How to get "fall" colored bud indoors

[harris hawk]

One can achieve "fall" colors inside by feed your plant cold water for the last 3 week before harvest (this "mimichs" the cold ground and the root respond to the "cold" h20). try it , it works -beautiful colors!

 

[Blitzedgrowkid08]

One can achieve "fall" colors inside by feed your plant cold water for the last 3 week before harvest (this "mimichs" the cold ground and the root respond to the "cold" h20). try it , it works -beautiful colors!

Idk my take quite yet on this but one would assume cold water may possibly shock the plant slightly. Now if this goes on for three weeks outta 8 there might be diminished yields. I believe the cold water would possibly give more eye candy than weight. Guess it depends what ur lookin for. Good suggestion tho peace

 

[Blitzedgrowkid08]

Wanted to say also that the ground remains warm well after air cools

 

[CouchlockOR]

One can achieve "fall" colors inside by feed your plant cold water for the last 3 week before harvest (this "mimichs" the cold ground and the root respond to the "cold" h20). try it , it works -beautiful colors!

Where do you get your information? I use cold water every time I water. So do Hydro growers (if they know whats good for the roots). If you really want fall colors try lowering the ambient temperature and not using nutrients the last couple weeks or grow outside. So before you try to say that fall colors are from using cold water, do some research.

 

[SNEAKYp]

Can't you just lower the tempof the room and achieve those same results?

 

[dannyboy602]

color is intensified by cold but not triggered by it. it has more to do with the long nights. fall color will appear regardless of warmer or colder temperatures. here's a good read from the u.s. natnl' arboretum.
http://www.usna.usda.gov/PhotoGallery/FallFoliage/ScienceFallColor.html

 

[hydrogreen65]

Hell, I keep my res temps in the low 50's.
Hey Dannyboy602, so theoretically if a plant has say purple traits. Would going from 12/12 to say 10/14 help to bring out the color?

 

[dannyboy602]

it will certainly initiate it faster.... some of the best color i got was on g13 pineapple express in the winter where night temps were in the high 50's in my flower rooms. so its a combo of ambient temps, genetics and long nights that gives the best color.

 

[hydrogreen65]

cool, may have to set up a seperate flower to tent to do some playing around with.
I've got a clone off a skunk that has some wickedly wide finger leafs and deep color I may use.

 

[Professor Snook]

You can achieve fall colors using two methods.

Cold air temperatures will cause the plant to protect itself from cold by turning purple.

Cold water, below 45 deg., to the roots in the last two weeks will cause Phosphorus to be unavailable and will cause a purpling of the flowers also. Prof.Snook

 

[hydrogreen65]

That's her and her mom. Just threw mom in flower.

 

[AimAim]

Where do you get your information?

He pretty much makes it up from thin air as far as I can tell. Typical Internet information source.

Fall "color" is just the plant slowing or stopping photosynthesis, to where the green pigment goes away. Then the reds, yellows show through. Not developing new color so much as the predominant green going away and the xanthros and carotenes show through.