/peachfuzz)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670/6 "2020-12-14T01:03:53Z")
You can do a selective harvest… Cut down what’s ready and let the rest ripen… I do it all the time… I will even leave the trunks still in the system until everything gets harvested… They are only usually about 2 or 3 weeks apart depending on strain… I run a rdwc system with 6 plants in each tote… ![20170522_195619](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/d/7/9/d79858f782515a9489d8146748233f1b67ac6395.jpeg) ✌🕶 ---
**Author:** ![jambi1214](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/jambi1214/32/462102_2.png) [@jambi1214](https://ilgmforum.com/u/jambi1214)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 2:43am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670/7 "2020-12-14T02:43:43Z")
Thanks. So can you cut off some off the buds to dry and leave some of the other buds to continue flowering? Or take everything off one plant and leave the other? And since flushing would you add nutes again for another week or 2 then flush again? ---
**Author:** ![peachfuzz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/peachfuzz/32/38092_2.png) [@peachfuzz](https://ilgmforum.com/u/peachfuzz)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 3:39am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670/8 "2020-12-14T03:39:29Z")
I tend to harvest each bud as they ripen… I usually never cut the whole plant down at one time… When your dealing with this kind of setup, it’s hard to take a whole plant down… ![20171001_213759](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/2/e/4/2e44b66bae41cf55d56ffbbd3dd1bb7fcd0ecd87.jpeg) This is a 4x5 double scrogg table and I usually have 3 tables going at all times… Lately I’ve been lazy and the summer was so brutal that I’m only running 2 tables at the moment and really not even one table because I’m cleaning everything really good and will be putting the next table into flower in a day or so and in about 4 weeks will fill the other table… 👍😉 ✌🕶 ---
**Author:** ![jambi1214](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/jambi1214/32/462102_2.png) [@jambi1214](https://ilgmforum.com/u/jambi1214)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 4:19am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670/9 "2020-12-14T04:19:31Z")
I’m using an ebb flow setup and the setup this time has been tough to work with. Will have improvement for next time,… So if they are harvest as you go, when do you flush? ---
**Author:** ![peachfuzz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/peachfuzz/32/38092_2.png) [@peachfuzz](https://ilgmforum.com/u/peachfuzz)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 11:00am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670/10 "2020-12-14T11:00:34Z")
I never over feed so I never really flush… 👍😉 ✌🕶 ---
**Author:** ![Psu8286](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/57b2e6/32.png) [@Psu8286](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Psu8286)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 11:21am UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670/11 "2020-12-14T11:21:41Z")
No. Have you checked the trichomes? ---
**Author:** ![Hydro921](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/hydro921/32/456634_2.png) [@Hydro921](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Hydro921)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 12:37pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670/12 "2020-12-14T12:37:56Z")
What do you clean your system with? ---
**Author:** ![jambi1214](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/jambi1214/32/462102_2.png) [@jambi1214](https://ilgmforum.com/u/jambi1214)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 1:21pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670/13 "2020-12-14T13:21:51Z")
Distilled water Was on advanced nutrients micro bloom grow ---
**Author:** ![peachfuzz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/peachfuzz/32/38092_2.png) [@peachfuzz](https://ilgmforum.com/u/peachfuzz)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 2:59pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670/14 "2020-12-14T14:59:58Z")
Really hot water , elbow grease and hydrogen peroxide… No soap or bleach… ✌🕶 ---
**Author:** ![Hydro921](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/hydro921/32/456634_2.png) [@Hydro921](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Hydro921)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670/15 "2020-12-14T15:17:37Z")
Do you throw away the hydroton or recycle? ---
**Author:** ![jambi1214](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/jambi1214/32/462102_2.png) [@jambi1214](https://ilgmforum.com/u/jambi1214)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 3:48pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670/16 "2020-12-14T15:48:53Z")
It’s a new batch This is my first grow. I have been changing water weekly and adding nutes weekly. I ordered loupes to look at trichomes. ---
**Author:** ![peachfuzz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/peachfuzz/32/38092_2.png) [@peachfuzz](https://ilgmforum.com/u/peachfuzz)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 4:23pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670/17 "2020-12-14T16:23:38Z")
I don’t use any media , only when I’m starting out new seeds , other than that I mostly clone and I only use neoprene collars that fit snugly into my net baskets for plant support… ![20171221_220759](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/1/c/9/1c9f4798b81c06e87238ec2dcad7207506a545cf.jpeg) ![20171221_221232](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/f/1/d/f1dfd7710328792eb5678ee8033553d0df634ee3.jpeg) ![20171221_221533](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/original/4X/f/f/7/ff7c74941c8a593025dc52f244d668491b0f55a3.jpeg) ✌🕶 ---
**Author:** ![Growcoast](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/growcoast/32/488096_2.png) [@Growcoast](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Growcoast)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 4:57pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670/18 "2020-12-14T16:57:02Z")
check trichomes @jambi1214 ---
**Author:** ![Growcoast](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/growcoast/32/488096_2.png) [@Growcoast](https://ilgmforum.com/u/Growcoast)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670/19 "2020-12-14T16:58:10Z")
@jambi1214 trichome check. ---
**Author:** ![jambi1214](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/growingmarijuana/user_avatar/ilgmforum.com/jambi1214/32/462102_2.png) [@jambi1214](https://ilgmforum.com/u/jambi1214)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2020, 5:12pm UTC](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670/20 "2020-12-14T17:12:47Z")
I won’t be able to until Thursday. I just know if some should even wait until then. On some buds there is about 90% amber pistils [Next page](https://ilgmforum.com/t/different-plants-at-different-stages/59670.md?page=2)