Weekend Update!
Blueberry Clones in Early Flower • New 16/34 Timer in the House • Grand Daddy Purple Into Bloom Room! • Turbo Klone Progress!
Hi everyone!
As promised, here is the latest update on some of my current grow projects including new photos!
Blueberry Clones 1 and 2 in Early Flower!
First up today are some shots of our Blueberry clones that have just completed WEEK #1 in the Bloom Room. As you will see in the following shots, there are pistals popping out all over the place, and the plants have added about 3 inches in height since they went onto the 12/12.
14/34 Light Timer in the House!
I received that special timer that can run light cycles beyond the traditional 24 hours. There are some accuracy issues with this device that has caused me to delay employing it as the Bloom Room's lighting controller right now.
(I have heard back from PlugnGrow and they informed me that this timer was discontinued because of this dial setting/actual hours ON/OFF issue) I am running it on a test bench with a single bulb and monitoring the on off times to make sure that the dial settings are within 20 minutes of the actual settings. Since there is literally no other timer on the planet that can run beyond the traditional 24 hour cycle, I am willing take a week or two, monitoring this device and determining where on the dial I need to be to get a solid 14/12 ON/OFF.
(For those who may be curious how I am doing this: I have a webcam monitoring the single Christmas Light plugged into the timer, running a time-lapse movie with a 20 second refresh rate via EVOcam. I can then go back and review the movie to locate the exact spot in time where the bulb comes on or goes off, and then log that time)
Eventually, I will have enough cycles to determine whether or not this timer is consistent with its ON/OFF time and where on the dial the knobs need to be set to get a specific value.
In the event that this timer proves to be inconsistent with its ON/OFF cycle times, I have already arranged for a full refund from the factory since I didn't learn of the manufacturing defect until AFTER I purchased the device. A fluctutating ON/OFF period of more than a few minutes would obviously NOT BE GOOD for a Flower Room light timer! 
I am remaining cautiously optimistic that the settings descrepancies will only be related to the actual dial markings on the face of the timer and that the actual cycles themselves will be consistent from one ON/OFF cycle to the next.
GDP Clone #2 Into Bloom Room
Next up are a couple of shots of one of our GDP clones that we decided to put into the Bloom Room today. The plant is under our second tier light station composed of a Hydrofarm Designer Series 2 foot X 4 Tube VHO T5 with staggered 6400k/3000k bulbs. In addition to the T5, I have added a 40 watt CFL side fill which brings an additional 2900 lumens to the table. I may eventually add a second side fill as the plant grows larger. Will have to wait and see if that is going to be needed or not.
This is GDP #2 and was the middle grower in terms of growth rate and overall health between the three clones. The plant measures just over 15" from the base of the stalk to the the growing tip. I expect it to at least double in height between now and WEEK 8 of a flower cycle, and with only 41" of total height for this second light station, I figured I better get it in here now rather than risk another "Purple Urkle" situation.
Turbo Klone T48 Cloning Session Going Well on Day 8
The clones in the Turbo Klone are doing well. Took off the Humidity Dome 4 days ago and the cuttings had no problem with that. Root buds are just now starting to develop, so I added 3 ml of
H&G Roots Excelurator to the reservoir and adjusted the PH back to 5.8.
Water temp has been holding within 69-75 degrees depending on the time of day, but I am not going to sweat trying to keep it at precisely ONE specific degree. Everything I have read about this process states that 69-75 F is the "comfort zone" of water temp for an aerocloner, and that is what I have settled on. The cycle timer has definitely helped in maintaining these temps and not letting things get too hot.
The macro on my camera is not that great, so I am not going to attempt any photos of the actual root buds right now. I will wait until there are actual roots growing from the clones and then share some photos with you then.
Today marks the end of Week #1 of this first official cloning run, and we appear to be right on schedule!
It is a good feeling to finally have what looks to be a 100% success rate, with every single cutting developing multiple root buds by day 7 of the process.
Bravo Turbo Klone!
Well... That about does it for this update. I will post another one later today or tomorrow for all the plants outside. Light levels are too low at this early morning hour for any decent photos, so those will have to wait until later today.
Stay tuned and thanks for checking out my Journal!
Cheers.
