Purple?

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unknown1231

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I have three plants out of this grow that look completely unique in comparison to the others. They finished the earliest of all other girls and have all turned purple to black at their most ripe state.

The parents, parent's parent's and their parent's never expressed these characteristics. I'm wondering if there are any environmental factors I should consider that may have contributed to the purple to black color at the end.
 
Robfather

Robfather

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I'd need to see some pics to understand exactly what you are describing. I do know that low temps will bring out the colors in certain bud. Of course genetics also play a role. Let's check it out :bigjoint:
 
shagalicious

shagalicious

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that's colchicine
all plants look like that beneathntheir chlorophyll
my ASH does that at week 6 or so
anything with durban in it will commonly do that
normal shit
nothing to do with nutes
 
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unknown1231

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shagalicious said:
anthocyanins not colchicine - something like that
at any rate - not nutes dudellyude
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Thanks for throwing this idea out there! I think you're right on the money my friend. I just read all about anthocyanin here -> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthocyanin)

Also, I don't believe this is an N overdose. Why? All of my plants have been fed nutes and water on the exact same schedule with measured feedings. So all plants have received exactly the same thing since birth, no variations in the gardens with water or nutes. Also, keep in mind there are only 3 plants displaying these characteristics and these three plants look drastically different from the rest (besides just the purple/black color).
 
polyarcturus

polyarcturus

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ressive genetics and impressive looking to say the least, more than likely one of its parent had some recessive color genotypes hiding, all this means is just because the parent didnt show purp doesnt mean the children wont, im growing a purp x bubble gum plant right now that is very colorful and different from it parents, but its not unexpected becuase both strains, because even though they did not show any color, they have recessive genes for that property.
 
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beenthere

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unknown1231 said:
Thanks for throwing this idea out there! I think you're right on the money my friend. I just read all about anthocyanin here -> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthocyanin)

Also, I don't believe this is an N overdose. Why? All of my plants have been fed nutes and water on the exact same schedule with measured feedings. So all plants have received exactly the same thing since birth, no variations in the gardens with water or nutes. Also, keep in mind there are only 3 plants displaying these characteristics and these three plants look drastically different from the rest (besides just the purple/black color).
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Maybe it's me, but I don't see any purple, just dark and darker shades of green.
The other reasons I thought it could be too much N, were the claws and the lower leaves that are showing chlorophyll degradation were not purple or reddish in color (anthocyanin production)! Just my 02

You say that the rest of your plants are not displaying this characteristic, are they the same strain?
 
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unknown1231

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beenthere said:
Maybe it's me, but I don't see any purple, just dark and darker shades of green.
The other reasons I thought it could be too much N, were the claws and the lower leaves that are showing chlorophyll degradation were not purple or reddish in color (anthocyanin production)! Just my 02

You say that the rest of your plants are not displaying this characteristic, are they the same strain?
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I've been breeding this 'strain' for 4 grows now. This strain was a cross between three different strains. I'm sure there is still a lot of mutation taking place due to the wide range of genetics introduced by three different strains. Leaning towards recessive genes on this one.
 
burgertime2010

burgertime2010

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Purple is often a result phosphorus deficiency. Several key causes, other than genetics, of P def are cold root zones, ph swings, excess nitrogen. Just something else to think about.
 
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