💙 Project Blue Tent – Week 11 🥒 Pickle Lemon Haze F1 – Pheno B 🌸 When Seeds Start Looking Like Clones Hello everyone, and welcome back to another chapter of Project Blue Tent! 💙🌱 And this week... I have to start with something that honestly keeps making me smile every time I walk into this tent. These girls... they are starting to look like clones. 😂💙 Now, obviously, they're not clones. We're growing them from seed. But when you look at the way these Pickle Lemon Haze F1 cultivars are developing under the exact same conditions... it's becoming increasingly difficult not to notice just how incredibly uniform they are. Same vigorous growth. Same beautiful structure. Same flowering progression. Same impressive frost. Same general canopy development. And now... remarkably similar flower formation. It's fascinating. And Pickle Lemon Haze F1 Pheno B absolutely deserves her own spotlight this week. Because even though she's sharing the same tent, the same reservoir and the same environment as her sisters... she's still telling us her own story. And right now? Her story looks beautiful. 🥒🌸💙 🌸 WEEK 11 – SHE'S REALLY STARTING TO SHINE Pickle Lemon Haze F1 Pheno B continues looking absolutely fantastic. The major structural work has already been completed. The stretch has settled. The canopy is established. The second SCROG is doing its job. The airflow is working beautifully. The irrigation is keeping up with her. And now the flowers are becoming the main event. That's exactly where I want to be at this stage. We're no longer trying to build the plant. We're watching the plant build the flowers. And Pheno B is doing that extremely well. The flowering sites are developing very evenly throughout the canopy. The plant is maintaining a beautiful structure. And the frost... Oh my God. 😂❄️ The frost levels are absolutely gorgeous. Every time I look closer, I find another part of the plant covered in trichomes. And we're still not finished yet. 🌿 SAME TENT – BUT SHE DESERVES HER OWN STORY One of the most interesting things about Project Blue Tent is that all these plants are sharing the same ecosystem. Same room. Same tent. Same reservoir. Same irrigation. Same nutrition. Same lighting. Same environmental conditions. Same cultivation philosophy. And yet we're documenting each phenotype individually. Why? Because even when plants look incredibly similar... they're still individual plants. And that's exactly what I want to capture. Pheno B isn't just another plant in the tent. She's Pickle Lemon Haze F1 Pheno B. And she's showing us what that particular plant can do. Right now, what she's showing us is: vigour. Uniformity. Beautiful flower development. And an absolutely ridiculous amount of frost. 😂🥒❄️ WHEN CULTIVARS START LOOKING LIKE CLONES This is something I really wanted to mention this week. Looking at these plants side by side... sometimes I genuinely have to remind myself that we're looking at seed-grown plants. Because they are remarkably similar. The growth pattern. The structure. The way the flowers are forming. The timing. The frost. Even the overall appearance of the canopy. It's almost like somebody took cuttings from the same mother and put them into the same room. But that's not what we're doing. These are seed-grown F1 cultivars. And that level of uniformity is one of the things that makes this experiment so interesting. I wouldn't call them clones. Because they aren't. But visually? Sometimes they certainly make a convincing impression of them. 😂💙 And that's something I love about documenting a project like this. You don't have to decide beforehand what the plants are going to do. You give them a consistent environment... and then you observe what happens. And right now... what's happening is extremely impressive. 🌸 PHENO B'S FLOWER DEVELOPMENT The flowering structure is becoming more and more defined now. The flowers are stacking along the branches. The white pistils are still very prominent. And the sugar leaves are becoming increasingly covered in visible resin. The whole plant is starting to transition from: "beautiful flowering plant" to: "Okay... this is becoming serious." 😂❄️🌸 The density is developing. The structure is holding. And the flowers are appearing extremely even across the canopy. That's one of the things I particularly appreciate about Pheno B. She doesn't look like she's struggling to keep up. She looks comfortable. She's drinking. She's flowering. She's building. And she's doing it consistently. 🕸️ THE X-CROSS UNDER-CANOPY LIGHTING This week we also continued with the updated under-canopy lighting arrangement. After introducing the second LumiFlora light, we decided not to simply place the two long bars side by side. Where's the fun in that? 😂 Instead, we arranged them in an X-cross configuration. These are approximately 1.20 metre-long bars, with the central section around one metre, which gives us enough length to position them from corner to corner underneath the canopy. And honestly? I really like the result. It looks fantastic. But more importantly... it makes sense for the shape of the room. We're creating a more distributed source of supplemental light underneath the canopy rather than concentrating everything in one area. The overhead LEDs continue doing the primary work. The LumiFlora fixtures are there to complement them. And now we have light coming into the plant from another direction. Above. Below. And the canopy in between. It's a very interesting setup. And now... we watch. That's the fun part. 💡 LIGHT FROM ABOVE AND BELOW With plants this large, the lower canopy naturally receives less direct light from the main fixtures. That's simply a consequence of having a mature, structured canopy. Instead of constantly trying to remove more foliage to expose every lower flowering site... we're experimenting with another solution. Supplemental lighting. The LumiFlora fixtures are giving us another tool to explore how the lower canopy responds during flowering. And with the second fixture now in the game... the distribution is even more interesting. I'm particularly curious to see how the flowers positioned deeper inside the canopy respond as we move further through flowering. Will they continue developing at the same rate? Will we see differences in the lower structure? Will the additional light become noticeable as the flowers mature? Those are the questions. And once again... we're not going to guess. We're going to watch. ✂️ THE DEFOlIATION – NOW JUST A MEMORY It's also worth remembering where this plant came from. A few weeks ago, the canopy was incredibly dense. The stretch had been aggressive. The vertical space became limited. The LEDs needed to be raised. The extraction equipment had to be moved outside the tent. The canopy needed opening. And we performed a substantial defoliation. At the time... it was a completely different-looking plant. Now? You can barely believe how much she has recovered. The remaining foliage looks healthy. The branches are developing beautifully. The flowering sites are exposed. And the plant has completely settled into the architecture we created. That's the part I love. The intervention happened weeks ago. The plant had time to respond. And now we're looking at the result. This is where patience becomes part of the technique. We did the work. Now we let the plant do hers. 