🍮 Chem Brûlée – Pheno A Week 6 | Building Sweet Foundations Welcome back to another chapter of the 8×8 Adventure! One of the greatest rewards of growing multiple phenotypes side by side is watching each one reveal her own personality. Some race into flower. Others take their time. Some grow broad, powerful leaves. Others reach for the sky with elegant spacing between every node. Chem Brûlée Pheno A continues to prove that she's a lady who likes to do things her own way. Still growing under the 12/12 From Seed method, she has now settled comfortably into early flowering. The explosive stretch is beginning to slow, and all that energy is gradually being redirected toward what matters most now... Building flowers. Every day her structure becomes a little more defined, and every new pistil reminds us that this beautiful lady is only just getting started. ⸻ 🌼 Early Flowers Becoming Real Bud Sites One of the biggest changes this week isn't dramatic at first glance, but it's incredibly exciting once you know what you're looking for. Last week we celebrated the appearance of the first white pistils. This week those tiny flowers have begun gathering together, forming the first recognizable bud sites across the entire plant. The main cola is starting to establish itself, while every branch is producing neat little clusters that will eventually connect into long, resin-coated flowers. It's one of my favourite stages of any grow. Everything is still delicate and full of promise, but you can already begin to imagine what she'll look like a few weeks from now. The blueprint has been drawn. Now the construction begins. ⸻ 🍃 Those Beautiful Giant Leaves If there is one feature that continues stealing the spotlight, it's those incredible fan leaves. They're still enormous. Wide, elegant and working around the clock as natural solar panels, capturing every available photon and converting it into energy for flower production. This week I also noticed some of the older lower leaves becoming a lighter shade of green. I'm not concerned. During the transition into flowering it's common for vigorous plants to increase their nutrient demand while redirecting energy toward rapid growth and bud formation. Rather than chasing perfection, I prefer listening carefully to what the plant is telling me. We'll continue monitoring her closely, making small adjustments only when they're truly needed. Healthy growing is about observation, not overreaction. And overall... This beautiful lady still looks full of life and determination. ⸻ 🌱 AutoPot Doing Its Job Chem Brûlée Pheno A continues thriving in the AutoPot system. By allowing the plant to decide when she drinks, the root zone remains consistently supplied without the repeated wet-and-dry cycles of traditional watering. One of the things I appreciate most about this system is how quietly it does its work. There's no timer deciding when the plant should eat. The plant makes that decision herself. As her flowers continue developing and daily water consumption increases, the AutoPot will simply keep following her rhythm. It's a partnership more than a watering system. ⸻ 🍽️ Feeding This Week This week's nutrient program continued supporting the transition deeper into flowering while maintaining enough nutrition for the final stages of the stretch. The feeding schedule included: • Terra Bloom – 1.9 ml/L • Green Sensation – 1 ml/L • Sugar Royal – 1 ml/L • Power Buds – 1 ml/L • pH adjustments using Lemon Kick when required The focus now shifts gradually away from vegetative growth and toward flower production. As always, changes are made carefully and based on the plant's response rather than following a fixed calendar. Every phenotype speaks a slightly different language. Learning to understand that language is one of the most enjoyable parts of growing. ⸻ 🌡️ Room Conditions The environment remained stable throughout the week, providing ideal conditions for continued flower development. • Day temperature: 29°C • Night temperature: 25°C • Relative humidity: 60% • Nutrient solution: 22°C • Root zone: 21°C • CO₂: 639 ppm With the stretch beginning to slow, humidity has started coming down compared to earlier weeks. Lower humidity encourages healthy flower development while maintaining excellent transpiration and reducing future risks as the buds become denser. A stable environment allows the plants to focus their energy where we want it most—building flowers. ⸻ 📸 Watching the Story Unfold This week's photographs capture a plant that is quietly entering a new chapter. The towering fan leaves still dominate the canopy, but now they're sharing the stage with dozens of fresh flower sites emerging from every branch. Looking back through previous weeks makes the transformation even more impressive. What started as a young seedling has become a strong, elegant plant preparing for the busiest weeks of her life. That's exactly why I enjoy documenting every stage. These photos aren't just memories. They're milestones. ⸻ 🔮 Looking Ahead Over the coming week I expect the flowers to become noticeably larger as more pistils emerge and the first signs of stacking begin. The stretch should gradually come to an end, allowing the plant to invest more and more energy into flower production. We'll continue watching the lighter lower leaves, making gentle adjustments if necessary while allowing the rest of the plant to keep doing what she's already doing so well. Sometimes the healthiest gardens aren't the ones where we intervene the most. They're the ones where we learn when to simply observe. Chem Brûlée Pheno A seems determined to remind me of exactly that. ⸻ 💚 Thank You A huge thank you to everyone following this 8×8 Adventure. Whether you're here to learn, compare phenotypes, improve your own garden, or simply enjoy watching these incredible plants grow, I'm truly grateful to have you along for the journey. Special thanks to: 💚 GrowDiaries for creating a home where growers from around the world can share knowledge, experiences, successes, and lessons learned. Zamnesia for providing the beautiful genetics that make this phenotype hunt possible. 🌱 Plagron for supplying the nutrition supporting every stage of this grow. 💡 Future of Grow LED for delivering powerful, consistent lighting throughout the entire cycle. 🌿 TrolMaster for helping maintain a stable environment day and night. And finally... Thank you to every grower, follower, supporter, silent reader, friend, and even those who challenge me to keep improving. Every interaction helps make these diaries far more meaningful than they would ever be on their own. I'll see you all next week, where Chem Brûlée Pheno A will continue turning those giant leaves into the energy needed to build what already promises to be something very special. Until then... Growers Love and happy growing, everyone. 🌱🍮💚

