has anyone ever thought about trying this

jtp92

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Some strains turns purple because of shock or cold temps if u take salt and mix it with ice water it get's alot colder than regular ice water I'm wondering if you take the extremely cold ice water and water the plant with it if it would be enough to shock the plant in to turning purple? Makes me wonder
 

SPLFreak808

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Some strains turns purple because of shock or cold temps if u take salt and mix it with ice water it get's alot colder than regular ice water I'm wondering if you take the extremely cold ice water and water the plant with it if it would be enough to shock the plant in to turning purple? Makes me wonder
Nah dont do that. You'll kill it. Just stop feeding phosphorus towards the end or put them outside for a week but dont let them get too cold to the point of death
 

SPLFreak808

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I grow out side but the most purple I've ever got was part of the stems
It's a genetic thing. Some strains wont really change much, some turn pink/red/blue/purple ect. It just depends on the pheno but its basically slowing down on the phosphorus. If you do something like pop 10 grand daddy purp seeds, then drop temps towards the end of flower, you'll get color from some of them if not most of them. You could always take a clone off each one (dont accidentally mix them up or it will be a 2-4 month mistake lol) and when you find the one that gives you bag appeal or taste whatever your going for, make it a mother plant.
 

jtp92

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It's a genetic thing. Some strains wont really change much, some turn pink/red/blue/purple ect. It just depends on the pheno but its basically slowing down on the phosphorus. If you do something like pop 10 grand daddy purp seeds, then drop temps towards the end of flower, you'll get color from some of them if not most of them. You could always take a clone off each one (dont accidentally mix them up or it will be a 2-4 month mistake lol) and when you find the one that gives you bag appeal or taste whatever your going for, make it a mother plant.
Ts potassium they need moor of during flower isn't it
 

Alienwidow

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Whaaaaa? Add salt to the root zone? Your outta your mind man. This shouldnt be in advanced growing. It should be....well it shouldnt even be considered. :roll:
 

medicalMonster

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The last few weeks of flowering you can drop the RH and NIGHT temps alot. At least I do.

I was learned that its the DIFFERENCE in day/night temps (28/18) among many variables that get you color. If that strain has that inherent traight.. And Pheno.

The ice water thing is to make the plant think its dying. You do that at the final 2 days. It makes it throw crystals. So i have read and been told. My best stuff was grown this way. And the salt just brings the temp below 0. Which, idea is good, the sodium bath nay..


All things you already know i see just clarifying. Pce! Good luck, and if you dr jekyll some plant into neon orange hit me up!
 

jtp92

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Whaaaaa? Add salt to the root zone? Your outta your mind man. This shouldnt be in advanced growing. It should be....well it shouldnt even be considered. :roll:
the reason I posted it in advanced growing is because I didn't know and I'm sure someone on here has tried it I would like to know what it would do so I don't fuck anything up
 

jtp92

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The last few weeks of flowering you can drop the RH and NIGHT temps alot. At least I do.

I was learned that its the DIFFERENCE in day/night temps (28/18) among many variables that get you color. If that strain has that inherent traight.. And Pheno.

The ice water thing is to make the plant think its dying. You do that at the final 2 days. It makes it throw crystals. So i have read and been told. My best stuff was grown this way. And the salt just brings the temp below 0. Which, idea is good, the sodium bath nay..


All things you already know i see just clarifying. Pce! Good luck, and if you dr jekyll some plant into neon orange hit me up!
so ice water Will increases the tricom production
 

Alienwidow

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The rea the reason I posted it in advanced growing is because I didn't know and I'm sure someone on here has tried it I would like to know what it would do so I don't fuck anything up
You will fuck everything up if you do it. Dont even consider it, and i would highly doubt anyone here has ever tried adding salt nacl to the root zone.
 

jtp92

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You will fuck everything up if you do it. Dont even consider it, and i would highly doubt anyone here has ever tried adding salt nacl to the root zone.
I wouldn't have known if I hadn't asked I was just thinking about way's to shock that plant in to turning purple where I live I really don't have much choice in what nutes to use to lower sertin stuff to turn it purple so I was thinking of ways to shock it in to turning purple if this doesn't make sense in kinda high sorry
 

Alienwidow

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I wouldn't have known if I hadn't asked I was just thinking about way's to shock that plant in to turning purple where I live I really don't have much choice in what nutes to use to lower sertin stuff to turn it purple so I was thinking of ways to shock it in to turning purple if this doesn't make sense in kinda high sorry
The best way to get that purple is cold nights or dropping the a/c down.
 

jtp92

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The best way to get that purple is cold nights or dropping the a/c down.
I grow outside the strain in buying is mostly sativa so I'm hoping it will get cold enough next fall and the other strain turned purple when they cut off the top buds
 

medicalMonster

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I grow outside the strain in buying is mostly sativa so I'm hoping it will get cold enough next fall and the other strain turned purple when they cut off the top buds
Should man. This is the first year i ditched the grow tents and hand built a cab to my specs. Its main purpose is to regulate through a micro controller the exact day and night temps i want. I have -5 degree air to suck in so i can play with it a lot. See if I can get color,

at 15C i noticed wilting. 18C min was awesome.

Generally when a strain is "known" to go a color is a certain pheno, and its brought on by the temperature process no? I could be flat out wrong. But i haven't seen much color until I drop night temps.

And yeah it improves trich production when you go ice water last two watering. And super low rh. My RH meter cant read how low i go. Then I go 24 hour dark. Which is another topic,

And i don't want to step on anyone's heels, I'm just stating what ive read and works for me. My two cents!
 
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