Roy Rogers McFreely
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Ok... so my plant's stems have a purple discoloration. .. is this bad? Do I need to try and fix it. Is my plant dying?
need help ASAP
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bl4ze:20
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1. Are you growing outdoors?
2. What strain are you growing, what soil are you using, what nutrients are you using, how often are you watering, have you fed it any nutes?
3. Try mounding the soil and covering about 2 inches of the stalk at the bottom, only water when u can stick your finger a half inch in the soil without feeling moisture, the roots search for moisture which forces them to push out developing a large root system faster.
2. What strain are you growing, what soil are you using, what nutrients are you using, how often are you watering, have you fed it any nutes?
3. Try mounding the soil and covering about 2 inches of the stalk at the bottom, only water when u can stick your finger a half inch in the soil without feeling moisture, the roots search for moisture which forces them to push out developing a large root system faster.
Roy Rogers McFreely
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I grow indoors. I use foxfarm ocean soil and bat quano. .. it was a seed from a bag so I'd the real strain
J0hnnY♣Ch1mp0
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If nothing else is wrong with the plant then its just genetics. Some grow with purple stems some dont. As far as I can tell from the pic is it looks fine.
Keep doing what you are doing.
Keep doing what you are doing.
greenlikemoney
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Low lights out temps can give you purple stems also. But if your plant looks healthy otherwise, don't sweat the small stuff.
Roy Rogers McFreely
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I water it about ever 2 or 3 days and feed it every ohm the time... leaves droop a Lil every time then pop right back up. I'm still vegging so I use bat guano as its high in N.... it has a pretty strong smell too... Kinda like coffee and a skunk.
dannyboy602
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Normal, normal, normal! Don't add anything, don't change anything and don't listen to that bit about it being a P def bc it isn't. After a few more groww you'll see that its just a normal color variation on the petiole.
You can get some purple or red in the plant if it is a P def or a P lockout. But you don't, have that. Also you can see the same colors in the plant if your temps are too cold. But again you don't have that either.
What I saw were very robust plants that look normal and healthy.
I wouldn't do anything, but I need to ask, did you put some lime in your soil mix? Cannabis are magnesium whores and you need lime and epsom salts unless you're growing outdoors in the ground.
You can get some purple or red in the plant if it is a P def or a P lockout. But you don't, have that. Also you can see the same colors in the plant if your temps are too cold. But again you don't have that either.
What I saw were very robust plants that look normal and healthy.
I wouldn't do anything, but I need to ask, did you put some lime in your soil mix? Cannabis are magnesium whores and you need lime and epsom salts unless you're growing outdoors in the ground.
cobyb
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What company is your guano from? Is it the only nutrient you are using?
panhead
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The only thing wrong with your plant is you worrying , im not trying to be an ass twords you but you should know this fact , all new growers worry too much & think the more they do for the plant the healthier it'll be , this is the wrong approach , until you have several grows under your belt take the approach where less is best , stay away from fancy soil mixes & fertilizers , dont fuk with fim or flush , dont adopt a feeding routine , feed your 1st grow once durring veg & once durring bud & let nature run it's course , the less you do the faster you'll learn how to read the plant & the less mistakes you'll make , purple stems branches & stalks are completely normal & do not indicate any deficiency in nutrients .
On each grow try one or two new things like more frequent feedings or soil amendments like your bat guano , that way you see exactly what your plants respond well to & you'll begin to learn how healthy plants look & grow .
On each grow try one or two new things like more frequent feedings or soil amendments like your bat guano , that way you see exactly what your plants respond well to & you'll begin to learn how healthy plants look & grow .
cobyb
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Are purple stems a normal occurrence? I don't understand why I added phosphorus boost to my regiment it stopped the purpling of the stems, and not on just my GC clones, but the bubblegums from seed. I don't know what I am totally doing, and I experiment alot. My observation was that the plants were heading into early stage of flowering (white pistil ball) and the formulation I was mixing was an 11.8-2.2-6. The plant showed purpling of the stems only on the side that was most exposed to direct sunlight. I switched to a 50/50 vega/flores 3/4 strength fert for the two GC clones and the purpling of the stems has stopped completely, the "sunburn" is still there but it does not have new patches. And the flower pistils are stacking. 
These photos are from 2 days ago.
These two are from today. What do you recommend?
These photos are from 2 days ago. These two are from today. What do you recommend?