why so much purple?

Star Dog said:

If I don't ever see purple again I'll be quite happy, I've only ever had 2 purple plants worth growing again, in general its crap imo but there are exceptions like anything.

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doughper said:

Thanks. All we do is roll and smoke joints, no vaping, except for a disposable vape
pen we bought a few months ago that is so-so. And I'll have to google convection vape.
Ok, it's like a convection oven, hot air, not hot element. I bought an airizer vape unit
about 5 years ago, tried it once, cleaned it and repackaged it. I posted about it in here
somewhere, with a pic.

I know that nobody in this board is too worried about the smell of cannabis. But I am. There's
a social/legal stigma attached to it's useage that I want to avoid like the plague. People keep
saying that a little smell isn't bad, but I say NO SMELL is the only way I want to do it. We go
outside to smoke our joints, which is scary enough for me. But we never smoke inside. It's enough
that I open those jars of dispo nugs and roll them. I keep everything neat, tidy, packaged, and
super clean and contained, to minimize the smell inside the house. That's just me, I dunno what else to tell ya.

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conor c said:

tho illegal here i love loud strong smelling weed t

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doughper said:

yeah, well, i worry about stigma, and cops ... and robbers. Maybe you live out
in the sticks, but i'm right here in hateville, usa where the teabaggers want to
toss your ass in the slammer and the junkies wanna steal yer dope. It's a sad song, ain't it? ;(

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Cynister said:

I said exactly what I wanted to say; there is no hiding. It's not about you and nobody in particular; I don't attack people and don't see the point. It's just an observation in-general about a large number of photographs posted. Many edit their photos to enhance the colors and usually it's glaring and obvious.

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ProPheT 216 said:

Interesting consensus kinda crept up outta nowhere on this thread. Lotta experience all saying the same thing.

Buds are always kinda on the small side 2. Even when colas look ok they dry like shit.

Gorilla zkittlez from bf is the only purple plant I won't let go of. She is super one of a kind in bud structure, flower time, taste, and high. I don't think I could find her again.

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Star Dog said:

@conor c hey buddy, i was going to mention this a few weeks back in the uk page but i got sidetracked.

Like the op I've noticed a big increase in the amount of strains turning purple at the end of flowering, it's got to the point i dread seeing it.
I was wondering if it was the breeding or maybe growing differently to what I did, we all improve/change with time so i couldn't be sure what it was, I'm glad the subject come up with the op i got my question answered.

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Splinter7 said:

why does so much weed turn purple? i had it happen on a recent grow of what should have been pretty old school genetics. that way back, nothing much was purple.

around 2000 there was a lot of good bud available to me. almost none of it was purple. everything was green. around 2003 i found some midgrade brick that was purple, some with a little purple and some that was blue. grown out, i had a single red plant out of 100 + seeds.

anyway, most bud i have grown was not purple. however, with recent seed purchases, i have had a lot of bud or leaves on the plants turn purple. i am not messing with temperature either. this is not normal to me based on experience. i could chalk it up to new genetics and selection, but i am seeing this on traditional or older strains too. weed is supposed to be green for the most part.

do breeders just breed everything today selecting for color? if so, that means we are not selecting for other things that would be more important.

some time back purple was a bad thing to knowledgeable dudes....it wasn't as potent and gave you purple plateau. i always thought it was a pleasurable high, but too light to pay $20+ per g. every 10lbs or so of BC kind bud would have a lb vac of purple for a little while (2004ish)

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