I have 6 plants in flower now for 2 weeks. Most of them have Purple stems on the big fan leafs. I am thinking it is a Phosphorus deficiency. Any other ideas? And if it is a Phosphorus Dediciency, Do you think if I add Advanced Gardens Big Bud, it might fix it?

OH!!! And Fan Leafs are DARK GREEN.

should be fine. it may be a definciancy but no big deal unless it's showing signs of dieing leaves. don't worry too much

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When a plant has Phosphorus deficiency, it usually slows down growth and budding from what I understand. This is something i do not desire. Some of the fan leafs are also starting to candy cane. And the some of the leafs comeing out of the buds are RAM HORNING.. Sorry I do not have a camera. I will try and buy one soon so I can show pictures.

He's right...If it already made it to the flowering stage then you must be doing something right. Dont bug out...The purple stems come and go. My little sprouts were very purple but then it went away after a week.

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If it was just the purple stems I would not say anything. But there are 4 different signs. Purple fans stems, Candy Caned Fan Leafs, DARK Fan Leafs, and Ram Horned Bud Site Leafs. I have a few crops under my belt, but have never had all these things happen at once. And I do not want it to get out of control. This is a nice crop right now. But i know how things can get out of control if let unchecked. This all started since I entered flowering stage.

The dark leafs might be over nuts, but I was only at 1200PPM total in second week, and only 850 in the first week, so this I highly doubt. Maybe this is nothing. I have changed over to Advanced Nutrients two Part A/B. So maybe this is just the way the plants look with this type of NUTS. Time will tell. Tonight I did drop back to watering only 3 times a day, (Hydro) Maybe more oxygen to the roots will help. I did Add BIG BUD to the soup tonight also. 0-10-40 This should raise the Phosphorus. And then next weekend I will pump out the 40 gallon res. and do a good flush with straight PH'd water 3 times a day for 2-3 days, and then start with fresh soup. Maybe I am getting a little Lock-up. All in All, They are budding really nice, and the trichs are already forming nicely also, So I do not want to do anything to extreme as of yet. My first harvest I had a bad Calcium deficiency, and i got a nice harvest out of that one.

I would be so much better off, If i took as good of care of myself, as I do my plants.

I have checked the FAQ for maybe some pictures that show signs like these, but the pictures say they are un available. Anyone out there have any suggestions?

Ok, Got a new camera today. Here are a few pictures of what they look like. The purple Stems show up really good in the over head shot of the bud. These plants are 17 days into flowering. I gave them a good flush, and now they are in just Advanced Bloom A&B at 600 PPM. With some stress reliever also. I think should bring them around. Also my Tray is only flooding twice a day now.

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So... do you use your own grow meidum (Perlite cocco fiber stuff) or a store bought soil ?

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This is a Flood and Drain System. The plants are in 6" rockwool, with a 2" coco fiber mat covering the whole bottom of the tray.

what nutrients were you using? What was NPK

Looks like you tried to get away with using your veg nutes for the whole grow to me
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Goodluck mate<3

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