Red stems

2Hearts said:

Im sorry ive seen a lot of purple strain hype but most just came out green to the good growers and still do start to end.

Should a flower or trich take on a purple exspression well that would be a seperate discussion.

If the op finds that little extra the stems will revert to green and new ones stay green, if they take a turn for the worse they will amplify.

Just genetics is a poor answer, discussed nothing but made others carry on some weird belief. If only you could debate the reason a living green plant feels like turning leaves and stems purple as if for no reason.

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I don't know the reason but it happens and it's genetic and cannabis is just another plant. PLants display colors. Even green plants. And there are other plants that have green, red, and purple varieties. There are thousands of other plant species around the world that have different varieties of different colors. Some are green and some are colorful.

Why do coleus have such a wide range of colors from red, to purple, to green, and all together on the same leaf?

Look at a plant like Heuchera. There are varieties with green leaves, red leaves, purple leaves, etc... With new varieties being created by selective breeding. The same thing has been and is being done with cannabis.

Anyway you seem to have made up your mind that plants can't genetically have color which they can. I've given you examples so I'm going to move on from this which has nothing to do with the OP's purple leaf stems which isn't anything to worry about.

xtsho said:

I don't know the reason but it happens and it's genetic and cannabis is just another plant. PLants display colors. Even green plants. And there are other plants that have green, red, and purple varieties. There are thousands of other plant species around the world that have different varieties of different colors. Some are green and some are colorful.

Why do coleus have such a wide range of colors from red, to purple, to green, and all together on the same leaf?

Look at a plant like Heuchera. There are varieties with green leaves, red leaves, purple leaves, etc... With new varieties being created by selective breeding. The same thing has been and is being done with cannabis.

Anyway you seem to have made up your mind that plants can't genetically have color which they can. I've given you examples so I'm going to move on from this which has nothing to do with the OP's purple leaf stems which isn't anything to worry about.

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I gave them some cal mag so bout a week we can figure out if that’s the prob. The room is cold tho it’s in the utility room ph is 6 so no lock out if the red goes away we can blame cal mag if it stays then genetic lol

Plants dont colour themselves without reason, what you have failed to give is any reason for its pigment production in either this species or others.

I simply gave the reason why plants adapted the anthocyanin pigment. Not all plants can but those that can do for a reason which you seem to lack.

When growers use the word genetics but offer no actual genetic explanation or cause the whole discussion falls flat on its face and reality easily substituted for mere guesswork. Seems a shame to generalize a vast complex system of cyanidin just because the plant felt like colouring its highly efficient green chlorophyl with less efficient purple pigments as a mere genetic freak of nature and more plausable to explain the sole reasons for producing such imbalances through evolutionary pressures stresses and adaptations.

xtsho said:

I don't know the reason but it happens and it's genetic and cannabis is just another plant. PLants display colors. Even green plants. And there are other plants that have green, red, and purple varieties. There are thousands of other plant species around the world that have different varieties of different colors. Some are green and some are colorful.

Why do coleus have such a wide range of colors from red, to purple, to green, and all together on the same leaf?

Look at a plant like Heuchera. There are varieties with green leaves, red leaves, purple leaves, etc... With new varieties being created by selective breeding. The same thing has been and is being done with cannabis.

Anyway you seem to have made up your mind that plants can't genetically have color which they can. I've given you examples so I'm going to move on from this which has nothing to do with the OP's purple leaf stems which isn't anything to worry about.

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The truth is I’ve seen plenty grows where the plants were green all over.. they described them as healthy..some say genetics..I’d like to learn how not to induce stress on the plants! Sure not every strain has purple stems.. I’m just lucky enough to get them.

red stem cannabis is quite common throughout asia... here is some indian red stem- (I did not grow any of these)

SFnone said:

red stem cannabis is quite common throughout asia... here is some indian red stem- (I did not grow any of these)

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That’s wild lol ,they ended up being fine it was a calmag prob but it went away

its perfectly normal. Try bubblicious...red leaf stems, main stem stripes red and green. Everything else is green. I've added cal mag, never changed.

Another possibility.

The red stems are actually in some instances "self-induced sun tanning lotion" I am not sure of the specifics but know if a plant is in intense light for a while theyll do this as a defense mechanism against the heavy rays.

Jamk911 said:

The red stems are actually in some instances "self-induced sun tanning lotion" I am not sure of the specifics but know if a plant is in intense light for a while theyll do this as a defense mechanism against the heavy rays.

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Look at mangos, ones more exposed to the sun turn from green to red...great point!