Purple leaves?

[aussie1]

Hi all

I posted a couple of months ago asking if I could cut out large buds and branches ( approx 10-12 inches)

at 7 weeks and let the rest of the crop go for another 2 weeks. I have done that, but noticed that in the 9th

week a lot of the bud leaves turned a purplish hue. I have never let the crop go past 8 weeks before, and trichs

were no where near amber, not even at 9 weeks and 4 days. Could this just be the strain ( no idea what

strain I have), or is this a deficiency of some sort.

Help appreciated

aussie

[buddy.g]

Aussie i have heard that stress causes purple in plants and by cutting the main buds off you have caused some serious stress i think.

and absuloutly the strain plays a big part in how long the flower time can be. Just keep waiting untill you think its right and thats that.

Cheers,

Buddy.g

[MongyMan]

There are a few things that cause a plant to turn purple. Cold weather is the most common thing to cause it in some strains. Some turn purple even in warm weather due to their genetics. Or as you say it may be a deficency, potasium I think from memory although this is rare from my exp. unless the plant is showing other defficencies as well.

 

Do you have any pics Aussie1

 

Peace MongyMan

[loylty gets u nothing]

pics would help aussie

the cold will slow the production

imo try and bring em in overnight

may just save the frost from gettin em too

all the best

bil

[aussie1]

Thanks guys

Plants are indoors under HID 2 x 600w . I am up North so cold is never an issue, in fact we just had

the hottest May on record. Temps are around 29 to 31 C with cool tubes and air con and if you have read

any of my posts on ventilating you will know that I have way way way over done that, crop is out and dried so pics are not an option now. I may have to wait and see next time, if it happens again I will take pics

Thanks anyway, at least it points to the stress factor.

[MongyMan]

Sounds like a genetic thing to me aussie1, some strains won't turn purple untill late in flower, and given the temps it is't the cold.

[aussie1]

thanks Mongy that makes me feel a whole lot better

aussie