why is my bud purple??

timmythetooth · Oct 18, 2009

Day 43 skunk#1 in soiless mix under a 400w. Should i start flushing tommorow or give it nutes? I want to flush for 2wks and it takes about 3-4 days for the soil to dry out during normal waterings.

i was gonna go for 65-68 days but now im thinking more towards 58 -60 days. Any opinions?

jeffchr · Oct 18, 2009

if it was me, i wouldn't harvest till they looked ready to harvest no matter what day it was
all those hairs need to start to darken and recede into the bud
and.or you could check trichs
i like them all cloudy

timmythetooth · Oct 18, 2009

jeffchr said:
if it was me, i wouldn't harvest till they looked ready to harvest no matter what day it was
all those hairs need to start to darken and recede into the bud
and.or you could check trichs
i like them all cloudy

great but i want to flush - you didnt answer my question.. should i start flushing for 2 weeks?

WbWhiteBoy · Oct 18, 2009

timmythetooth said:
great but i want to flush - you didnt answer my question.. should i start flushing for 2 weeks?

I think you should aim for your original days and flush based upon that 2 weeks from there no sooner

Man o' the green · Oct 18, 2009

They seem to be yellowing a bit early, maybe they aren't getting enough nutes. I would hold off on the flushing if that's the case.

timmythetooth · Oct 18, 2009

Man o' the green said:
They seem to be yellowing a bit early, maybe they aren't getting enough nutes. I would hold off on the flushing if that's the case.

the first and last pic those are rootbound - vegged too long because i was moving..

il stick with my original plan i think.. 68 -70 days.

wheezgethigh · Oct 21, 2009

timmythetooth said:
Day 43 skunk#1 in soiless mix under a 400w. Should i start flushing tommorow or give it nutes? I want to flush for 2wks and it takes about 3-4 days for the soil to dry out during normal waterings.

i was gonna go for 65-68 days but now im thinking more towards 58 -60 days. Any opinions?

i would start flushing for 2wks when red hairs cover bout half of tha bud, and when tha hair curl up into tha bud then start to flush, peace :blsmoke:

timmythetooth · Oct 23, 2009

well i clipped what i thought was a small bud and trimmed and dried it in the microwave.. i could hear it crying the bud was so dense! i got 2 joints and some leftovers.

Anyways - i smoked it and i must say the high was excellent long lasting, i could sit and chill or wander around town this skunk#1. This was day 45 - the site says 45-55 days for the harvest (so im gonna chop another small bud at 55). Im gonna let it go until about 65-70 - will the high be the same?

Mr.Oasis · Oct 23, 2009

it should only get better with time, alot of people say they always add atleast 1 week to whatever it says, another fellow grower says no matter what the strain he wont chop prior to 10 weeks if he's outdoors

i clipped some off a sativa at like 7 weeks and then again at 9 and it made me feel foolish that i had clipped so early the first time....and its still got another couple weeks b4 its finished, cold temps and purp buddage

GreedAndVanity · Oct 23, 2009

No the high won't be the same skunk is an indica, the longer it sits there the more it is going to kick you to the couch.

I would say that about 65 days would be good.

Flushing is also dependent on your watering style, if you water til a lot of run off forms it is going to take a lot of nutrients with it.

I think you should cut back your nutes atleast and if you have some carb product still give them that.

If you do it right the plant will have next to no sugar/starches left to energize at the end. If you starve too late you end up with roots sending starch to the buds as you are harvesting.

chitownsmoking · Oct 23, 2009

i would start to flush in the next few days.

guitarzan420 · Oct 23, 2009

me too chitown. give them a good sugar/carb load with the water tho so you don't get massive bud shrinkage imo.

timmythetooth · Oct 24, 2009

Day 48 - im just watering with water and 1 -1.5T molasses/gal. Seems to be working fine. any comments?

4" clone:

Other 2 plants ( only one shown):

GreedAndVanity · Oct 24, 2009

Take off all the damaged leaves. ALL OF THEM.

Plants generally waste energy trying to repair, as a grower you should be saying FUCK THAT SHIT! You need to keep your pimp hand strong and make those bitches grow you yo money!

Also that one little bush is having its saw edges turn up, this should be being corrected by flushing already but if this is still going on be a little more generous with the water.

timmythetooth · Oct 24, 2009

GreedAndVanity said:
Take off all the damaged leaves. ALL OF THEM.

Plants generally waste energy trying to repair, as a grower you should be saying FUCK THAT SHIT! You need to keep your pimp hand strong and make those bitches grow you yo money!

Also that one little bush is having its saw edges turn up, this should be being corrected by flushing already but if this is still going on be a little more generous with the water.

So i should chop the yellowing leaves? and whats wrong with the small one?

GreedAndVanity · Oct 24, 2009

Yellowing leaves serve a purpose still they are used to store toxins that are building up in the plant as the rest of the plant focuses on budding.

Take off those ugly mottled ones that look brown and burnt to hell.

In picture number three, the middle most one out of the 5. Some of the saw edges on the leaf are turning upwards which I find usually is due to salt build up.

You are flushing however now so this should be pretty much fine.

For the last week give them just fresh ph adjusted water.

timmythetooth · Oct 25, 2009

Ok il trim of the brown leaves. I harvested some of the mid sized branches that had the most orangy/brown hairs. To see how well i can trim and to see how well they dry. Plus il have some smoke for harvest day. Il get some updates with my progress around day 55!

timmythetooth · Oct 25, 2009

Here is a pic of my harvested buds - 2nd day drying @ 67F 50RH. They smell awesome - i thought they were supposed to smell like grass cuttings? anyways..

about 68g wet. so 40 or so grams without the stems. so maybe 5 or 6 grams dried?

Oh forgot to mention - some of the buds on 1 plant are getting a purple tinge to the leaves coming out of the colas. I thought it was the cold but none of the others are - not even the one by the fan.. Any reasons for this?

kraykush · Oct 25, 2009

Thats at least a quarter and up, but the buds look awesome.

But my thing is, molasses generally add a weird taste to the buds from what i heard....what do you guys think? is that from overdosing?

timmythetooth · Oct 25, 2009

kraykush said:
Thats at least a quarter and up, but the buds look awesome.

But my thing is, molasses generally add a weird taste to the buds from what i heard....what do you guys think? is that from overdosing?

Thanks for the input. Im gonna give it 2 more waterings with molasses 1 with a bit of karma then straight water for the last week then 3 days dark.. But il let you know about the taste.

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