Food Coloring

i googled 'the affects of food color on plants' and clicked one of the links

hopefull since im watering the actual plant with it it wont tast like crap. the color does get soaked up through the roots because you could see the color change after 30 minuets and the new growth was coming out bright green and today the newest growth(2 milimeters long) is a darkish bright green darker than any new growth ive ever seen even on the darkest of plants

OK the link is for "cut flowers"...what you are suggesting MAY, produce different results as for size and health of the buds but my guess would be the consumption would be ruined and though there is an asthetic factor to Cannabis,....

fdd2blk said:

ok, i just smoked that blue bud. NASTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i dumped it out. it was black and tarry and tasted like CA CA. don't do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I suppose it is possible that the dye molecule, somehow bonds with a nutrient and makes it more soluble, or that the chemical makeup of the dye is actually contains all or part of NPK and or other micro nutes and minerals. Everything comes back to organic chemistry. What was the conclusion of the journal article...did they offer some explanation? Were there good controls and enough replication? What color(s) were used.

put some dye on a spoon and cook it with a lighter. now inhale the fumes. that's what you are putting in your bud. the plant doesn't use it in anyway so it isn't breaking it down, it's just dye in your bud. it tastes nasty. IMO.

VaporBros said:

Hayduke, i also did that experiment in 3rd grade. The roots of a marijuana plant dont suck up the dye. When i mix all my nutes with water, the water is usually orange, but it doesnt make my plant turn orange...

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VaporBros said:

fdd2blk did your experiment and this is what happens.

https://www.rollitup.org/general-marijuana-growing/10320-food-coloring-experiment-4.html

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Vapor dude I just saw this response...Just to make sure the 3rd grade thing was not a dig on me, the special ed kids (or FDD) I also did the experiment sometime ago in my early school, but not in the context of Plant transport tissue, Xylem, Phloem, root hairs etc. It actually helped some kids actually see the crap I was talking about and expecting them to learn. Though again this was without roots.

While I have not tried this experiment with a rooted plant (and have no intentions to) I will take your word for it...though I would add that though my nute solution is colored, not all of it (and probably none) is from dye molecules.

Cannabis Cutie said:

i googled 'the affects of food color on plants' and clicked one of the links

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Even when I change the key words, all I get is pages of science fair and classroom projects to demonstrate either plant transport or osmosis. The only thing I could find where watering with food coloring was done to a rooted plant was a science fair entry (I did not investigate further).

Are you sure it was a peer-reviewed journal? "control H" will take you back to what you read.

duke, sorry i didnt mean for it to bash you or the special ed kids. I really did do it in 3rd grade. I think everyone did haha. I think it works well with celery because that's mostly water and tissue.

With marijuana, i think it just sits in the soil and the roots wont take it up.

BUT, im not sure about during the veg state. Maybe it works better, and you can see results when it starts flowering. Id only do it during veg then stop once flower, maybe it will do something, even change the color of the leaves. hmm?