Deficiencies Or Just Fall Colors

[NightsWatch]

You tell me God dam she looks beautiful either way

 

[NightsWatch]

I'd blow that pic up put it on my wall. That's a work of art!

agreed my jaw dropped when i saw that picture

 

[smokedareefer]

beautiful girl there.

 

[stonestacker]

Enter it in the photo of the month contest.

 

[Homesteader]

Fall colors for sure. What is the genetics? What temps brought out those colors?

 

[NightsWatch]

Rumor has it ice watering once a week last couple weeks forcing leaf deficiencies
specially magnesium and phos

 

[Homesteader]

I don't believe it forces a deficiency but I will definitely be trying this next year.
"During the growing season, chlorophyll is replaced constantly in the leaves. Chlorophyll breaks down with exposure to light in the same way that colored paper fades in sunlight. The leaves must manufacture new chlorophyll to replace chlorophyll that is lost in this way. In autumn, when the connection between the leaf and the rest of the plant begins to be blocked off, the production of chlorophyll slows and then stops. In a relatively short time period, the chlorophyll disappears completely.

This is when autumn colors are revealed. Chlorophyll normally masks the yellow pigments known asxanthophylls and the orange pigments called carotenoids — both then become visible when the green chlorophyll is gone. These colors are present in the leaf throughout the growing season. Red and purple pigments come from anthocyanins. In the fall anthocyanins are manufactured from the sugars that are trapped in the leaf. In most plants anthocyanins are typically not present during the growing season.

As autumn progresses, the cells in the abscission layer become more dry and corky. The connections between cells become weakened, and the leaves break off with time. Many trees and shrubs lose their leaves when they are still very colorful. Some plants retain a great deal of their foliage through much of the winter, but the leaves do not retain their color for long. Like chlorophyll, the other pigments eventually break down in light or when they are frozen. The only pigments that remain are tannins, which are brown.

 

[Vaqueros Verde]

Photo shop?

 

[BudBogart]

Beautifully stunning. Great job. I've got nice colors at a few of the colas, but damn, you killed it!

 

[Seamaiden]

You tell me God dam she looks beautiful either way View attachment 641045

OH MY GOD! Fall color SPECTACULAR!!!

 

[Irish063]

Looks amazing

 

[GT21]

Rumor has it ice watering once a week last couple weeks forcing leaf deficiencies
specially magnesium and phos

Cold water slows the electric conductivity of the root system.

 

[fortgreen]

Wow .....:fire:

 

[Frank0]

Yep, Wow....

 

[Toaster79]

Photo shop?

Probably not. But definitely over saturated.

I'd love to see the original photo prior to postprocessing.