Week 13/5 - 19/5

Remove a lot of the lower branches this week . Everything looking pretty good at the moment

This week I assembled the new 48x48x80 Mars Hydro tent and installed the new FOHSE Aries 600W LED light. I set the dim to 75%, but after two days, it was clearly too much, especially for 20 hours per day. I will dim it way down and shorten the hours until the plants appear to be doing better.

Hi Guys Let's continue now with the vegetation week three and one thing is for sure there are still some... 👉 Lighting The Lumatek was increased from 80 watts to 120 watts on vegitation day 20. This corresponds to dimming from 40% to 60%. This corresponds approximately to a PPFD of 400. 👉 Pot size On day 19 of the vegetation phase, the size was changed from a 1.5 liter to a 3.5 liter pot. This was done due to slight deficiency symptoms in the lower part of the plants and due to their size. 👉 Climate Has remained the same. Grow Report: -------------- The plants also grew well during the week and still look healthy and happy. Once again, the genetics coped well with the stress of transplanting and got used to the new pot very quickly. Unfortunately, the plants were a little too dry before transplanting, but they also coped well with this. This week they were also watered with fertilizer for the first time, 2ml BioBizz Fishmix per liter of water. The plants are watered as soon as they are close to being dry. The plants are watered with a total of approx. 400 ml in two stages of 200 ml each. I wait approximately 5-10 minutes between watering. Have fun growing, HiSpycy 💜

10/30 I made a boo boo and these go on last weeks. 10-31 Happy Halloween! 11-5 Day 62 Just water and chill.

1st week generative phase: Pre-flowering and the next problem with the two topped specimens: Yellow leaf tips - too much nitrogen. I just thought: Close your eyes and go for it.... Organic cultivation regulates itself - well, at least in theory.... 🤣 Cannazym works wonders! I love to highly recommend. I work with it from pre-flowering to harvest and gently increase the dose. A word about water quality... 💦 I now use oxygen-enriched reverse osmosis. Since here in Berlin the pH value is basically very hard (very calcareous water) and not all plants can cope with it, I decided to invest there. Not cheap, but incredibly effective.

Another uneventful week. Buds are stacking up and there's lots of it. I was not sure when I trained her in this shape if it would work but turns out tall long and thin canopies work also. Feeds are down to 1.4-1.5ec on bloom. Another 14 days I think... Thanks for looking. Grow well 🌿💚🌿🙏🏼

it's only the beginning on week 6 and are in flower stage, tree looks good loving her feed, loving her space just loving life. Today I decided to put her outside in the sun such a beautiful Sunday it was, I'll keep this updated with more pics by Saturday on the closing of week 6 .

Hi all buddies! First crop from hydro nft growth. Growth went well, I had some management problems in changing nutrients from veg to bloom which delayed the harvest for a week or two. Sensi Seeds' Skunk # 1F is incredibly resistant to mold and insect attacks, very close internodes ensure low height and compact buds. Unfortunately I chose the mother phenotype wrong, I found the lowest as I wanted but I lost the fatness of the buds present in other phenotypes, but the game was worth the same and I am very proud of it! I collected after 94 days of flowering, the last 72h 20kg ice cubes in the tank and total darkness which the last 24h without irrigation. After cutting I hung the whole plants in the tent for 24 / 48h 19 ° C 55% HR. Two days of wet trim to 8 girls and I hung their colas in the tent to continue drying. With a girl i tried dry trim but i will avoid next time. After a week in the tent I cleaned the colas and removed all the sticks, I placed everything in airtight bags in the refrigerator for 5 days 12 ° C 65% HR (daily check). Now dark storage room at a temperature of 18 ° C 65% HR. At the last weighing a few days ago it was more than 500g, from now it does not lose any more weight. Next week I will take pictures of the weigher and the finished harvest🍀🍀🍀 target!!🍀500g dry/cured🔥 Thank you GD community you are precious for everything, criticism, advice, curiosity, thanks 💚🌱✊🏼 Awesome people here on GD🔥🔥🔥

