Purple your plant

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303

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I've heard you can so to speak "shock" your plant into turning purple last few days before harvest. I was told you flush with really cold water, and put the plant in the dark for 3 days with temperatures well under 55 hence shocking it into turning purple.. Anyone heard of this?
 
Youngling

Youngling

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I have heard about a similar way. With out the flushing and it's through out the flower cycle.

Low temps 60 or slightly lower during the dark period. I hear it only works if your plant has the genes to turn purple.
 
303

303

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Youngling said:
I have heard about a similar way. With out the flushing and it's through out the flower cycle.

Low temps 60 or slightly lower during the dark period. I hear it only works if your plant has the genes to turn purple.
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Yeah I got a grape ape,i've seen the same plant I have finished, and it wasn't as purple as I'd like, the guy who grew it told me the technique listed above to get purple results.. I'm wondering if it degrades the quality.
 
litljohn

litljohn

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never used the purple max but if you put the plant in a cold area,50 or so at the dark cycle for atleast the last 4 weeks of flower it will bring the purple out.i dont know the exact terms for this but the chlorifil in the leaf(the stuff that makes the plant green)will turn purple from the cold,kinda like frost bite i guess.im sure it holds the plant back a little bit but ive heard of a lot of peaple doing it so try it out.good luck
 
Unnk

Unnk

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a cold night period is all you need if your plant has the genes to turn a collored hue purple blue pink etc the cold nights is a good thing as it will allow the plant to use its atp for growth of buds not for respiration which is what happens when you have a warm /hot room all around i like to have 80 on 65 degrees off and its works beautifaly
 
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mushroom head

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Cold air, dont shock the roots with cold water. My girl was out on the cold weather for about a week and started showing signs of purple caylx's.
 
Youngling

Youngling

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So I did some research and I found why they can be purple. It's the same reason your leaves turn yellow. The green pigment is being removed from the leaves because your plant is getting ready for winter (it thinks it's fall). So if your plant has purple it will be purple.

Chilling the air at night does help a reaction in the plant become purple but from what I understand not much

And purple maxx is for tric production. The new version is called snowstorm ultra, purple maxx has an additive that can help become purple (if the plant has the gene) snow storm has removed that and has more tric producing additives.

Hope this helps everyone understand how your plant purples.
 
303

303

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Youngling said:
So I did some research and I found why they can be purple. It's the same reason your leaves turn yellow. The green pigment is being removed from the leaves because your plant is getting ready for winter (it thinks it's fall). So if your plant has purple it will be purple.

Chilling the air at night does help a reaction in the plant become purple but from what I understand not much

And purple maxx is for tric production. The new version is called snowstorm ultra, purple maxx has an additive that can help become purple (if the plant has the gene) snow storm has removed that and has more tric producing additives.

Hope this helps everyone understand how your plant purples.
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Thanks man.. I read the purple additive stuff is a foilar spray, seems weird.. . You spray shit on the leaves and then they turn purple? I'm skeptical of that..
 
Kevdogg5555

Kevdogg5555

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purple maxx is a product that doesnt garentee any results but claims that growers have experienced total transformation"turning purple" and some have seen nothing. Also claims to increase oil and resin production. Ive use it on a couple of plants and had no change in color but i "could" say that some nugs i sprayed were frostier than others.
 
bajafox

bajafox

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No offense but I don't get the whole purple thing, I thought it was just me until my friend was here earlier and said the same thing.
 
KlosetKing

KlosetKing

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purple is usually about bag appeal. i remember in high school it also worked as a good indicator as to whether you were getting decent weed or not, but nowadays its not as accurate of an assumption.\

iam betting now its strictly bag appeal (shelf appeal, in a clinic).
 
k2daalvin

k2daalvin

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i'd actually prefer a purple strain (GDP, grape ape, gods gift, blackberry, ect..) as the taste, and smell is more appealing to me. as well as the narcotic indica effects it produces.

ive been told, any indica dominate strain will generally turn purple. you just have to wait until it does. for example. my GDP ambered up in week 8-9. but i let it go until week 10-11 untill it was an all around dark GDP.. its all on everyone's preference.

BUTTTTT... ive also herd, forcing purple upon a plant with cold temperatures will dramatically change the taste, and forever make your smoke harsh... my 0.2
 
Brick Top

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303 said:
I've heard you can so to speak "shock" your plant into turning purple last few days before harvest. I was told you flush with really cold water, and put the plant in the dark for 3 days with temperatures well under 55 hence shocking it into turning purple.. Anyone heard of this?
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When temperatures drop to 50 degrees or below it inhibits the intake of phosphorus resulting in purple coloring.
 
DankBudzzz

DankBudzzz

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So having cold temps at night growing purple kush even during the first weeks of flower is a bad thing since it can't intake phosphorous?
 
Brick Top

Brick Top

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DankBudzzz said:
So having cold temps at night growing purple kush even during the first weeks of flower is a bad thing since it can't intake phosphorous?
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It is meaningless at what stage of growth plants are in or what their genetic makeup is. If temperatures drop to 50 degrees or below the intake of phosphorus is inhibited, limited, slowed down. Normally, though not always, if you have a phosphorus deficiency you will see a purplish/bluish discoloration just as if you have a Molybdenum deficiency you will see a pinkish/reddish discoloration.
 
NBKA

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Snow storm is some good stuff......

What up brick top, thought we were have a johnson show off?????
 
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k2daalvin said:
i'd actually prefer a purple strain (GDP, grape ape, gods gift, blackberry, ect..) as the taste, and smell is more appealing to me. as well as the narcotic indica effects it produces.

ive been told, any indica dominate strain will generally turn purple. you just have to wait until it does. for example. my GDP ambered up in week 8-9. but i let it go until week 10-11 untill it was an all around dark GDP.. its all on everyone's preference.

BUTTTTT... ive also herd, forcing purple upon a plant with cold temperatures will dramatically change the taste, and forever make your smoke harsh... my 0.2
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purple dont make it any better.. i have yet to see any purple strain that ive tryed thats better then any other real good dank.. sure looks cool. i was out at my buddies place in colorado and he picked some black hash-plant up from the depenciery. never seen any bud that dark

edit- also smoked some legit grape ape from there and a couple other kinds.. ive had better
 
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