Are my plants ok?

hillyc20 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-16-2009, 01:16 AM

The stems on my plants have turned purple.
Are they ok? I've never seen this before.

AGonz23 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-16-2009, 01:51 AM

All my stems and leaf stems are red or part red. someone said it was prolly due to cold. They said they should be fine tho...

cloner_357 · #3 (**permalink**) 09-16-2009, 01:57 AM

Alot of times, It's due to stress.

hillyc20 · #4 (**permalink**) 09-16-2009, 06:06 PM

Ok, thank you! Yeah, it's starting to get a little colder here. They looked good so I thought so but when the stems turned, I just wasn't sure. It's only my second year, second crop.

skoinkins · #5 (**permalink**) 09-16-2009, 06:43 PM

sometimes(expecially in mid-late flower) the plant will naturally have purple/pink stems and alot of yellowing leaves. this is a natural process probably, so i wouldn't rlly worry about it

mikeyman · #6 (**permalink**) 09-16-2009, 07:05 PM

what strain are those plants

Sensi_Sensei · #7 (**permalink**) 09-16-2009, 07:07 PM

From the pics, the color looks alright. That is, just as long as they are not getting large fluctuations in temp. I've see AK pull the same color when it got too warm.

TexarkanaTim · #8 (**permalink**) 09-17-2009, 06:36 AM

Relax, your plants are fine. Purple color can come from low temps, certain nute deficiencies, or can just be a characteristic of a particular strain. Yours don't look like they are deficient in anything, and as it starts to cool down at night, it will become a more common thing.

hillyc20 · #9 (**permalink**) 09-17-2009, 05:02 PM

Great, thanks for all of your help! I had just heard that purple stems can be bad.

They're just growing from kine seeds. I plant only 6 to 8 a year... already harvested 2 that I started earlier. It's a nice sativa.

Burned Haze · #10 (**permalink**) 09-17-2009, 09:09 PM

As long as your stems are not completely purple then your fine. stripped purple isnt a bad thing. My new buds turn purple/pink depending on temp.

When you dry the purple goes away inless super purple.

mikeyman · #11 (**permalink**) 09-18-2009, 12:30 AM

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Originally Posted by hillyc20

The stems on my plants have turned purple.
Are they ok? I've never seen this before.

purple is a bad color

...you should havest those and send them to me for disposal

hillyc20 · #12 (**permalink**) 09-24-2009, 05:18 PM

Thanks!

...haha, actually it's pretty good and the purple didn't seem to affect the plants. i clipped and dried some out last week. very nice =)

TriKushCity · #13 (**permalink**) 09-24-2009, 09:19 PM

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Originally Posted by mikeyman

purple is a bad color

...you should havest those and send them to me for disposal

hahahahaha, ill help you get rid of it man, i know it could be a hard job

5150 · #14 (**permalink**) 09-25-2009, 06:59 AM

Your plants ar fine. Every single pot leaf stem I have ever seen was purple.

Now your main stems is a different story. But your main stems are nice a green.

Your plant is 100% perfect when it comes to purple. The purple in your leaf stems has nothing to do with cold.

I challege anyone to show me a pot leaf stem that is not purple on any plant. Again cold has nothing to do with the purple on your leaf stems.

If the buds were turning purple you can lean to stran and temps.

Spikoli · #15 (**permalink**) 09-25-2009, 07:03 AM

it can be a lot of things, incuding what strain it is. at or near flowering purple stems can be a sign of phosphorous deficiency. i just had this problem, a hot shot of liquid bat guano did the trick.

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#2 (permalink) 09-16-2009, 01:51 AM
AGonz23 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 29	Re: Are my plants ok? All my stems and leaf stems are red or part red. someone said it was prolly due to cold. They said they should be fine tho...

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cloner_357 GetYourGlassOn Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 1,040	Re: Are my plants ok? Alot of times, It's due to stress. __________________ My Grow Journal: http://forum.grasscity.com/indoor-gr...ml#post5459681 Optimus Prime: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV0fW2TDA-8

#4 (permalink) 09-16-2009, 06:06 PM
hillyc20 and then i smoke two more Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: down south Posts: 16	Re: Are my plants ok? Ok, thank you! Yeah, it's starting to get a little colder here. They looked good so I thought so but when the stems turned, I just wasn't sure. It's only my second year, second crop.

#5 (permalink) 09-16-2009, 06:43 PM
skoinkins Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 674	Re: Are my plants ok? sometimes(expecially in mid-late flower) the plant will naturally have purple/pink stems and alot of yellowing leaves. this is a natural process probably, so i wouldn't rlly worry about it

#6 (permalink) 09-16-2009, 07:05 PM
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Sensi_Sensei Lost in the UK Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Sheffield Posts: 24	Re: Are my plants ok? From the pics, the color looks alright. That is, just as long as they are not getting large fluctuations in temp. I've see AK pull the same color when it got too warm. __________________ The issue here is not marijuana. Marijuana is the messenger, not the message. The issue is whether we will live in freedom or under tyranny. The most basic of all human rights is the right to your own body. The lighted marijuana weed is the torch of freedom. -- Dr. Julian Heicklen

#8 (permalink) 09-17-2009, 06:36 AM
TexarkanaTim Outlaw by Choice Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: FarNorCal Posts: 1,802	Re: Are my plants ok? Relax, your plants are fine. Purple color can come from low temps, certain nute deficiencies, or can just be a characteristic of a particular strain. Yours don't look like they are deficient in anything, and as it starts to cool down at night, it will become a more common thing.

#9 (permalink) 09-17-2009, 05:02 PM
hillyc20 and then i smoke two more Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: down south Posts: 16	Re: Are my plants ok? Great, thanks for all of your help! I had just heard that purple stems can be bad. They're just growing from kine seeds. I plant only 6 to 8 a year... already harvested 2 that I started earlier. It's a nice sativa.

#10 (permalink) 09-17-2009, 09:09 PM
Burned Haze No Mans Land Grower Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: North Side of Town Posts: 2,228 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Are my plants ok? As long as your stems are not completely purple then your fine. stripped purple isnt a bad thing. My new buds turn purple/pink depending on temp. When you dry the purple goes away inless super purple. __________________ Green House Seeds N E V E R again "If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living. - Gail Sheehy "

#12 (permalink) 09-24-2009, 05:18 PM
hillyc20 and then i smoke two more Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: down south Posts: 16	Re: Are my plants ok? Thanks! ...haha, actually it's pretty good and the purple didn't seem to affect the plants. i clipped and dried some out last week. very nice =)

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#14 (permalink) 09-25-2009, 06:59 AM
5150 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 403	Re: Are my plants ok? Your plants ar fine. Every single pot leaf stem I have ever seen was purple. Now your main stems is a different story. But your main stems are nice a green. Your plant is 100% perfect when it comes to purple. The purple in your leaf stems has nothing to do with cold. I challege anyone to show me a pot leaf stem that is not purple on any plant. Again cold has nothing to do with the purple on your leaf stems. If the buds were turning purple you can lean to stran and temps. __________________ It's one thing to jump 20 busses on a 2002 CR250. would you jump 20 busses on a 1975 Harley? Evel Knievel Last edited by 5150; 09-25-2009 at 07:03 AM.

#15 (permalink) 09-25-2009, 07:03 AM
Spikoli D.A.R.E. Roll-model Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: seattle Posts: 462	Re: Are my plants ok? it can be a lot of things, incuding what strain it is. at or near flowering purple stems can be a sign of phosphorous deficiency. i just had this problem, a hot shot of liquid bat guano did the trick.