Blueberry Muffin Trio

04 Oct 2021 Week 13 started on Saturday, but I haven’t fed them till today. I was going to feed my Ladies yesterday, but got unexpectedly busy and missed the chance. Humboldt Seed Co. lists the flowering period at 45 days from the switch. In my first Blueberry Muffin grow I didn’t pay attention to that because the plant didn’t look ready at the 45 day mark. If you read my first Blueberry Muffin diary you saw that that was MY mistake, and in fact it was ready at that time. This time around I’ve been paying attention, and have been following the feed chart so that I can get through every step in the Trio’s grow. Keeping the schedule meant that today we have started the Ripening Stage!! The end of the 45 day flowering period ends (or arrives, depending on how you look at it) on October 17th. I may take it a week longer or so if needed, but I wanted to complete every stage correctly this time around. The last time I had to harvest and never got past the mid-bloom feeding stage. Today they received a whole gallon each with the following nutrients: CALiMAGic 6ml (I meant to put 5ml, but grabbed the wrong bottle when I was putting the other nutrients in and accidentally put in another ml by mistake), FloraMicro 5ml, FloraBloom 15ml, Floralicious Plus 1ml, and Dry KoolBloom 0.5 tsp. The initial pH for all 3 plants was 5.5. I ended up adding pH UP on three separate occasions. The first time I put in 3.4ml’s which rose all 3 gallons to 6.0. Then I added 2.6 more ml’s for a total of 6ml’s. That adjusted the pH to 6.3 in all three gallons. So I added 1.5ml more to each for a total of 7.5ml’s in each gallon. All of that only rose it to 6.4 in each gallon, and I wasn’t adding anymore after that. So each plant was given the nutrients in a water solution with a pH of 6.4. I also coaxed my new TDS meter into working, but I have to take each measurement slowly and make sure that no moisture remains on the probes between uses. The TDS going in was as follows: C1 - 1614 ppm, C2 - 1737 ppm, and C3 - 1751 ppm. The runoff pH for C1 and C2 were both 5.9, and C3 was 5.7. The TDS runoff was C1 - 1867 ppm, C2 - 1860 ppm, and C3 was 1960 ppm. The temperature in the tent was 82F with a RH of 52%. My plants are developing very well this grow and I’m very happy with their progress. The buds are building their trichomes up very well, and they are super sticky!! The smell is getting to be lovely as well! I had to turn up the speed on my exhaust fan because you can smell a little fruitiness when you come into the grow room. I’m looking forward to a wonderful 3 plant harvest in the coming weeks. Happy growing everyone!! 07 Oct 2021 Hello everyone! Hopefully you all have had a pleasant and productive day, or at least a good one. It’s feeding time again, so let’s get to it. I’m keeping with the Ripen feed stage, and I must say that my girls are responding well!! Today I’m only going to upload a single pic of a bud from each plant, and a group pic so I don’t end up with too many of the same type. I’ll upload some trichome pics next time because the buds are forming very well and are developing some nice crystallization on their sugar leaves. They look great, and the smell 👃🏽 is awesome! Today my girls received a gallon of water with 2ml’s of CALiMAGic, 5ml’s of FloraMicro, 15ml’s of FloraBloom, 1ml of Floralicious Plus, and 0.5 tsp of Dry KoolBloom. The initial pH in C1 & C2 was 5.5, and C3 was 5.4. I added 8ml’s of pH UP to each gallon which adjusted the pH to 6.4 in all 3 gallons. TDS going in was 1390 ppm for C1, 1425 ppm for C2, and 1464 ppm for C3. Runoff pH for C1 & C2 was 5.9, and C3 was 5.7. TDS runoff was 1926 ppm for C1, 2090 ppm for C2, and 2027 for C3. Tent temperature was 81F, and RH was 50% about 15 minutes after I opened the tent. My dumb ass forgot to check it as I was opening the tent. 🤷‍♂️ Oh well. The buds are forming very fast as I hinted at earlier. So much so, that I am probably going to need to prop some of them up. I found some poles specifically designed to do that in the Home Depot garden center today, so I plan on implementing some of them tomorrow. My Blueberry Muffin Trio is growing and maturing splendidly, and I’m very happy with their progress thus far. Fingers crossed 🤞 that they keep doing as well as they currently are! Good luck, and happy growing everyone!