07/10/2026
Why some organic growers stop feeding instead of flushing in late flower. A quick breakdown.
If you follow Mr. Canucks Grow, he's mid-harvest on his 2026 multi-tent run right now (a 3x3, a 4x2, and a 5x5, all organic living soil, all finishing within days of each other), and his finish is a clean example of how living soil actually works.
The idea: in organics you're not feeding the plant, you're feeding the soil. So in late flower he stops top-dressing and doesn't flush. The amendments keep breaking down, the microbes keep cycling nutrients, and the plant pulls what it needs from what's already there.
Where the biology comes in: that whole system runs on a living microbial population, and late flower is when the plant leans on it hardest. So once a week through finish he adds two things. Monkey Juice, beneficial bacteria (Bacillus subtilis and licheniformis) that colonize the root zone and help cycle nutrients. And Sticky Bandit, plant-derived carbs that feed those microbes. One's the workforce, one's the food.
Two things worth knowing if you try it: Monkey Juice goes in last, after you pH, since live bacteria are pH-sensitive. And skip chlorinated tap water, chlorine kills the exact microbes you're adding.
Hard flush or feed the biology and let it finish? Drop your method below. Full episode on his channel.
Full Article Here: https://growers.cronknutrients.com/en-US/mr-canucks-grow-no-flush-living-soil-finish-7263578
