plant is turning purplish black (pic)

[potluvr]

Help! A few of my friends outdoor plants are turning a weird color. Can anyone tell me if this is normal, or should we be worried? Thanks!

potluvr Reviewed by potluvr on 08-06-2006. plant is turning purplish black (pic) Help! A few of my friends outdoor plants are turning a weird color. Can anyone tell me if this is normal, or should we be worried? Thanks! Rating: 5

[budsgood]

You should be worried, that does not look healthy to me. The lower/larger leafs look healthy, so whatever you guys changed is being super hard on the plant. That new growth looks bad.

[mscaboo]

is the plant growing slow?i beleive it is showing signs of a calcium def

[potluvr]

Yes, it is growing slow. what can i do? thanks.

[Kevin Spencer]

hey dude, i have the exact same problem, and so far, i have had no luck figuring out why my stuff does that either, i dont think its a calcium def just cause the ferts i use have calcium chloride i think it is, not sure, but thats one of the main ingredeints, so i really dont know. Were do u have it, like whats around the area, (pests, animals, light, water) are they in pots or grounded, have u had this prob before ? I have had it the past 2 years. I tried using a fungicide called blue lightning but no effects i dont think so dont just put it off as not a mold, i still beleive it could be a mold im not sure, ANyways, try talking to a garden specialist about some fungicides and its very possible well most likely a fert issue so go out and buy something like silica blast for an extra calcium boost. anyways keep us posted with ur progress,

[HDFHomer]

A plant turning red is a sure sign that it too cold for it. I lost 1 of my house plants last year to the cold, it was outside and it started to turn a lovely red colour,next thing i knew its dead. It wasn't a cannabis plant tho hope that helpsimp:

[potluvr]

The plant is outside next to a shed. It is in the ground and it has been VERY hot here lately. I also found it on another plant that is nowhere near the others. The other plant is almost 6 ft tall and is at the very top. We'll see if it starts budding here in a few weeks...
Kevin - what happened to your plants that had the same thing? Did you let them bud?
thanks!

[Kevin Spencer]

hey dude. I actually checked and i guess my ferts got calcium nitrate, lol, just figured id clear that up before people think im feeding my plants a preservative for keeping pickles crispy lol. But yea dude, i dont know what it is, i let my plants bud last year, i got mediocre results with the ones in the ground, they were about 6-7 feet, and it infected those ones first, i had a couple in pots which didnt get hit with the black stuff till 2 weeks into flower so they budded nice, but let me say, this will have a crippling affect on ur yeild, and lol even though this isnt a laughing matter, i dont know if its good to smoke considering it could be mold, hasnt stopped me, but as i said so ur plants are in the ground eh. How close are ur plants and which plant caught the black death first, I have read from some ppl that they top EVERY infected area and burn it so it doesnt spread. Now thats not a bad idea during veg, but since everything is starting to flower u have to decide. I topped most of mine, but it never fully went away. and now its plagueing all my plants, and thats to say that if it was a mold, i should have topped and burnt everything right away, but i didnt and got lazy and now my yeilds going to take one for the team. Unfortunately my friend, i have no fucking clue what to do. If u top it, MAKE SURE, and i mean MAKE SURE that u get EVERY infected area no matter were on the plant cause it will come back, QUICK, so if thats ur thing do it, before u do that,. feed it some calcium and phosophorus supplements from a local indoor gargen place or garden place, oh yea, if its possible what type of soil did u use, is there any animals around, and whats ur ph? hope this helps a bit. i really wish i could find a solution, cause i need it too!
peace bro
Kevin

[Kevin Spencer]

i also googled it and the closest thing to it was "sooty mold" which creates a black powder which is not our problem

[Kevin Spencer]

oh and a quicker, do u live north or in south america, well i mean the states obviouslyty but were abouts are u located, south or north.