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#258 - Sunday, March 26, 2017 Dear Fellow Grower, In today's issue... - Ever wondered how some growers are able to grow pink or purple buds? Today you'll learn how you can grow colorful buds at home!
- The outdoor growing season for the northern hemisphere is almost here! Learn about a purple strain which is specifically designed for stealth and outdoor
growing!
- Check out the Trophy Pics of the Week which feature an auto-flowering plant that produced 2 ounces in just 63 days!
Nebula Haze & Sirius Fourside (founders of
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How to Grow Pink or Purple Buds by Nebula Haze |
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Would you like to grow colorful cannabis buds? You may have come across or seen marijuana buds that are pink, purple, red, orange or possibly even blue! But how do you grow colorful buds at
home?
If you want to grow buds that are pink, red or purple, you must choose the right genetics! The tendency to turn colors is almost 100% determined by strain / genetics, so unfortunately, you can't force any plant to produce colorful buds. However, you can purchase seeds of strains that naturally turn vibrant colors, and there are tricks to bring out the colors of your buds to maximize their genetics.
You simply cannot produce buds
this purple without a strain that has been bred to makes purple buds. There are tricks to maximize the natural color of your genetics, but you have to start with good genes!
4 Different "Parts" of Cannabis Can Become Colorful
When people are talking about "colorful"
buds, most people imagine brightly colored buds in their hand. But there are actually different parts of buds that can display non-green colors, and sometimes people will lump all them all together. Each one is a little different from each other, and some have a big effect on what your final buds will look like, while others don't make much difference.
Many different parts of
a cannabis plant can turn purple, including the whole plant! The parts of the plant that can become colorful are...
- Pistils (Hairs) - some of the color remains after drying/curing
- Calyxes (Buds Themselves) - very strong effect on final color
- Leaves - relatively small effect on final bud color after trimming
- Trichomes - small effect on final color
Buds are made up of different parts and are usually more than one color Colorful Pistils / Hairs
Most growers want the buds themselves to appear colorful, so
the color stays even after the buds are dried and cured.
There are two parts of the buds that can turn color. One part is the pistils/hairs that stick out. There are several strains where the pistils turn pink or purple.
Sometimes just the pistils/hairs turn pink or
purple, while the leaves and buds may still be green
When buds are dried, they retain some of their pistil color but you will still be able to see the color coming through underneath. Colorful Calyxes (Buds Themselves)
Calyxes are what make the buds themselves. Cannabis "buds" are actually made of hundreds of calyxes stacked on top of each other, and some or all of them may become colors other than green.
This amazing picture show how the overall appearance of buds is changed by the ratio of colorful vs green calyxes
Nearly all Smooth Smoke buds (by Tropical Seeds) produce at least a few pink calyxes here and there, and some plants in the correct conditions can produce buds where almost every calyx is deep
purple. Calyxes are what give the most color to your buds. Even a few purple calyxes can give the buds an overall purple tint, and when you break open the buds there will be some pieces that are
completely purple.
This nug contains several purple calyxes After being ground up you can see the purple pieces distributed throughout. The greater percentage of the calyxes that are purple, the more vibrant your final bud color will
be. Colorful Leaves - Sometimes It's Not the Buds That Turn Color!
With some strains, the leaves
may turn purple while the buds stay mostly green. This can make for absolutely gorgeous plants, but since leaves mostly get trimmed off after harvest, usually a lot of the purple will no longer be visible on the buds after the trimming process.
For some strains, the
leaves may turn purple while the buds stay green. This often happens after the plant is exposed to chilly night temperatures (but not always). The leaves exposed to direct light are most likely to turn purple, while leaves in the shade often stay green.
Although the leaves have turned purple, the buds themselves are mostly green. Only the tops of buds exposed to direct light have any color left after trimming off the leaves. Nearly all the purple was trimmed away. Colorful Trichomes
In general, cannabis trichomes go
from clear (not ready) to white (highest THC) to amber/yellow (more of a mellow effect) before they eventually wither and die. These color changes are often used to determine the best time to harvest cannabis.
However, sometimes trichomes can turn purple or
pink, making it difficult to know when to harvest. In that case, you want to also look at the pistils to determine best harvest time!
Purple or pink trichomes can make it tough to know when to harvest, but they're exotic and beautiful! The color of trichomes may leave a slight tint on the buds after they've been dried and cured, but the bud color underneath will be the
dominant color.
Now on to making purple buds at home!
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Getting Ready for the Outdoor Grow Season? |
In the Northern Hemisphere, we're getting close to the time when many growers put their plants outside for this year's growing season! It depends on where you live, but generally growers put their plants outside in late spring, after the last frost.
(In the Southern
Hemisphere, growers are approaching harvest time!) |
Enter in the "Duck" Strains
The "ducksfoot" strains are characterized by their oddly shaped 3-finger leaves (which supposedly look like duck's feet). The idea is that the plants look less like cannabis, which can be helpful for stealth. The brightly colored buds also help make them look less like cannabis for much of the flowering
stage.
This is what the leaves of a "Duck" strain looks like.
This is what a "Duck" plant looks like in the vegetative stage - it doesn't really look like a cannabis plant at first glance, does
it? Frisian Duck
One of the most popular Ducksfoot variations is called Frisian Duck by Dutch Passion. This strain thrives outdoors and often makes bright, beautiful purple buds with a fresh, almost fruity scent.
This is a Frisian Duck plant after it's started flowering. If you train it to grow bushy instead of in the shape of a Christmas tree with one main bud, it looks even less like a regular cannabis plant.
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Trophy Pictures of the Week! |
Here is a Cash crop autoflower I grew with CFL lights 274 actual watts! Grown in Pro-Mix HP with Green Planet Nutrients.
I harvested at day 63 and had 185.6 grams wet which dried to just under 2oz.
I didn't use any training methods at all on this plant, just had 4 bulbs directly above her top and 2 on each side for total of 8 bulbs
JMac
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