Researching Key Lime Pie at first thought it’s a typo because buds n r are more of a dispo, then i see the word vegetation in wiki.
First time i heard this.
Just like a plant vax, you can trigger a plants sar and immune system at flip to give it memory to be in defense but not ever read cold temps or cold media before 2nd half flower.
To bring out this strain’s eye-catching purple colors, growers may also want to artificially “shock” the plants by exposing them to cold just before flowering occurs.
I try to create exclusively purple strains… i do this by maintaining a higer iron load in the soil and by shocking the FUUCCCKKK out of the plants…like borderline haircut harassment.
I constantly trim old growth(2 weeks) every time a new set of leaves pops out=stress
I bend the fuuccckkk out of stems when im pre-scrogging and making multiple heads=stress
These two factors expose the stems to incredible ammounys of light tuening them various shades of reds and purples setting the path for non green buds
Once the plant has hit my scrog net ill maintain that “naked canopy” as the branches keep growing under the net and expanding…once my scrog net is full of a “naked canopy” from constant trimming ill stop trimming and allow the “scrog net” to actually become a SCReen Of Green.
Once im satisfied with of screen of green. Ill flip to flower and and allow the room to get as cold as possible for night time hours
3 out of 4 of my last grow turned out purple as fuuccckkk
Source of info/knowledge/inspiration-landrace weed strain documentary on peacock i think…im looking for it now lol
Stull searching…somewhere in that documentary, they were in africa along river banks checking out landraces strains.
Every time they found a purple plant, it was either the tallest or solidary or isolated feom a group…meaning it got the most cold temps in the nights and early mornings
I tried this and got the purple on the stems but not the buds. Maybe cultivar specific? I did get a lot of stretch though. My daytime temps were pretty high maybe 27c my night tim temps were 18c
There is a big difference in colors with cold temps IME, but it won’t turn any plant purple. I had seedlings turning purple hues this spring due to weeks of 30’s and 40’s. Also, grow plants on a concrete slab vs. elevated and they’ll change colors very differently, especially of it’s on that slab in winter. Root zone temps seem to be factor in some cases.
I chill my grow room to 65 at lights off and increase air flow to help induce purple traits.
No scientific backing!
Saw a few strainhunters episodes and all the “locals” of the foreign lands keep noticing how solitary plants in a field turn purple because of less heat (proximity to other plants) and higher winds
You can see it in tents too, plants closer to a light source, shaded on one side, one on the ground, one elevated. The root zone temp, the air temp, and the light seem to all seem to play a factor in purpling. And then there’s also genetics… some plants seem incapable of being anything but green, the same is true of corals as well. But, for whatever reason, there are
My bro science take on that, there are a variety of different triggers and genes involved, and it seems to involve recessive genes found in a variety of base/landrace genetics. I assume it’s anthocyanin production primarily. Personally, I love colorful weed. A lot of people downplay importance of smell, and color, but a lot of times it’s nature trying tell us something. So therefore, I conclude, if it’s pretty and purple, it’s just telling you to smoke it’s fine lookin ass!
Here’s to purple and those of us that are visually stimulated and excited by colors
