So I have this candy creme I got from seeds man, I forgot the specific producer. Sprouted then transplanted into 5 gal with custom mixed soil. Temp stays around 73 +/- 3, 2 HLG 260’s. And a small clip fan and a desk fan. The plants are about 6 weeks old, started slow due to low lighting, I tried a light out and wasn’t happy with the results. Noticed I have super red stems, I’m thinking this is ph lockout but I’m not sure, anyone got an idea?
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Genetics is causing the red color. Nothing to worry about.
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looks normal
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Yep genetics, I grow many strains that have red leaf stems.
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I concur with all above. Got a couple of em myself right now 
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Awesome thanks everyone, these would be my first red stemmed plants. I grew northern lights and they had a little color, but it was towards the final weeks before harvest glad to know my girls are healthy and happy
My checklist for red/purp petioles
1.Light proximity (you can tell because only the part of the petiole exposed to light is r/p and the rest are green)
2.Genetics (some plants are just r/p, esp with today’s mixed)
3.Temp (too big of a fluctuation between day and night temp 10°+/-)
4.Stressors (over/under water, heat, bugs and et cetera)
5.Nutes (lack thereof from feed amount)
6.Nutes (lack thereof from pH)
If you can go thru that list with utmost certainty and say your good then it is genetic. That’s the one thing you can’t alter or control.
Fruit flies wouldn’t cause r/p? I had a slight issue that lasted about 4 days, they’re gone now, but none of my other plants have the r/p the only thing I can’t cross off is ph however I fee if it were ph all of them would show signs in some form or another because they’ve all received similar treatment and from the same products
If petioles that have grown out after the fruit flies are r/p then that would eliminate it as a stressor because the issue continued after the stressor was gone. As far as pH I didn’t for along time in soil but I’m in coco now so I recommend always knowing the pH you feed at. Mainly because it becomes important in diagnosis to easily check that off instead of having to do a slurry with your soil and test that. In regards to every plant getting the same treatment I use jacks321 formula and I have 5 plants that are mag def and it’s all the same strain (diesel) everyone I’ve grown are mag hungry but the others are fine. What each plant craves varies. There is a window of course but some plants want more of this and less of that compared to other plants. I use checklists like the mechanic po code diagnostic tree. R/p stems don’t make or break the plant but checking those will prevent further signs of problems.
No yeah for sure I fully admit I’m being lazy I’m not PH-inv my water however I’m committed to doing everything organic and so I haven’t gotten my butt up and buy the citrus and molasses. But my reasoning for considering ph to be not an issue is because I don’t remember exactly which formula I used however it is FFOF 1/3 EWC 1/3 and rice hulls 1/3 plus down to earths langbeinite fish bonemeal and bloodme meal and their recommend recipie, this was all premixed fairly thoroughly and the only thing I’ve added is dechlorinated tap water. So even if each pot has a different ph realistically they couldn’t have ranged more than .4 in either direction in 1 month of time. I’m sure it is possible I’m just thinking it’s likely improbable and I think that despite differences in strain
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That leaves genetics. With today’s breeding, all the purple and dark strains, mixing for hybrid it’s very common.
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