Wow, that is indeed very heavy. Why do you go so high? I never see over 700 or so…
Please remember though, IMHO the flush is just a partial cure to remove chlorophyll so the unflushed plants will need curing or they will be harsh as a result of chlorophyll. Also note that drying too quickly can lock in that harsh taste which can make it seem that the flush is the thing that makes the flowers smoke better. If you dry too quickly then you will not see any benefit from curing and believe that the flush is what made the cannabis better, instead of the light/UV cure that happens when you deprive your plants of nutrients during the heavy growth period.
I will quote some good words from Robert Connell Clarke about drying and curing which I have found make a difference to the quality of the final product and reversed my thinking on curing and flushing.
Floral clusters will dry much
more slowly if the plant is dried whole. This means that all of the water in the
plant must pass through the stomata on the surface of the leaves and calyxes
instead of through cut stem ends. The stomata close soon after harvest and
drying is slowed since little water vapor escapes.
Usually
about 10% water remains in dry, stored Cannabis floral clusters prepared for
smoking. If some water content is not maintained, the resins will lose potency
and the clusters will disintegrate into a useless powder exposed to
decomposition by the atmosphere.
As floral clusters dry, and even after they are sealed and packaged, they
continue to cure. Curing removes the unpleasant green taste and allows the
resins and cannabinoids to finish ripening. Drying is merely the removal of water
from the floral clusters so they will be dry enough to burn. Curing takes this
process one step farther to produce tasty and psychoactive marijuana. If drying
occurs too rapidly, the green taste will be sealed into the tissues and may remain
there indefinitely. A floral cluster is not dead after harvest any more than an apple
is. Certain metabolic activities take place for some time, much like the ripening
and eventual spoiling of an apple after it is picked. During this period,
cannabinoid acids decarboxylate into the psychoactive cannabinoids and
terpenes isomerize to create new polyterpenes with tastes and aromas different
from fresh floral clusters. It is suspected that cannabinoid biosynthesis may also
continue for a short time after harvest. Taste and aroma also improve as
chlorophylls and other pigments begin to break down. When floral clusters are
dried slowly they are kept at a humidity very near that of the inside of the
stomata. Alternatively, sealing and opening bags or jars or clusters is a
procedure that keeps the humidity high within the container and allows the
periodic venting of gases given off during curing. It also exposes the clusters to
fresh air needed for proper curing.
So, for unflushed plants which still contain all of their “chlorophylls and other pigments” it is important to dry them slowly, and cure them properly retaining some moisture to allow biological processes to continue. Then, even with no flush (although if you feed that heavily you may need a much longer cure) you should get “tasty and psychoactive marijuana.”.
I would say the minimum time to cure would be at least two or three times as long as the plants were flushed or 4 weeks or so.
Nice one for doing this test, Myself I am sure of my own results which have made me stop flushing but I am very interested in seeing how other people do.