plant is turning purplish black (pic)

oh and one other thing bro, assuming ur a dude, but if ur not, sis, u recommend me buying a ph buffer to raise ph? just checking cause i can get some ph up its called from indoor gardens, anyways, thx dude

just wondering if i could bug you again. I cant get a hold of any superthrive and ive been reading and it seems vitamin b1 is also good to reverse stress and is also in superthrive, is there any other suppliments i can giver? Also whats the ratio of water to corn syrup?
thx
ps....hows everything going potluvr? is it getting worse

ps....hows everything going potluvr? is it getting worse, any signs of improvemnt, post back with an update if u'd like....

Hey Kevin. Nothing good to report. The plant is growing, but it's still purple and the leaves are now starting to curl. I don't have high hopes for it. The others seem to be doing well despite the purplish color. We'll see come harvest time, I guess. :)

Whatever the diagnosis this problem is bad.Last year it showed up in 10% of my stuff.I had to kiss it goodbye.This year i went further with my preparations thinking it was a nute problem.For all the work it has plaqued 90%.My field of dreams is a wash.Nothing I have tried has solved the issue.There is nothing like looking at plants 8 to 11 feet doing this so late in the season.I figure it to be damage brought on by cutworms in the stems.

Hey I was just reading through this thread and I hope I don't have the same problem as you guys because my plant is purple too. Please look at this pic and tell me if that's what your (sick) plants look like? THANKS

s7ber....feel lucky. Because you are. You are facing a completely different issue. Though cold stress isn't a good thing it isn't nearly as bad as what is going on here.

Any updates or new info on cause or cure? I came to these forums today specifically to do a search and try to figure this same problem out. Some of our plants have been doing this for the last couple years. Most will do it at mid growth and then turn back to green before maturuty and seem okay. Some aren't doing it until late in the season just before harvest. I've had young plants that turned like this die, but the larger plants seem to get through it. I'm just lost as to how to treat it but next year I'll take the advice I read here about raising the PH and giving them some "sweet feed" to help get them through it. I'd sure like to hear any new information about what causes it and how to prevent it though or even a heads-ups to other threads here that discuss it.

I seem to be having the same issues~!! I have been watering with Molasses so would this not serve as Corn Syrup would? Also this seemed to happen after 4 days of straight rain. One other thing I have thought about. I drove long wooden stakes down beside each plant so I can cover them from frost since I need to get them through to the end of October. Do you think I hurt the root systems on my plants??? I have 4 of them that are doing this same thing. The others seem fine. I posted photo's in a Thread I made called "This Happened over night" Could it be the stakes that did it to the roots? Too much rain??? I have been using fertilizer 10-52-10 plus the molasses. I am worried this is internal and if it is what comes next???? Is it the rain???? I have my plants in my garden and that has black plastic all around it. I can not remove it...too expensive. Should I prune it??? I need answers too....Please advise. Thanks. Oh I live in Maine.

Already answered in your other thread, this thread is from 2006 and full of terrible advice.

A stake next to a plant won't significantly damage the roots. DON'T PRUNE. You expose the tissues to pathogens and will get worse rot if the stem becomes infected. I'm locking this thread.