help... 7 weeks into flower, no bud turning purple

Hello, i have 3 trainwrecks that i got given to me from seed. The seeds come from the green house seed co. This will be my second grow, as i only grow outdoors. I got these seeds in march, planted them and stuck them outside in april to get some of the gorgeous weather we had, they have been left outside since and i am in the UK...

I started flowring these plants about 7 weeks ago by putting them in my no light leak garage from 8.30pm - 8.30 am. Well here is my problem, they are only meant to take 60 days to flower, from my calculations thats about 10 days time, but there is hardly any bud on one of my plants, none on the others and one of them the leaves are turning purple. i was just wondering if i posted some pics would someone be able to see where i am going wrong maybe. There are no pests, got rid of them before the flower.

pretty simple setup 7l pots with organic posh compost.
i use spring water from a shop to water them
used miricle grow for food while in veg, now use a soluble bone meal type food for the flowering process the p of the bone meal is 17 which i think is good enough.

why has one of these plants deciced to turn purple and not flower very much, and the other 2 taking so long to flower? i don't understand it. I have taken the best pictures i can. I was planning to chop these down in a couple of weeks, now i am stuck i have little experience to know when they are at the two week stage so i can stop feeding them nitrogeon and start getting these babies flushed.

sorry if i was babiling a bit there, all sort of came out at once. I would appreciate the help.

can't seem to upload pics, will try again.

What pictures???

this is the purple one with more flowers



these are the other two that have less flowers but no purple

One more thing, the plants are about 4.5ft tall and the the non purple ones are very fat

If I were you I would feed them something else something a little more quick to break down and be edible to the plants immediately. Also if you could before doing that check the ph of your water that runs out the bottom after a good watering. Do a little searching around to figure out what ph your going to be needing depending on your setup.

If the ph checks out fine or needs adjusted fix that and get some nutrients high in P and K. If your trying to go all organic search around for some organic nutrients that are quick release. If you dont care either way organic or not and have ruled out or fixed a possible ph issue then just grab some nutrients from where ever and get them in there quick.

I am not an expert by any means just trying to help out with the experience I have. Good luck with the plants

temperature diffeence at night makes them change colour ..a colder night than day make the colour change in some strains..

Ok, thanks for that. I'm on it now, going to local shop. Other than that, does the plants look good? Would you say it was a good grow?

The PH level is fine, i bought some new pots when i was out just incase, just done a changeover now and they were in serious need of a change over, the roots were growing out the bottom. The only decent feed i could find is 14-20-28, will the higher levels of nitrogeon be fine? Finding plant food with a high number of p and k is very difficult i have found.

I think the temp difference might be what is stunting your plant's bud growth as well, only if you are feeding them properly, they are getting enough sun, and you flush them regularly to make sure they aren't suffering from nutrient lock up. Is there adequate air flow in your garage?

I feel like i have been feeding properly, other than the purple i do think they look really healthy. Yeah the odd leaf yellowing and coming off, but i am guessing that is just down to the flowering cycle. I'm sure they are getting enough sun, it can be overcast here but there is plenty of light, the sun isn't covered all day. I am adament that they do get flushed properly. I have researched as much as i possibly can and now i just think it is down to experience on how they turn out. I just couldn't seem to work out what i was doing wrong.

Yeah the garage has its drafts, even though it remains light free. The p.ants are back outdoors during the day and the wind we have been having recently they defo been getting enough air flow.

i mean will these plants still flower well once i have found out what is wrong with them? Or they gonna be shit?

I am really appreciative of this advice guys. Thanks

Give them some bat guano, make sure its the high phosphorus one though. Its very quick to break down.

From what i see things are ok and you should have some good smoke when done , break off the yellow fan leaves

That fert -- 14-20-28 -- sounds fairly potent. I would start with half strength (or less) of whatever the labeling says. Build up to that gradually, especially if it is chemical fert as opposed to organic. With numbers like that I am guessing chem.

Ok, i changed the pots round last night and flushed it, ready to add some new nutrients today. I wake up this morning to find that the purple one doesn't just have a hint of purple anymore, the whole thing is purple. Is that bad or is it good?
I know some people have said it is because of the cold, but it's june. The night time temps aren't that bad, mid 50s at the lowest. I checked the PH of the soil this morning and it's on about 6.8.

Oh... And it doesn't smell like weed anymore, like a burnt out smell. Odd.

Sounds like the same with me. Bought my seeds online. One in particular is a total freak and the other two are flowering away and that's it, no buds forming.

I was in 6" pots 4wks into flower when i changed to 3gal pots. Bad mistake, by the time the new roots took the flowering even died off. Now 4days short of 7mo's old, guess what, still no bud, lots of new flowers again though. I think their done.
I read somewhere that some seeds just don't bud, looks like that's what i got.

As for the purple, i'd blame it on the seed, could be purple skunk, highly prized.

grannybonger said:

Sounds like the same with me. Bought my seeds online. One in particular is a total freak and the other two are flowering away and that's it, no buds forming.

I was in 6" pots 4wks into flower when i changed to 3gal pots. Bad mistake, by the time the new roots took the flowering even died off. Now 4days short of 7mo's old, guess what, still no bud, lots of new flowers again though. I think their done.
I read somewhere that some seeds just don't bud, looks like that's what i got.

As for the purple, i'd blame it on the seed, could be purple skunk, highly prized.

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I have changed the pots and i bought some Ionic Bloom food and my plants seem to be doing great. I could really do with some more sun though. The pistals are still white so i'm guessing it's not even there yet.

What colour are the piststals on your ones? it could just be that they are going to take a long time to flower which i am guessing these ones are going to do aswell. All the best though.

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The purple in your plants is fine im pretty sure its the effect magnesium can have on certain strains and is generally a desired result, not a sign of problems. Regarding the flowering time never assume what it says it going to be accurate. The easiest way to tell how close to maturity the plant is is by the colour of the pistils begin to change from white to brown/red whatever then they wont produce much more. You should be trying to time your harvest so its ready when 95% of these hairs have changed colour.

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purple is created due to the breakdown of chloraphil and the takeover of xanaphil idk if spelling is correct but anyways, you want your temperatures to fluctuate by around 30 degrees between day and night. ALL PLANTS can turn purple its just that the breeders have bred the green out of the over the years as a marketing scheme. reduce your temps at night and they will purple up i promise