How To Grow Pink Kush Strain In Your Farm
Pink Kush is one of the renowned Indica dominant weed strains similar to OG Kush. The visually appealing weed strain is famous for its intense body high. That makes it an ideal choice if you want a marijuana strain to ease physical stress, pain, and discomfort. The weed strain has dense light green buds with tiny pink hair and sugar-like trichomes. Pink kush carries a sweet vanilla aroma and flavor to it. With an average of 20% THC, pink kush is one of the potent weed strains, as mentioned earlier.
What better way to have pink kush than growing it on your farm? Yes, growing pink kush is not as difficult as it may seem. Yes, it may seem a bit challenging for novice growers and cannabis enthusiasts. However, with adequate information and proper execution, growing pink kush is simple. Here’s a quick guide and tips for growing pink kush on your farm.
Indoors or Outdoors?
The best part about growing pink kush is that it is ideal for cultivating both indoors and outdoors. So, people who aren’t lucky enough to grow it in their farms or backyards (for obvious reasons) can still grow pink kush indoors by maintaining the appropriate temperature and humidity. Usually, it is ideal growing cannabis in soil, but one can also attempt to grow marijuana using hydroponics. In fact, many growers have been experimenting with hydroponics and have found success with better yield and quality of the weed strains. That said, you must be patient when growing pink kush because the flowering time for this strain is around 10 to 12 weeks. Pink kush also has a high resistance to mold and produces a robust yield. So, first-timers can rest assured.
Maintain optimum pH levels
So time for a brief chemistry lesson. Usually, pH plays a crucial role in the nutrient management of cannabis plants, especially pink or purple kush. pH is a measure of the acidity or basicity (alkalinity) of an aqueous solution. The pH ranges from 0 to 14, 6.9 or lower means acidic, 7.0 is neutral, while anything above 7.1 is alkaline. To grow pink kush, you must maintain the ideal ph level that is between 6.2 to 6.8 if you are growing in the soil. However, the number is lower at 5.8 for the hydroponic setup. Having too low or high pH levels means the plants won’t absorb the required nutrients. So, better get a decent pH meter to monitor the pH levels of your marijuana plants. You can find many pH UP and pH DOWN solutions available to maintain the ideal pH levels in plants.
Monitor temperature and avoid exposure to rain
You must be aware of how temperature affects the growth of cannabis plants, especially strains like pink kush. Whether you are growing indoors or outdoors, always monitor and maintain the right temperature because pink kush grows close to the ground and is very dense. There is a slight confusion regarding the ideal temperature for growing pink kush since some growers claim that the plant thrives in warm temperatures while some suggest hot temperatures. In any case, the temperature during the day must not exceed 80 Fahrenheit and shouldn’t fall below 10 Fahrenheit during the night. Yes, the strain is mold and pest resistant but can be prone to diseases if it gets wet. Since the strain doesn’t like exposure to the rain, you must keep it that way.
Pruning is compulsory
If you are a cannabis cultivator, you know that pruning is always good for cannabis plants. However, that may provide even better results in the case of pink kush. So, prune your pink kush plants at the right time, which is during the vegetative period. Pruning pink kush cannabis plants enhances the yield because of the strong and short stems. Also, you expose the smaller buds to light when you prune pink kush strains, or else auxins might stunt their growth. That way, when you trim the central bigger bud, you may end up with larger buds instead of one big and several tiny buds. However, plants need time for recovery, so it’s better not to force them into flowering for at least three to four days after pruning. Additionally, it’s better to minimize fertilizer usage during this timeframe.
Genetics play a crucial role in pink/ purple color.
Did you know that you can turn your weed into a pink/ purple color by following some techniques? No, we aren’t talking about depriving your cannabis plants of carbon dioxide and oxygen intake or boosting the nitrogen intake. It's better to avoid any such techniques at all costs since they do nothing but harm your marijuana plants. You can turn your weed into a vivid pink/ purple color by using the right weed strains having high anthocyanin. During seasons when chlorophyll starts decomposing, the light reflected from anthocyanin becomes visible. Thus, by maintaining the appropriate temperatures in such conditions, you can achieve a vivid pink color.
Final Thoughts
Growing pink kush has its own set of challenges, but you can achieve an astonishing yield with patience and proper maintenance. It may require more frequent monitoring than other weed strains, but it will be worth it in the end. Also, small amounts of pink kush are more potent than most other weed strains, so bear that in mind during consumption.