Why is my Cola growing PURE WHITE BUD???
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grassified
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take it away from that gay LED reflection and then lets see the true color of it.
imrickjames
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those plants are huge!
SlickRickMcgee
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The LED isn't what's changing the color. If I turn it off (which I'm not going to do now) but when it's done I will and take pics. Anyway, with normal light it's pure white.
SlickRickMcgee
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Yes, what's up with "bleaching" I smoked one of my last grows white buds and it was awesome. I usually just smoke and then chill, I ended up re-landscaping my front yard?? Outta-no where, so it got my high... potency doesn't change, just color...
those are monsters
d.c. beard
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Yessir, that there's some light bleaching, AKA heat stress. It's from the heat actually, but basically the heat of the bulb causes the cola to fluff out and grow foxtails/donkey ears and the excess lumens seem to bleach out the vegatation in that area.
You're right - it doesn't affect potency or taste perse, but it does definitely affect bud density which will be much less than a bud that's not been afflicted with some form of heat stress, or 'light bleaching'.
I would suggest getting a 400 - 600w switchable HID light and back it off to about 18" from the tops of the plants. Or if you want to stick with the UFO then just flower your girls in a SOG method much earlier. Have more total plants to make up for the smaller size, and still keep the UFO about 12" away from the tops. The lumens from a UFO will never reach lower than about a foot down from the tops and those CFLs aren't going to help much either other than to cause more heat.
You're right - it doesn't affect potency or taste perse, but it does definitely affect bud density which will be much less than a bud that's not been afflicted with some form of heat stress, or 'light bleaching'.
I would suggest getting a 400 - 600w switchable HID light and back it off to about 18" from the tops of the plants. Or if you want to stick with the UFO then just flower your girls in a SOG method much earlier. Have more total plants to make up for the smaller size, and still keep the UFO about 12" away from the tops. The lumens from a UFO will never reach lower than about a foot down from the tops and those CFLs aren't going to help much either other than to cause more heat.
d.c. beard
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OH and yes, heat stress does cause hermies in strains susceptible to hermaphrodism!!!
SlickRickMcgee
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Thanks yall, thats some good info!
purple voodoo#5
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if its only on those top buds then i would agree that its light burn
