The cuttings were put into the hydroponics system this past Friday 12/5/25. I did not use root hormone and did not scrape the cuttings at the bottom.
The directions on the plant food were unclear to me. Instead of mixing the plant food with water and then measuring out the liquid to add to the water tank, I mixed the whole bottle of plant food "A" with a gallon of water and the whole bottle of plant food "B" with a gallon of water and then mixed them together to reach the 6.5 liter capacity of the machine. It ended up being way more plant food than it was supposed to be. Hopefully, it supercharges their growth and not overfeeds them to death.
Aside from that mishap, I am loving the Mufga. It is totally quiet when the pump is not active, and when the pump is active, you hear faint water sounds like a small, relaxing fountain. I have found that the little white baskets/cups don't lock perfectly flat, but it is not problematic.
I've also discovered that those baskets hold small to medium cuttings well, but the narrowing of the baskets at the bottom are a tighter fit for the log cuttings I like. Like Ben from the Eretabe Gardens youtube channel, I was planning to cut some of the basket sides anyway to accommodate the large rootballs that I plan to grow. His channel is where I first learned about the MUFGA system. Then I went and bought myself two and I'm about to buy one for my mother too.
