๐ Project Blue Tent โ Week 3
Blue Waffle F1 โ Pheno B (Folder 13B)
Hello everyone, and welcome back to another update from Project Blue Tent!
For those joining this journey for the first time, this project follows four individual Blue Waffle F1 plants from Zamnesia, each documented in its own diary from seed to harvest. Although they all share the exact same environment, nutrients, and growing conditions, every plant is allowed to tell its own story and reveal its own unique expression.
Everything in this tent is built around the Zamnesia ecosystem, while the ladies are growing inside Plagron Premium Coco Growbags and being fed exclusively with the Plagron Hydro nutrient line.
Today weโre taking a closer look at Blue Waffle F1 โ Plant B.
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๐ฑ Week Three โ Building Momentum
Week three has been another very encouraging one.
Plant B has settled beautifully into her coco home and has noticeably increased her pace of growth throughout the week. She began this update as a compact young plant, but over the last several days sheโs filled out nicely, producing larger fan leaves and noticeably stronger apical growth.
Her structure remains short and sturdy, with tight internodal spacing and excellent symmetry. The side branches are beginning to develop with confidence, giving an early indication that sheโll produce a well-balanced canopy in the weeks ahead.
One detail that immediately catches my attention is how vigorous the newest growth appears. Every day the center becomes denser, showing that the roots are now well established and supporting increasingly rapid development.
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๐ก๏ธ Environmental Conditions
One of the goals with Project Blue Tent is consistency.
The entire ecosystem continues to perform exactly as intended, maintaining a stable environment throughout the week while the Phytonaut LED provides an even light distribution across the canopy.
Average conditions this week were:
* ๐ก๏ธ Day temperature: 27ยฐC
* ๐ Night temperature: 25ยฐC
* ๐ง Relative humidity: 67%
* โ๏ธ pH: 5.8
* โก EC: 1.61 mS/cm
* ๐จ COโ: approximately 450 ppm
* ๐ก Light schedule: 18/6
* โ๏ธ PPFD: approximately 350
At this intensity the plants receive plenty of energy to encourage compact vegetative growth without unnecessary stretching, while the stable environment allows them to focus entirely on developing healthy roots and foliage.
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๐ฅฅ Feeding Adjustments
Coming from years of growing almost exclusively in living soil, growing in coco has definitely become an enjoyable learning experience.
This week all four plants began showing a slightly lighter shade of green than I normally like to see. Nothing dramatic or concerning, but enough to tell me they were ready for a little more nutrition.
Instead of waiting for deficiencies to develop, I prefer making gradual adjustments before the plants begin struggling.
For that reason I increased the base feeding schedule.
Current nutrition now consists of:
* Plagron Hydro A โ 1.6 ml/L
* Plagron Hydro B โ 1.6 ml/L
* Plagron Hydro Roots โ maintained at the previous dosage
This small increase raised the EC slightly and should provide enough additional nitrogen and overall nutrition for the foliage to regain a richer green over the coming week.
Every grow teaches something new, and coco rewards small, measured corrections rather than aggressive changes.
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๐ฟ The Unexpected Flood
No grow is ever completely free of surprises.
This week mine arrived in the form of an irrigation mishap.
After switching on the irrigation system, one small mistake resulted in the tent flooding far more than planned.
Thankfully, it looked much worse than it actually was.
The first step was simply shutting everything down, grabbing a pile of towels, cleaning the tent thoroughly and checking that every component was still working correctly.
Fortunately, because these plants are growing in coco, the situation remained under control. Coco retains excellent oxygen levels even after heavy watering, making it much more forgiving than traditional soil in situations like this.
After allowing everything to dry back slightly, normal irrigation resumed without any visible stress to the plants.
Sometimes growing isnโt about avoiding mistakes.
Itโs about solving them calmly when they happen.
Weโre already working on a permanent improvement for the irrigation setup, and Iโll happily share that solution once everything is installed in the coming weeks.
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๐ฟ Blue Waffle F1 โ Plant B
This phenotype is developing into a very attractive little plant.
She has a sturdy central stem, broad leaves, and compact spacing between nodes, giving her a naturally bushy appearance even without any training.
The petioles are beginning to show subtle reddish-purple pigmentation, while the newest leaves emerge with beautiful vigor before gradually maturing into the larger fan leaves.
Although her colour is still a touch lighter than my personal preference, her posture tells the real story.
Leaves are reaching upward.
Growth is continuous.
The plant looks happy.
Sometimes plants communicate much more through their posture than through their colour alone, and Plant B certainly appears eager to keep growing.
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๐ Looking Ahead
Next week should be an exciting milestone.
With the feeding now adjusted and the roots continuing to colonize the entire growbag, I expect noticeably faster vegetative growth and stronger lateral branching.
Iโll continue monitoring leaf colour, growth rate and overall structure while preparing these ladies for the next stage of development.
Every week they seem to reveal a little more of their individual personalities, and Iโm excited to see exactly where Plant B takes us from here.
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๐ Thank You
A huge thank you goes to Zamnesia for making Project Blue Tent possible, from these fantastic Blue Waffle F1 genetics to the complete ecosystem surrounding this grow.
A sincere thank you as well to Plagron for providing the Premium Coco Growbags together with the Hydro nutrient line that is helping these plants thrive.
Thank you to GrowDiaries for giving growers around the world a place to document their journeys, exchange ideas, and learn from one another every single day.
And finally, thank you to every single person following along.
Whether youโve been here since the very beginning, recently discovered these diaries, leave comments every week, quietly observe from the background, or simply enjoy watching these plants develop, your support is genuinely appreciated.
This project is about sharing the complete journeyโthe successes, the unexpected challenges, and everything in between.
I hope youโre all having an amazing week, and I look forward to seeing you again in the next update as these beautiful ladies continue their adventure.
Until next timeโฆ
Growers Love, happy growing, and take care everyone! ๐ฑ๐
P.S. One final shout-out has to go to the Zamnesia ecosystem itself. As messy as the irrigation mishap looked, the Zamnesia tent tray proved exactly why itโs part of the setup. Every drop of water was safely contained inside the tent, with absolutely nothing leaking onto the floor. What could have become a much bigger problem ended up being nothing more than grabbing a few towels, drying everything up, and carrying on with the grow. Sometimes you only discover how valuable a piece of equipment is when something goes wrongโand this week, the tray passed that test with flying colours. Huge thanks to Zamnesia for designing an ecosystem thatโs ready for real-world growing, not just the perfect days. ๐๐ฑ