The purple sugar theory, completly untested

PurplechronicsmokE

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so ive been thinking, plants that dont have the genetics to turn purple might be able to be coaxed into color change by a controlled environment (indoor) of course. but i also came up with this possibly insane idea called the purple sugar theory :eyesmoke:
and even if it didnt work on a plant without purple genitics using the theory on a plant that does might even increase color change but any way in my theory i incorprate uvb bulbs which increases trichome output to deflect the penetrating rays hence the "sugar" lol but here is the light cycle for the theory

vegetative/16:8 (high temp growth) 80 degrees-day Roomtemp-night. Flowering/12:12 (low temp growth) Roomtemp-day 55 degrees-night.

To increase vegetative day tempreture add "uvb" light bulbs to accomodate the cfl bulbs. there will be more uvb bulbs than cfl to increase trichome output
record tempreture with added uvb bulbs turned on, maintain tempreture throught vegetative day period.
maintain room temperature durring vegetative night periods.

ok its gonna be pretty easy lowering the temperature during the flowering night period just by
adding a portable or mini a/c unit, so set temperature in the low 50's durring flowering night periods. maintain room temperature durring flowering day periods.

durring the begining stages of flowering & trichome production in the mature plant, for increased trichome production switch most! of the lighting to "uvb" lightbulbs the cfls will be used solely for lumens lets say for every cfl, add 2 uvb bulbs. and thats it folks tell me your thoughts on the theory. and if you try it gimmie feed back! peace :bigjoint:
 
yeah this will work but its not because of the "sugar", its because the purpling is a defense mechanism for the plant agains cold night time temps. So it will turn purple, but just because its cold
 
yeah this will work but its not because of the "sugar", its because the purpling is a defense mechanism for the plant agains cold night time temps. So it will turn purple, but just because its cold
another defense mechanism is the "sugar" to bro, trichomes are basically natural sunscreen for the plant there produced to block uvb rays

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Most portable a/c units only cool to about 64 degrees. And your plants will need to photosynthesize to produce energy to produce trichomes. You may be planning on using to many uv bulbs and not enough cfls making your setup inefficient
 
Simple i use x2 types of products during flower and im seeing zero purple! So im not
Understanding why sugar can cause purple?
naw, honestly i dont think the product is gonna cause any color change in the plant! its mostly genetics or temprature which gets you the the purples and other hues that you prefer and the "sugar" that im talkin bout is the trichomes, those have nothing to do with the plants color i just saw this image which gave me a name for my theory http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/5116/dsc0459esfw.jpg
 
Ok so the sugar your talking about is trichome based, how does that relate to purple production?

Lowering temps in the last 2weeks has produced some purple for me in the past and so has leting
It go a extra week or two.

But your saying by adding ubv rays your plants will start to develop trichomes to block the rays?

Your link dont work

My bad works now nice pic
 
Ok so the sugar your talking about is trichome based, how does that relate to purple production?

Lowering temps in the last 2weeks has produced some purple for me in the past and so has leting
It go a extra week or two.

But your saying by adding ubv rays your plants will start to develop trichomes to block the rays?

Bingo!!!:blsmoke: and my theory is both for inducing the plant to turn purple while increasing the amount of thrichomes !
 
If this is true then how come theres not more out there on it?
cuz mang, this is my idea my brain gave birth to, calling it original is an understatement lmao and nobody wants to share their grow secrets
which i think is BS in my oninion, im jus tryin to get the world high lol i hope this gets posted on hightimes or somthing
 
dmnn its my first grow nd i dont think ill be tryn the whole uv ray thing...how the hell do i start my own post?
 
Thus us not a new idea. Many members of this forum understand that Trichromes are primarily produced to protect the plant from uv-b rays and people have thought about experimenting with this before by adding extra uv-b lights to half of the plants and no extra lights to the other half to see if there is a difference in Trichrome and THC production. I have never seen any of these ideas tested so I am looking forward to seeing the results, you must have a control group though or you will not be able to claim that extra uv-b lights produce extra "Sugar." There is more info on this out there. Good Luck.

*It is not completely agreed upon that Trichromes are produced to reflect harmful rays from the plant, but from what I have read I believe that this is accurate. IMO.
 
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