How can I induce purpling of buds?

Genetics and cold

 

Mine turned purple towards the end

 

You can always add food coloring to the water. But that is not reccommended.

 

this is not classroom show and tell elementary tho.. u have the wrong forum.

 

if its not in its genes its not in its genes,,,,,,,,, that particular girl there i mean..

 

you're simply slowing growth, let it be herself.

 

purple is related to antocyanin which the plant produce as an "protection" and usually even the plants that produce this colour will lower their thc levels.
if you still interested on making it purple than its related to light wave length and temp(imitate winter conditions)

 

Would you rather have purple buds than dank buds?


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I think the strains that are actually purple have caused old wives tales to circulate. It's probably true that you can get some color by stressing a plant with cold but that is certainly not ideal and it's not how most purple bud you see is actually made. It's just purple. You grow it the same as other plants and it turns purple as a mofo by itself.

I feel lucky I might have the most purple phenotype of GDP I've ever seen. The buds have very little green on them. At a distance when you look at a jar or a bag it looks brown until you get closer. Most people that see it trip out but it happens every time to me. I'm on my 4th crop of it. No cold necessary. It turns just as purple in the hot summer.

It starts turning color as soon as real bud development starts. The thought has crossed my mind that this pheno has so much color I should hoard it for myself and not give out clone. I kind of ruined that already though so what's the point in being stingy now. I spread the purple all over town.

 

If you really want a purple strain just keep popping seeds until you get one you like. Don't try to turn the good strain you already have into a purple plant when it's not.

 

No google image bro. That's my bud. I'll post one that's near the same bud not as good to prove it to you if you like.
This is the first time this image has ever been on the net. Just uploaded it to photobucket.

 

If you want to come to Alaska I'll put a clone in your hand. Not sure how you'll get it home though... =)

 

Let nature do it's thing OP. If it turns purple it's due to genetics or cold temps.
I grew some Chemdawg last winter outside and ended up with a lot a purple coloring.









@Tbone Shuffle awesome looking bud amigo.

 

Even when the plant is green and the tent is warm it starts turning purple about 2 weeks into bud.

If you look at this picture, even though there is no purple on the plant and it's just started to shoot out hairs being 1 week in 12/12 look at the bottom side of the leaves. There's already a lot of purple in the plant just in veg.