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Arjan's haze is hardly old school. Red stems could be a response to environmental conditions (a nutrient deficiency perhaps) or a genetic trait, or a combination of both. I don't think it "means" anything as such, just smoke it.

Is this a plant you are growing? If so, I'll merge it into the grow thread.
 
Could be due to stress, low temp's or the strain you are growing may just show traits of it.

Got any photo's?
 
Under different environmental conditions, a plant expresses it's genotype differently, which can cause these effects. For example when the temperature at night in particular is low (as wise said), a deficiency in phosphorus can result, causing a purple or red hue in stems/stalks.

Otherwise you could just have a phenotype that results in the plant naturally just having red stems all the time regardless.

However this is just speculation. I mean, who knows for sure? Could be any number of things really, however the P deficiency/low temps is the most likely explanation.
 
yes, its a grow....thanks for the move. and il try to get some pics up with my shitty cell phone came to get your opinions on it. But yeah i was leaning toward some sort of deficiency or something along those lines. The plant was giving to me by a buddy of mine already 3 weeks in growth, and we both have NO idea what type of plant it is. It was grown in organic soil since it was a baby so would that have anything to do with the lack of nutrients it may or may not be getting? They turned red rite around the time transplanted it into new soil out in the wild.....keeping in mind I used organic soi; also....just not the same brand as my buddy. @ artificial emotion, i could defiantly see the low temps being something to do with it seeing that there was deff a few night were the temps got pretty low (40).
 
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@ artificial emotion, i could defiantly see the low temps being something to do with it seeing that there was deff a few night were the temps got pretty low (40).
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I would bet money it's the temps now that you've given more info. 40F (4C) is extemely low and almost certainly would do that to a lot of strains. If it happened to me I would come to that conclusion, definitely. It's nothing to worry about anyhow, although the plant won't like those sorts of temperatures at all (anything below 10C and you're getting into danger territory). Think of the red as being a sort of warning sign.
 
Hi everyone!:) I have a question about pistils. What phase of life are they going to develop? Also, does this determine the sex AND when the plant is ready to flower?
I'm picking up some clones. It's easier for me to understand the life cycles from seed to harvest, but clones... I'm not sure if cloning effects the time of sex determination or pistil growth (which is connected..?) I know clones are clipped from a vegetating mother, and should be female...any tips on determining the sex when they are baby clones before future development?
 
I need advice on my plant

okay my baby just got done germinating and now i have it in a 2ft wide space all around and need advice on how to keep it from getting out of control on me i no to trim it up and heard of anchoring it..but my main concern is the light to use right now its just a little baby in a plastic cup under a soing cabnit and i have a 250 wytt heat light is this to much to be stating it off o and btw i have covered the inside of my growing station and still working on the ventilation process
 
^They develop once the plant is well into veg. Only female plants have pistils. The plant can flower when the first pistils appear, but doesn't have to, and won't until the hourse of light it recieves diminish sufficiently. If you take clones from a mature mother, they will already have (or at least be capable of producing) pistils. Clones from a female will be female (because they're clones).
 
lotusbloom said:
Hi everyone!:) I have a question about pistils. What phase of life are they going to develop? Also, does this determine the sex AND when the plant is ready to flower?
I'm picking up some clones. It's easier for me to understand the life cycles from seed to harvest, but clones... I'm not sure if cloning effects the time of sex determination or pistil growth (which is connected..?) I know clones are clipped from a vegetating mother, and should be female...any tips on determining the sex when they are baby clones before future development?
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If you check out my post on the last page, the third photo shows female pistils forming at the plants nodes.... The plant in the pic was a clone and if ur clones are showing such pistils then i would say the plant is mature, female and more than ready to put into flower.

Regarding the affects of cloning.... I did read somewhere ( possibly here?) that a cloned plant will take approx 1 week longer to reach maturity (once you've put it to 12/12) than a plant from seed (which from my experience i agree with...). Otherwise cloning should not really affect anything other than the two weeks or so it takes to root.. ie delaying maturity by said two weeks or so..


shpongle1987 said:
what does it mean when the stems are red on your plant? ive never seen this before....except for that old school arjans haze i believe but theres is no way it could be that, so im confused.
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If you check out the same pic (third from my post on page 25) then hopefully you'll see there's nothing to worry about..
 
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A plant won't start to flower until it's reached sexual maturity. So, if you sow a seed it won't flower, regardless of whether you switch to 12/12 lighting, until it reaches sexual maturity. Likewise, a clone taken from a plant won't flower if it isn't taken from a plant that hasn't reached sexual maturity, again regarless of whether you use 12/12 lighting.

If the clone is taken from a sexually mature plant (and the calyx have formed), then it will reach maturity far sooner than a sowing a seed and really the difference is like night and day. This is part of the reason why all commercial growers almost exclusively grow from clones. Once you've gotten used to growing from clones, growing from seed can be a bit like watching paint dry as it can be so slow.
 
^^ yes

a plant always needs to grow to a certain extent before it matures, sure you can flower a plant anytime you want, but for best results its always best to look for signs of maturity... I have friends who have grown clones from mothers grown from clones from mothers that have been grown from clones etc.. and although after about three years you start to see a deterioration, one thing you know (and smell) is ur dealing with mature plants which can only be good...

Hows the guerilla growing going AE?... I'm just about ready to find a spot i mean a plot (or three) i've got two early flowering seedlings and a young rhino cutting that i've been subjecting to the vagaries of the british climate... the plan is to set them off somewhere in the local countryside, take cuttings and from them innocuously breed seeds in my mates greenhouse, could be interesting.....
 
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Excellent information-thank you! Also, beautiful photos! They are very helpful. I plan on keeping my clones vegetating for maybe 6-8 weeks with a 18/6 light cycle. So during this time, pistils will develop probably much sooner than I plan on inducing flowering. I know I can do this the quick way, but I want them to flourish as much as they can before they flower. I appreciate all of the helpful information. Thank you!
 
advice on how to bring my baby back

basically its turning a lil yellow i just moved it into my growing area in a cup and i had a heat lap that kinda ruind it but im trying to slowly restor it any advice on how to do it because its a britight dark yellow color
 
a bit of Epsom salt diluted in the water should help....its what i always used when the ends of my leaves started turning yellow
 
There's a grow thread you would have seen, if you'd have bothered to scroll down before posting.
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In fact, you already knew about the grow thread, because I moved the thread that you started about growing yesterday in there. You may notice a pattern here; growing questions belong in the grow thread.
 
Question about the Elf Carbon Filter - I just opened the box and its in a bag filled with charcoal... Its everywhere. Granulated, powdery charcoal.... is this normal? Do I just take it out of the bag and hang it up? Whats the best method for hanging it? I'm using a grow tent with bars on top.

I dont know what to do with this thing... charcoal all over it and there are cotton sheets? inside the filter...
 
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