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Purple stems
Bigboybri1992
started grow question 5y ago
Week 3 and getting purple stems
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Week 3
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
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DankGardener
answered grow question 5y ago
Yor plant stems purple from intense light it's like a sun tan nothing to worry about ther.
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myrceneCB1
answered grow question 5y ago
Your plant leaves appear healthy. If just the stems are turning purple, most likely cause is from intense light. Nothing to worry about.
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SherpaParkesy
answered grow question 5y ago
1. Check Genetics 2.Check Soil run off Ph.. 3.Check temps are in range 4. Nutrient deficiency 5. Stress like pathogens and pests..
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Jaked
The stems began to turn red
Guys, I need your help! The stems began to turn red. Yesterday it was less, but today it is more saturated and spreads to the veins of the leaves. Could it be a phosphorus deficiency, or am I worrying for nothing? And what is better to do in this case?
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
2y ago
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aRecreationalist
Autoflower week 9, not flowering
So what should I do, there's no signs of switching in week 9! I've tried changing to 18/6 lighting, but have only been running it for a couple of days. Besides that she is really droopy and the soil feels really hard (maybe lots of roots). Any advice is appreciated :)
Week 9
Leaves. Curl down
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
Plant. Other
6y ago
2
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Collinsy74
Never used Coco soil before first time grower lol, is biobizz allmix any good? I'm using the dreaded mg wish I did my homework first but u live and learn. Just having an absolute nightmare with the slow release nutes phosphorus deficiency and low pH run off any ideas please 🙏
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
Setup. Strains - Photoperiod
5y ago
1
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Natrona
Brown tips and purple stems
What is causing brown tips and purple stems om my OG Kush? She is 9 inches from the light and recieving 850-1000 ppm fertilizer 2xper week. She is in week 2 of flower.
Week 8
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
3y ago
7
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GrowAllOut
Purple stems on some seedlings?
Why would the plants on that edge of the tray have purple stems? Nutrient deficiency? I noticed the one I checked with a purple stem had more roots showing from the rockwool cube than any others... think they're trying harder to get to the juice cause they got shorted?
Week 1
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
6y ago
3
2
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TrilliumTrichomes
Drooping leaves and purple underside of leaves in seedling. (Pics in Diary) Pls help!
I'm on day 11, under 315cmh (20") from tops of plants. I am watering with 6.2ph well water. Temps 65-75. Promix HP is grow medium. Pots have adequate drainage. The Gelatos are drooping, stems are reddish and the underside of the leaves are purple. What am I messing up??
Week 2
Leaves. Curl down
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
Setup. Seedling
6y ago
3
3
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SelfmadeRu
Male preflower!!??
Buds. Other
Plant. Spaces between nodes
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
5y ago
1
2
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Kripoulas
Deficiencies? Brown spots, yellowing and purple stems
What is this deficiency or maybe toxicity and whats the solution? She is fed with biobizz chart instructions but with every other watering. She is big so I'm guessing I should water with nutes every time? She showed this first week into flowering.
Week 6
Leaves. Color - Yellow
Leaves. Color - Dark-brown
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
5y ago
3
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FlynnRyder
I'm a slow learner...
Hey yall, having issues with red stems, ph fluctuations, leaf discoloring, and leaks but thats my problem haha. I just had a terrible week and I wanted to make sure a nute change was my only real problem in wk 4. I only wanted to veg 4 weeks but thats not possible or I botched
Leaves. Other
Other. Other
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
6y ago
4
4
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Diesel_Loud
Wedding Cake to Toxic to Save??
Wedding Cake Auto isnt looking the best. had nitrogen toxicity, flushed, has wonderful new growth then flipped back to an over watered curl. flushed with 5.8 water and not sure if i should continue this grow. pic 6 days ago. currently top curled like toxicity
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
Feeding. Deficiences
Techniques. LST
5y ago
3
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Collinsy74
Can anyone help me please, I'm trying to sort my pH in my media it's a phosphorus deficiency do I need to flush with pH water and adjust nutrient
Can anyone help me please, I'm trying to sort my pH in my media ( miracle gro ) I know it's a n experiment anyway the girls are 6 and a half weeks now and I'm starting to get red stems on leafs. I've read it's a phosphorus deficiency do I have to flush my 7 has gallon smart pots?
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
5y ago
1
1
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AlpineGoat
First time HESI soil
What’s happening to my girls? It’s the first time for me with minerals, currently using the HESI Soil Pack. Maaybe I’m putting a little too much SuperVit. Both autos, SweetZZ in 15L and Amnesia Lemon in 5L pot. Yellow fan leafs, red stem, lil weak.. Look at the pic and tell me :)
Week 8
Leaves. Color - Yellow
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
5y ago
2
2
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autogrowmadness
Health
Hi ladys and gents , can someone tell me why my 5 week old zkittkez auto is starting to turn abit dark green ? And also some of the fan leaves are turning red and purple at the stems. And also if my plant is over all healthy? First grow so im just hoping for the best
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
5y ago
2
3
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Hvk1907
Acil lütfen yardim
Acil yardım sabah kalktım bu şekilde buldum lütfen yardim eder misiniz?
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
6y ago
2
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GreenBean
leaves seem a bit dark green have cut down nitrogen and theres a good amount of phosphorus and new growth is pretty purple and stems are very purple im pretty sure its something to do with feeding, are plants still missing something? or should i just leave them and see what comes
Week 16
Leaves. Color - Dark-purple
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
6y ago
1
1
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Screwie
Red stems
Is this a magnesium deficiency? The stems seem red. If so, does Calmag do the trick here?
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
5y ago
2
3
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StarPlatinum
Early growth sick plants - photoperiod
Purpling stem, yellowing leaves, droopy leaves - I’m thinking nitrogen deficiency, but I’m not sure if I should add more nutrients or not to my current solution or if I should flush completely. PPM is at 850, and the PH is 6.3. What are your thoughts? Any GH nutrient schedules?
Leaves. Curl down
Leaves. Color - Yellow
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
3y ago
5
4
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Foggedaboudit
What do you guys think of my first grow?
Please tell me what you think of my first grow! Thanks a lot!
Week 6
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
3y ago
8
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DogDoctorOfficial
Purple stems
hi guys, so my first time growimg LED and it looks like this purple stems are here to stay. does any one know how to make them all green or is this a LED situation and there´s nothing i can do about it ? thanks 🙏
Week 8
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
6y ago
7
4
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Frm11001
IDEAS?! double cookies auto BSF
Tuve exceso de N al comienzo de la floración, hice lavado de raíces y todo empeoró! ahora, a casi 1 o 2 semanas de finalizar la floración,ella se encuentra así.Luego del lavado de raíces, continue con fertilizantes normalmente igual que las otras y las otras están en buen estado!
Leaves. Color - Yellow
Leaves. Color - Dark-brown
Plant. Stem - Red or purple
5y ago
6