📖 Chroniques de l'Oasis : La Marque Blanche du Sahara ​👑 Chapitre 4 : L'incroyable déployé de la sultane ​Date : 19 Mars 2026 Âge de la Sultane : Jour 28 (Fin de la 4ème semaine de croissance) Taille : 27 cm ​Je continue ma marche. Le sable glisse sous mes pieds de nomade, mais mon regard ne quitte plus cet horizon où la tache blanche semble m'appeler. Dans mon oasis, le temps s'accélère. La petite pousse que j'observais hier est devenue une Sultane impériale, prête à régner sur son royaume, son oasis. 🏹 Le Domptage de la Reine : Mon LST ​Mes mains de jardinier-nomade ont travaillé avec patience. Grâce au LST (Low Stress Training), j'ai courbé la structure pour forcer le destin. Le résultat dépasse mes espérances : 10 branches secondaires vigoureuses ont jailli du tronc. Chacune d'elles se dédouble déjà, me promettant une canopée de 30 têtes. je lui ai enlevé deux feuilles de sa robe qui frôlait le sol pour éviter tout problème de brulure ou de champignons pour que sa croissance rzste vertigineuse. ​Je vois déjà le tableau final se dessiner : une armée de fleurs régulières, une géométrie sacrée qui portera bientôt ce givre légendaire. C'est une croissance incroyable, une explosion de vie que je guide jour après jour. 🏜️ État de l'Oasis ​Le climat est celui des journées parfaites au pied du Rif, là où l'air est pur et la lumière généreuse. ​Climat : 24°C - 25°C le jour / 20°C - 21°C la nuit. ​Humidité : 55% (L'air s'assoit légèrement, parfait pour durcir la fibre). ​Énergie : Intensité montée à 75% (La Lumatek tape fort, comme le soleil de midi). ​Distance : Réglée à 87 cm de l'apex pour que chaque branche secondaire reçoive sa partie de lumière. Nutriments Apportés (L'Élixir de vie) ​Aujourd'hui, j'ai préparé l'élixir qui soutient cette croissance massive : ​Hydratation : 0,5 Litre d'eau (Ajustée avec précision à un pH de 6,3). ​Offrande : 5 ml d'Orgatrex. ​Mon observation : En versant ce mélange, je sens que je nourris la terre et l'âme de la plante. Elle boit ce nectar organique pour transformer la lumière en branches solides. 📜 L'Anecdote du Rif : Le Secret des "Multiples Têtes" ​Au Maroc, les anciens du Rif disent souvent que pour obtenir une résine "mielée" comme la Beldia, il faut que la plante "regarde le ciel par tous ses membres". À l'époque, ils ne connaissaient pas le LST moderne, mais ils inclinaient parfois les plantes avec des pierres pour que les branches latérales s'élèvent comme des minarets. Aujourd'hui, mes 30 branches de têtes sont mes 30 promesses de richesse.Chaque nœud de la Sultane est une étape de plus sur ma route de nomade vers la Marque Blanche. ​Note du cultivateur : "28 jours de voyage... La Sultane prépare son armure. Le chemin est long, mais le joyau est à portée de main." aujourdhui le 22/03 le soleil tape sur cette douce terre la rendou aride. nous lui apportons un peu d'eau pour éviter une sécheresse 0,5 litres d'eau PH 6,3 pour la rafraîchir. 25/03 je lui ai apportéun peu de vie ( micro organisme) dans son oasis en lui donnant 1 grammes de bactrex. à bientôt pour la suite de la chronique. merci à tous pour vos commentaires.

They are growing well. Lemon Cherry Cookies flowers fast. Guava and Apricot have done some good stretching.Their lengths are now: Lemon Cherry Cookies: 53 cm Apricot: 54 cm Guava: 40 cm I have defoliated all a fair bit. LCC is starting to spread a lovely smell. She is also turning purple. I have some problems with heat. Some days it's 34 degrees in the tent.

Was really fun to grow this plant!

It's been a beautiful strain to work with, the flowrs are definitely worth it after all this time, the quality is definitely high. However this pheno of ak420 smells very different from the other 2 phenos I've grown along with her. The flowrs are beautiful, very solid and frosty nuggets, I smoked a few little nuggets when trimming but I'm excited to taste the big buds, hope you guys enjoyed the process. I want to say that this pheno #1 has a different smell compared to the other 2 phenotypes of ak420 that you can see here on my page as well, so stay tuned guys! Overall result is very nice, good quality, strong weed, sticky, stinky. I can say that it's very great and also you can get them for a very cheap price so it's a very good investment if you're looking for a powerful and affordable strain. Cheers growmies! ❤️💚💛💎👨‍🌾

Day 43 did some more defoliation an some lst

Grolux full set Silica Cal mg B1 Week 10 from Nov 1, 2023

Purple haze is almost done.