Blueberry Muffin Trio

08 Jul 2021 Today I decided to go ahead and start the diary for my 3 little Blueberry Muffin clones. I originally cut the branches off just before flipping their mom to flower on May 29th. All of my previous attempts at cloning (except 1) have failed! The one success I didn’t even think of as a clone, but it was, and I was able to save it till harvest. I have to thank Growman2020 for pointing my 1 success out to me! I was doing some research into cloning because all my previous (except for the one mentioned) had failed. I was using cloning powder, starter cubes, and humidity domes both constructed and bought, and nothing! Then I read an article that said the easiest way to produce clones is to just cut them and put them in water and wait. And wait. And then maybe wait some more. So I tried that! As I mentioned above, I cut the branches off on May 29, 2021, but didn’t notice any roots until June 27th. Almost a full month, but BOOM!! Out of the 7 Blueberry Muffin branches/stems, and 5 Blue Ox branches/stems I cut off, only 3 developed roots. All 3 Blueberry Muffin. Sadly, none of the Blue Ox branches rooted, but we have to celebrate success when we get it, so …… Today starts my Blueberry Muffin Trio grow diary! It is going to be slow going for a while because I don’t want to get them really going till my others are harvested, so this diary is going to be a slow going project. Let’s get to it!! I’m not going to give them any nutrients until way later in the process, so for now they are only going to get properly pH’ed water. All of them are inside my smaller Spider Farmer 27 x 27 x 63 inch tent, with my SF-1000 multi-spectrum light positioned 26 inches overhead. I took off all the older yellow leaves and left only green healthy leaves to keep absorbing the light. So far, C1 is 4 inches tall, C2 is 4.5 inches tall, and C3 is 5 inches tall. Temperature was 76.5F, and humidity was 43%. I am hoping to try some different growing techniques with these babies in order to expand my skill set and acquire some much needed experience. Hopefully I don’t mess them up later when I get into all that. For now, I only wanted to start the diary, and introduce my new babies (and their diary) to the growing community. Follow along if you’d like! I’m always open to advice, suggestions, criticisms, and anything that a more experienced grower thinks I should know. So I hope to hear from some of you over this next project. Happy growing!! 10 Jul 2021 Just a brief note today.. like I know how to write a brief note! 😂 My lovely Blueberry Muffin Trio are doing well today, but I’m thinking about giving them just a tiny bit of nutrients to help them along. Some of the lower leaves, the clipped ones when I cloned them are a little yellow, but I’m assuming that they won’t survive for long. They are all showing new leaf growth, so I’m hopeful that they’ll start coming along shortly. I decided to keep a little better records from now on just to be thorough. I fed them all approximately 165ml of water each. The initial pH was 8.6, so I added 3 gtts of pH down to adjust it to 6.5. The TDS going in was 98 ppm. The tent temperature was 83.3F, and humidity was 49%. The runoff was measured independently: C1 - pH 6.9, TDS 323 ppm C2 - ph 6.8, TDS 244 ppm (May have been written down wrong due to its comparison with the others). C3 - pH 6.7, TDS 353 ppm They are all looking quite well, and I have high hopes for them all. Just now trying to think of how I can document all 3 in one note. 🤷‍♂️ I’ll figure it out eventually. 12 Jul 2021 Today I thought I’d do something crazy! Not really, but it might end up being crazy anyway. I decided to follow my 6 part feeding chart, and to give my 3 little girls the seedling/clone nutrients. In order to do this I followed the mixture for a gallon so that all the levels would be uniform when feeding the plant. All 3 received 8 oz., or 1 cup of water with the following nutrients: FloraMicro 2.5ml, FloraGro 2.5ml, and FloraBloom 2.5ml. The initial ph was 6.7, and was not adjusted. The TDS going in was 425 ppm. I measured the runoff from all 3 cups together to get the levels. Whether that’s the best way to do it or not, it is the easiest. Runoff pH was 6.2, and TDS runoff was 446 ppm. That’s promising considering the TDS level going in. They seem to be doing ok, but I wouldn’t say they’re doing great, but it’s still early.