The Ultimate Growing Competition

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Opie1971

Opie1971

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Kushash said:
Looks like a great smoke!

I've been trimming and trying to thin out the overcrowding in my flower room.

I am curious about the purple stems on your plants.
I remember you had a discussion with someone about the purpling in early flower.
Is that a strain that is known for purple stems?

Not busting balls.
I asked in another thread in the LED section if anyone can tell the difference (without knowing the strains) between purple stems on a plant that naturally develops them and another plant with purple stems that should not purple but do purple because of cold or stress.
Some excellent growers were in the thread and no one would say they can tell the difference.

I'm trying to see if there are ways to tell the two apart.

Can anyone here tell when purple stems are strain related or caused by something else without knowing the strain?


Here is a nice little explanation and link from an edu.

http://landresources.montana.edu/nm/documents/NM9.pdf

Purplish-red discolorations in plant stems and leaves are due to above normal levels of anthocyanin (a purple colored pigment) that can accumulate when plant functions are disrupted or stressed. This symptom can be particularly difficult to diagnose because cool temperatures, disease, drought and even maturation of some plants can also cause anthocyanin to accumulate. Certain plant cultivars may also exhibit this purple coloring.
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Why are you curious? How much would ya give me if I answered your question? Lol.
 
J.James

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Kushash said:
Looks like a great smoke!

I am curious about the purple stems on your plants.

Purplish-red discolorations in plant stems and leaves are due to above normal levels of anthocyanin (a purple colored pigment) that can accumulate when plant functions are disrupted or stressed. This symptom can be particularly difficult to diagnose because cool temperatures, disease, drought and even maturation of some plants can also cause anthocyanin to accumulate. Certain plant cultivars may also exhibit this purple coloring.
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This is what happens when breeders isolate traits that are not always in the best interest of the plants. Purple Plants and Purple Stems are a result of this type of "eye candy" breeding.
 
Opie1971

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J.James said:
This is what happens when breeders isolate traits that are not always in the best interest of the plants. Purple Plants and Purple Stems are a result of this type of "eye candy" breeding.
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You could be right to some degree, but this hasn’t specifically been bred for turning purple. I can take any plant and get them to do it.
 
Kushash

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Opie1971 said:
Why are you curious? How much would ya give me if I answered your question? Lol.
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I totally agree that the leaves are the way to read a plant.

My grow is about retaining leaves lol. I did lose two fan leaves recently and have two more on their last leg.



I'd give you 2c which is a penny more than you deserve. ;)

Why am I curious?
I'll paste the why that I posted in the infamous HLG vs HGL thread the other day.

Kushash said:
lol!
That is cool!
I avoid making decisions on plant diagnosis in the problem section when I see purple stems because so many people feel it is strain dependent when again it could be a deficiency.
I was wondering if anyone can tell the difference between a deficient plant and a plant that naturally develops purple stems.
I figure there should be a way of telling them apart and would be curious to learn the difference.
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Way2-High

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@J.James you inspired me to test some of my beans, threw 15 in some water and 100% germ rate. Pretty damn happy rn, first go at making seeds hopefully they’re good. Gonna plant all 15 and under 12/12 from seed and see what happens.
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Sadly that means I’ll be out of the 1 seed auto challenge but I need to test these and see what I get.
 
Mysturis420

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Way2-High said:
@J.James you inspired me to test some of my beans, threw 15 in some water and 100% germ rate. Pretty damn happy rn, first go at making seeds hopefully they’re good. Gonna plant all 15 and under 12/12 from seed and see what happens.
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Sadly that means I’ll be out of the 1 seed auto challenge but I need to test these and see what I get.
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I did the same with my mamma moonshine a few months ago heres the results roughly all were grown in solo cups 12/12 from seed just to check that it was worth my time and the wife approved lol 20190517_154349.jpg oh also I had 100 percent germ rate
 
Madriffer

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Way2-High said:
@J.James you inspired me to test some of my beans, threw 15 in some water and 100% germ rate. Pretty damn happy rn, first go at making seeds hopefully they’re good. Gonna plant all 15 and under 12/12 from seed and see what happens.
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Sadly that means I’ll be out of the 1 seed auto challenge but I need to test these and see what I get.
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Are those beans from your Herman?
 
Madriffer

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Big Perm said:
What about for a prize?
I meant for the upcoming competition.
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I had 10 fastberry Auto speeds 6 months ago, that were 100$, after a good clean up, can't find em. So, no seeds no go for me. Now that I run 3 dedicated rooms with 1 running lights 24/7, they would be alright. My point was, it's a waste of light to run just autos. Maybe I'll buy a pack just for comp runs in the future. I can crush them too. Am I crushing the competitors and smoking the weed , or crushing the weed and smoking the competition. This is hard on my dyslexia.
 
Mysturis420

Mysturis420

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Had to post here due to no number but I finally got my irrigation hooked up I think things are about to get alot easier for me honestly this was a necessity considering I'm getting a second flower tent soon heres some pics I forgot to take pics while building it 20190614_025921.jpg 20190614_030004.jpg that's all for today happy growing guys
 
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