Pink Strains?

[ShiddyMunkie]

After my current grow is done (super lemon haze) I'm thinking about trying my hand at creating my own hybrid. I'm trying to find a "pink" strain that I can cross, but I'm having difficulties finding what I'm looking for. Ideally, I like the end product to be a pale/powdery pink color. I suppose it could have red/purple leaves that look pinkish due to large amounts of white crystals and hairs, or paler-green leaves with so many pink hairs that the overall tone is pinkish, or if there is just a straight up pink strain. Here is what I've found so far:

Sannies Killing Fields: While this particular image looks somewhat close to what I had in mind, it seems that the majority of the photos of this strains actually look a lot more purple than pink, so it might just be the lighting.

Panama Pelo Rosa: The color looks almost exactly what I had in mind, especially if those green leaves were trimmed off. I have high hopes for this one.

Nirvana's Bubbleicious: Looks quite pink before curing, but photos of cured buds look like they lost most (if not all) of the pink hues.

Pink Kush: Like Bubbleicious, it looks pretty amazing in these beauty shots, but more realistic images (especially of cured buds) show almost no pink.

Angola Roja x Banghi: Looks pretty good here, perhaps a little purple, but like all of these images it hard to tell what the colors are really like in real life.

The other, less preferable option, would be to fine a very very pale strain (the actual leaves, not bc of the crystals) and then somehow try to dye it...but not with actual dye, as apparently that makes the bud taste bad. Maybe diluted cherry juice or some sort of botanical pigment. Anyway, if anyone has ever seen/grown any of the above strains and can testify to their color, or knows of a strain that has the bubblegum-like pink hue to it, I would be very much appreciative!

 

[perdidobandito]

The South America strains are good like that panama you mentioned. They are vigorous outdoors, could cross it with a darker strain if u wanted to rlly go for the color

 

[perdidobandito]

Also after you cut buds you can put the stem in a cup of water and drops of food dye. Works well but it is just wrong to do that shit unless ur going for appeal

 

[personal lux]

Look into greenhouse seed co. Swaziland strains.

 

[ShiddyMunkie]

perididobandito,
yeah, I came across a thread in which someone did the stem cutting/dipping thing -- while it worked, it sounds like food coloring makes the bud taste like crap. Of course, I would only dye it as a last resort, but if I did ultimately go that route, I imagine I'd use dye from fruit juice or plant extracts to make it smoker-friendly.

In any case, I think I'd be crossing the pink strain with white widow, but since that has white pistils (and I believe white pistils are dominant) I would have to rely on the pink tone to come from somewhere else, such as the calyxes or even the leaves themselves. The rub is that most weed leaves tend to be green by nature due to the chlorophyll needed for photosynthesis, so that really limits my options. Perhaps I need a strain that has those dark red / maroon colored leaves?

I suppose a nice purple strain crossed with the highly trichomatic features of white widow might produce a light lavender color (purple + white). If I am lucky and get orange pistils, that might be enough to make the bud look pink over all. I found this website and it has a basic color mixing tool. Sure enough, purple + white + orange = a nice pink, so at least that's a proof of concept.

personal lux,
Was there a particular swazi strain you had in mind?

 

[personal lux]

perididobandito,
yeah, I came across a thread in which someone did the stem cutting/dipping thing -- while it worked, it sounds like food coloring makes the bud taste like crap. Of course, I would only dye it as a last resort, but if I did ultimately go that route, I imagine I'd use dye from fruit juice or plant extracts to make it smoker-friendly.

In any case, I think I'd be crossing the pink strain with white widow, but since that has white pistils (and I believe white pistils are dominant) I would have to rely on the pink tone to come from somewhere else, such as the calyxes or even the leaves themselves. The rub is that most weed leaves tend to be green by nature due to the chlorophyll needed for photosynthesis, so that really limits my options. Perhaps I need a strain that has those dark red / maroon colored leaves?

I suppose a nice purple strain crossed with the highly trichomatic features of white widow might produce a light lavender color (purple + white). If I am lucky and get orange pistils, that might be enough to make the bud look pink over all. I found this website and it has a basic color mixing tool. Sure enough, purple + white + orange = a nice pink, so at least that's a proof of concept.

personal lux,
Was there a particular swazi strain you had in mind?

I had watched it in there documentaries, i believe it is called swazi gold. im sure the pheno is findable, but its all about luck. They say it takes upto 10,000 plants to see close to all phenos Possible. Goodluck hunting!

