Strain issues

herjack24 · 2025-04-15T06:09:16-0600

I have purchased some Mimosa Evo seeds from Barney's and even the grow was completed and good looking, the leaves did not had a single spot of purple as suggested in the picture taken from Barneys website. Same purple leaves were found in a grow journal from a guy in Canada.

My "Mimosa Evo" leaves were just green. Not a single trace of purple.

Do you think it can be a mistake from Barneys which might shipped different type of seed strain instead?

Have you experienced same issue before?

Jjgrow420 · 2025-04-15T07:27:13-0600

Lol. Purple is usually 50/50 trait meaning around half or less of the offspring are capable of producing purple color. There are also contributing environmental factors that need to be met eg temp for those colors to express.

Jimski · 2025-04-15T08:52:12-0600

Most color changes for cannabis happen due to steering the environment with strain being only part of the equation. Here is a link that splains the situation. Basically certain strains have chemicals that predispose a plant to color up if certain environmental triggers are reached but you must steer a grow with environment to get these changes.

Cannabis leaves and their colors

Cannabis leaves are known for their characteristic green shape and color, but they can also display red, yellow, lilac, purple, and even black hues, depending on factors such as genetics, environmental conditions, and plant nutrition. These colors are the result of specific pigments such as...

www.alchimiaweb.com

Tolerance Break · 2025-04-15T08:54:08-0600

Genetics, temps, food, and stressors all play a roll in getting your plant to purple. I've even had clones act different based on where they were in orientation to the fan and intake.

Every seed is full of potential! Every grow an opportunity to learn.

Hope the smoke is good

tstick · 2025-04-15T10:53:29-0600

Well, this is another very complex hybrid which includes lineage from a BUNCH of other complex hybrids -each of them capable of presenting any number of genetic traits. Barney's obviously took a picture of the best looking cultivar they had, but there's always a chance that there could have been hundreds (if not thousands) of alternative expressions within the same lineage that didn't look the same, smell the same or taste the same as the one you were expecting.

It's pretty much of a crapshoot these days.

tstick · 2025-04-15T11:23:41-0600

That picture is somewhat misleading, as well. It appears that the purple is only coming through on some of the smaller leaves. By the time that bud gets trimmed, there will be very little purple left.

And yes, I have experienced this variance among almost every seed breeder I've purchased from. There are a few people who have been working their lines longer -like Archive Seed Bank, for example. I haven't gotten anything great from them, but I've gotten a few things that were pretty good. Everything I've gotten from Hazeman Seeds, on the other hand, is just this side of hemp -terrible!

I've been growing a long time and I've only rarely gotten anything really exceptional. It takes time and luck to get the seeds....and then you have to also know how to grow them, too.

Unga Bunga · 2025-04-15T11:46:55-0600

Just my opinion but purple is overrated .

Jjgrow420 · 2025-04-15T12:08:46-0600

Unga Bunga said:
Just my opinion but purple is overrated .

It was shown purple expressing plants were less potent than their green sisters. That was an article from a long time ago so not sure if more testing has been done on that or not

Southside112 · 2025-04-15T12:19:33-0600

Jjgrow420 said:
It was shown purple expressing plants were less potent than their green sisters. That was an article from a long time ago so not sure if more testing has been done on that or not

Less potent but more medicinal.

conor c · 2025-04-15T12:38:58-0600

Southside112 said:
Less potent but more medicinal.

Depends what your treating suppose you could argue it might have more antioxidant content though Vs green though cos it's higher in anthocyanins but I reckon that's why there weaker as well cos green is better for photosynthesis Vs purple foliage

herjack24 said:
I have purchased some Mimosa Evo seeds from Barney's and even the grow was completed and good looking, the leaves did not had a single spot of purple as suggested in the picture taken from Barneys website. Same purple leaves were found in a grow journal from a guy in Canada.

My "Mimosa Evo" leaves were just green. Not a single trace of purple.

Do you think it can be a mistake from Barneys which might shipped different type of seed strain instead?

Have you experienced same issue before?

Nah it's luck of the draw/genetics plus some other factors even some stuff with "purple" in the name doesn't reliably produce purple phenos as much as some would like so you can't go off of that neither if you want purple look at pck or it's crosses it's fairly common in those lines but as others said for the most part it's over rated the green weed is always the best ime

Jjgrow420 · 2025-04-15T16:02:38-0600

Southside112 said:
Less potent but more medicinal.

Ya like I said it was a long while ago I read the article. Couldn't even tell you where. The one thing that stuck with me though was the overall THC potency was less.

Jjgrow420 · 2025-04-15T16:11:37-0600

Unga Bunga said:
Just my opinion but purple is overrated .

Bag appeal at best. Purple weed used to sell 10x faster than green weed even if the purple wasn't as good. People get fooled about stuff way to easily and it shows how corporations use marketing to fool consumers then rake in the big $. The Internet just takes that problem and concentrates it by 100000000000000000000x
Now don't get me wrong a nice purple plant sure is pretty. Lol but it's not something I look for when strain selecting at all.

Southside112 · 2025-04-15T17:02:33-0600

I like purple weed. It generally has some type of nice berry grape terps and makes for a chill high. A nice break from some of the super high potency strains.

legitroller · 2025-04-15T17:23:59-0600

Jjgrow420 said:
Lol. Purple is usually 50/50 trait meaning around half or less of the offspring are capable of producing purple color. There are also contributing environmental factors that need to be met eg temp for those colors to express.

Like cooler temps @NiTe but not too cool

Unga Bunga · 2025-04-15T18:25:14-0600

Jjgrow420 said:
Bag appeal at best. Purple weed used to sell 10x faster than green weed even if the purple wasn't as good. People get fooled about stuff way to easily and it shows how corporations use marketing to fool consumers then rake in the big $. The Internet just takes that problem and concentrates it by 100000000000000000000x
Now don't get me wrong a nice purple plant sure is pretty. Lol but it's not something I look for when strain selecting at all.

Back in the early 90's when I was growing a lot outdoors we found some plants that had been flattened by a corn harvester . They weren't totally mature but had viable seeds . They had bright purple pistils so we kept a bunch of seeds .

Grew them out the next season and they were the most beautiful plants you ever saw . They purpled up real nice when mature . Thought we had the big money maker until we smoked some . Basically had to give it away .

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