Ok, in my unending quest for the ability to efficiently keep a certain strain in stasis, this little girl here is now my oldest plant (including all of my queens) today makes four years this little girl has been chugging along in her current simplified state. no supplements, no changes in environment, (she's always been right here next to my computer desk). I have never given her anything but unaltered tap water, never given her any artificial light save for the night light on my weather station. I change her water weekly and make sure no bugs are on her for any length of time ( there was a small crab spider living on her but he moved on due to a lack of prey) I cant explain this success , this started out as a clone from one of my original mother plants, she was the runt and got passed over for healthier girls that December long ago. I've had that little blue bottle since I found it on our property when I was hand digging the front foundation footers, not even sure I can get her out of there without taking off some roots, ( somehow I have to believe she would make it). so this is her year to give it a shot as a queen perhaps, her tenacious toehold on life has definitely earned her a shot at producing something this year. This goes to show that sometimes the simplest least complicated way of doing something may turn out to be the best approach.
