Bonsai Bob...LST Heavy!

[rodekyll]

bob, I regularly grow according to your intentions there. I'll be interested in seeing you SOG develop. I just kicked my light down from 18/6 to 14/10 to get the fast growth going. I'll have a branch(read that "bud") growing vertically about every 2-3 inches over my entire growing surface in a week or so -- then I'll go to 12/12, yada yada.

GN -- Without getting into the possible genetic link to purple stems, can you tell me which is the more likely cause -- ph/nutrient or temp? I commonly have purple stems on my plants. It's never seemed to be anyting more than color, and this is the first I've heard that it's a bother. Am I missing a vital health clue here?

[rodekyll]

Get your day/night temps in order, the stems are turning purple. It won'be a big prob now but It'll be a bitch to get it too flower decently on low night temps.

brite & GN -- I have a real problem keeping temps up in my grow area. I try to run the lights at night and keep them off in the midday, but it's hard to do that, since the grow area is also my darkroom, and I have to have a dark period at night to roll film there. The day temps can get up to 85-88-ish (f) with the room sealed for co2. With the light off, it can get into the mid-low 40s. I get purple buds a lot with my winter crop, which I have always assumed was temperature range related, and which I assumed would be seen by the plant as a normal autumn temperature shift thing. But you're saying low temps at night can affect flowering? Is it the temperature range, or average that makes the difference? Is it significant?

[postmandave]

knowm you say Ph prob. to high or to low. i know its not nitrogen prob and do not think its genetic as its now starting on another plant. sorry bob for hijacking your thread bro. the postman.

[britewire]

purple stem..

PH or NUtrient problem..
and dont somebody come on here and say it is gentic..

Fook Off

LOL..

sometimes it is gentic... LOL

PH and Nitrogen problem.... More nitrogen!!!!!!!!

iloveyou

I REAAAAALLY disagree!

Purple stems is a temp problem, I've had purple stems at first, I got my temp in order and they were gone. It's not a big problem cause it comes along pretty fast, but when the temp change from day to night is too big I'll be a bitch getting them into bloom