 

[ShiddyMunkie]

10,000? Yeesh. Well, teasing out those specific traits might end up taking more time/patience/space than I have available, if that's the case. I might still give it a go just as a side-hobby thing -- maybe I'll get lucky if I start off with some quality strains that are already close to what I'm looking for.

 

[treedoctor]

Redd Kross by Genetics Gone Madd has some gorgeous fuschia pistils. I don't know how common that pheno is or if that trait has been bred true though and I do not know how easy it is to get in contact with the breeders.

 

[ShiddyMunkie]

treedoctor,
Do you know if the pistils stay pink after maturation/curing? So far, it seems like so many of the pink-pistiled buds turn orange or brown on the final product.

 

[resinhead]

Plushberry (TGA)

 

[rkymtnman]

la plata labs Pink Alien. i contacted them to see if i could get their seeds somewhere in Colorado. never heard back.

 

[ShiddyMunkie]

resinhead,
It looks like are a decent amount of non-professional pics floating around of the pink/purple colored phenotype, which is a good sign that it's a relatively common expression of that strain. I believe this is the same strain as "Pink Lady"?

rkymtnman,
I live in CO as well, but unfortunately I'm ~6 hours away from La Plata county. I went to La Plata's website but couldn't find Pink Alien for sale through any of the vendors listed on their website. Plenty of Green Alien and Lemon Alien, but Pink Alien only seems to be present on their genetics page (Sour Pez x Lemon Alien).

 

[resinhead]

Pink is a common plush berry trait. I've never grown it, but I bought a zip once, fresh grown indoor b grade quality, (medical state) and it had some pink in it. Also a remarkable sweet pink flavor. Potency left a little to be desired.
I have also put some thought into creating a pure pink cross. Imagine the bag appeal of a bright pink sac! Chicks would love That shiz.
Killing fields fields topped my list. Both strains do good outdoor, and are available in male seed form. Cross them, and send me some beans.

 

[phil k]

im not going to read through all this but WHY THE HELL ARE YOU GUYS EVEN TRYING TO DYE YOUR WEED!!!! WTF.... i can't believe someone even tried that.

 

[phil k]

there are genetics that have pinkish hues to them theres a lot that have pink pistils when flowering..

 

[resinhead]

there are genetics that have pinkish hues to them theres a lot that have pink pistils when flowering..

That reminds me; it Was the pistils on my plush berry bag that were nice and pink. Dried and cured. Still pink.

 

[ShiddyMunkie]

phil k,
That's the thing, I don't want to dye anything. That being said, I also have a hard time moving on from something I've set my mind to until I've either accomplished the goal or have at least tried every option available to me. It sounds like there are a few good pink strains to pick from, so dying doesn't seem necessary, but I absolutely would have experimented with dying it if I had no other recourse. Not sure why that upsets you so much, you wouldn't be the one smoking it or losing buds if it didn't work out.

resinhead,
That's very good to hear! I think killing fields and plushberry are the two top runners at the moment. Panama Pelo Rosa and [URL='http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/7759/img0630.jpg']Angola Roja x Banghi are hard to find seeds of. [/URL]

 

[jijiandfarmgang]

there are genetics that have pinkish hues to them theres a lot that have pink pistils when flowering..

X2

Anthocyanin's make the purples......I mean their are different shades but to me they are still purple. The pink pistils however, I have seen a fair amount of, but I would say are rare.

- Jiji

 

[phil k]

yeah definitely rare.. i can't say I've seen more than maybe 3 if i remember right sweet tooth was one that had pink pistils.. i had another one i can't remember the name but it was pink pistils all the way through then the last week they went like a deep red.

 

[Joedank]

phil k,
That's the thing, I don't want to dye anything. That being said, I also have a hard time moving on from something I've set my mind to until I've either accomplished the goal or have at least tried every option available to me. It sounds like there are a few good pink strains to pick from, so dying doesn't seem necessary, but I absolutely would have experimented with dying it if I had no other recourse. Not sure why that upsets you so much, you wouldn't be the one smoking it or losing buds if it didn't work out.

resinhead,
That's very good to hear! I think killing fields and plushberry are the two top runners at the moment. Panama Pelo Rosa and Angola Roja x Banghi are hard to find seeds of.

i have heard it said the exclusion of molybendnum will cause pink pistols . also that the lack of mg and k will cause redish hues to appear...