Blue Ox

11 May 2021 I finally have my new grow setup on hand and got the clones into their very own pots, and under lights! This clone was gifted by Buddabud, a fellow grower here on Grow Diaries, and a personal friend of my brother (The_Evil_Twin). I can’t wait for this baby to grow and produce some bud! Starting today I’m only giving regular water till I know everything is going alright. This baby is already mature and has about 7 branches/stems, and is 9 inches tall. I have it planted in a 2.5 gallon pot with Fox Farms Ocean Forest potting soil (which is why I’m not giving nutrients yet.) my new tent is 27x27x62 made by Spider Farmer. It’s small, but it will do just fine as a veg tent. I can’t wait to see how they’re going to smell in the coming weeks! Buddabud says it smells like blueberries, so since it’s growing with another plant (blueberry muffin strain), my grow room should smell like a bakery soon! 13 May 2021 Feeding time in The _Good_Twin’s grow room! Today I’m starting to give some nutrients to my new babies! Blue Ox seems to be conforming to its new home without issue, so that makes me happy. However, she’s been in her cloner pot for a long time and it may take a little while for any real issues to become apparent. She looks ok, but her leaf and branch/stem development seems to be slowed. I’m going to assume it’s because of the tiny cup she was in for a month. I’m going to use the same feed chart as I’m using for my Dark Star Kush grow, but at the level of its current growth stage. So, I’m starting out at the “Early Growth” stage, which means nutrients added are as follows: CALiMAGic 2.5ml, FloraMicro 7.5ml, FloraGro 10ml, and FloraBloom 2.5ml. The initial pH was 6.35, so I didn’t add any pH UP or DOWN. I fed the 6.35 pH’ed solution, but due to the amount of runoff for its tent mate, I only gave 3/4 of the gallon, and still had a lot of runoff. The runoff pH was 5.60, which was noticeably different from the BB Muffin. Weird, but ok. It’s still in the range needed for good health. The temperature in the tent was 79.6 degrees F, and humidity was 44%. I’m going to let it grow a bit before I start any LST so the branches are bigger/longer and more robust. Right now they’re all too short to do anything with them. That’s it for today. 15 May 2021 Today I’m going to keep feeding my kiddos the “Early Stage” feeding levels of nutrients. Last time, neither of them, the Blueberry Muffin or Blue Ox, took the whole gallon of water. Both had a substantial amount of runoff. So, today I’m making one gallon and plan on giving both half. Feeding went like this: CALiMAGic 2.5ml, FloraMicro 7.5ml, FloraGro 10ml, and FloraBloom 2.5ml. The initial pH was 6.27, so I fed that amount. No pH UP or DOWN was used today for adjustments. My TDS meter dried out and is functioning, so the TDS in was 982 ppm. The runoff pH was 5.51, which was much different from its tent mate! I have 2 plants that were cloned the same day, put in the same kind of pot with the same kind of soil, and fed the exact same solution, yet are so different! pH in its tent mate with the other half of the same gallon of water was 6.05 to 5.51. It’s not just the pH either. Runoff TDS was 3149 ppm, but its tent mate was 2588 ppm. Weird, but just goes to show how different strains grow and optimize nutrients differently I guess. My Blue Ox baby is starting to look better. It has developed some new leaves and sprouted new stems as well. She seems to be coming along well. Keeping my 🤞 for a successful grow! 17 May 2021 My Blue Ox is looking quite nice! She’s growing nicely with new stems and leaves, and also showing some pistils. I love starting with mature plants for a change! Anyway, I’m still feeding the Early Stage growth from my growth chart, so here’s what was fed today. CALiMAGic 2.5 ml, FloraMicro 7.5ml, FloraGro 10ml, and FloraBloom 2.5ml. The initial pH was 6.39, so I fed that without any adjustment. The TDS going in was 980 ppm. I fed 1/2 gallon again today and still got an appropriate amount of runoff. Runoff pH was 5.60, and TDS runoff was 2777 ppm. Tent temp was 76.7 degrees F, and humidity was 40%. The way she’s looking I’ll be able to flip her and her tent mate sooner than expected! I hope all keeps going well.