🌬️ AIRFLOW – EVERYTHING IS MOVING BEAUTIFULLY The airflow setup is also continuing without any drama. And that's exactly how I like it. Air is moving through the upper canopy. Additional circulation is working underneath. The canopy has been opened enough for the air to travel through the structure. And with the supplemental lighting now positioned underneath, maintaining that lower-level airflow remains important. We don't want stagnant pockets hidden inside the canopy. We want movement. Not a hurricane. 😂 Just consistent circulation. And right now... that's exactly what we're getting. The room feels balanced. The canopy is moving. The plants look comfortable. No complaints. 💧 IRRIGATION & DRAINAGE – SPOTLESS And once again, I have to give some credit to the irrigation and drainage system. Because honestly... it's doing exactly what we want it to do. The girls are drinking beautifully. The irrigation is keeping up. The distribution is consistent. And the drainage system is working spotless. No drama. No strange behaviour. No complaints. Just a system quietly doing its job. And when everything is working properly... that's when I like to leave it alone. 😂 The plants are happy. The irrigation is happy. I'm happy. Everybody wins. ⚗️ NUTRITION – SAME RESERVOIR, SLIGHTLY LOWER EC The nutrition remains consistent this week. We're still running the same reservoir recipe: PLAGRON Hydro A — 2.2 ml/L PLAGRON Hydro B — 2.2 ml/L PLAGRONGreen Sensation — 1 ml/L PLAGRON Power Buds — 1 ml/L pH Plus — 0.03 ml/L pH Min — 0.03 ml/L pH adjusted as required But despite making no changes to the reservoir mix... the EC came out slightly lower this week. We're sitting around: 2.24 mS/cm. Last week we were around 2.49 mS/cm. Why? Honestly... I have no clue. 😂 Maybe the rainwater was a little softer this time. Maybe the source water simply varied slightly. Maybe there's another small variable that we're not accounting for. I could invent a complicated explanation... but I'd rather be honest. I don't know. And that's okay. We record the number. We look at the plants. And we continue observing. Because the plants themselves are looking fantastic. They're drinking. They're flowering. They're developing. And they're not showing me any reason to panic. So we stay consistent. 🥒 PHENO B – VIGOROUS, EVEN AND FROSTY If I had to describe Pheno B this week using three words... vigorous. even. frosty. 😂❄️ The plant is developing with impressive consistency. The flowering sites are progressing together. The canopy remains beautifully organized. And the resin production is really starting to become one of the defining features of this girl. The frost isn't limited to one or two special flowers. It's appearing throughout the plant. And that's what makes these photos so satisfying. Everywhere you look... there's another frosty little flower asking for attention. 📸❄️🌸 🌸 HER OWN PERSONALITY Even though Pheno B looks remarkably similar to her sisters... she still has her own personality. And that's something I want to keep documenting. The whole point of having separate phenotype diaries is to allow us to follow those small differences. Maybe they're subtle now. Maybe they'll become more obvious later. Maybe one plant will suddenly start stacking differently. Maybe another will develop a different flower shape. Maybe the aroma will become the biggest difference. Maybe the final structure will tell us more. We don't know yet. And that's exactly why we're watching. Right now, though... Pheno B is telling us she's extremely happy. And I really like what she's saying. 🔬 SAME ENVIRONMENT – DIFFERENT PLANTS This is where the scientific side of Project Blue Tent becomes particularly interesting. We're controlling as many variables as possible. Same room. Same tent. Same reservoir. Same irrigation. Same lighting. Same nutrition. Same environmental conditions. And yet we're still dealing with individual plants. That gives us a fascinating opportunity to observe how these cultivars behave under consistent conditions. And right now... the most obvious result isn't huge variation. It's uniformity. 😂 They're incredibly similar. That's not something I expected to be quite this noticeable. And I'm very curious to see whether that continues as flowering progresses. 🌿 KNOWING WHEN NOT TO TOUCH Another thing this week has reinforced for me is how important it is to know when to stop intervening. There's always something you can do. You can remove another leaf. Move another branch. Change another setting. Add another product. Adjust another number. But... should you? 😂 Not necessarily. Pheno B is healthy. She's drinking. She's flowering. She's supported. The canopy is open. The airflow is working. The irrigation is working. The drainage is working. The nutrition is stable. The lighting is established. So what exactly are we trying to fix? Nothing. And that's a beautiful position to be in. Sometimes the best cultivation decision is simply: Leave her alone. 😂💙 ❄️ THE FROST IS GETTING SERIOUS I have to come back to the frost one more time. Because... WOW. 😂❄️ The whole tent is getting increasingly frosty. And Pheno B is absolutely holding her own. The sugar leaves are sparkling. The flowers are developing a beautiful resin-covered appearance. And the close-up photography is becoming ridiculous. You know you've reached a good stage when you spend more time looking through the camera viewfinder than actually looking at the plant with your own eyes. 😂📸 And these girls are giving us plenty to photograph. 🌡️ CURRENT GROW CONDITIONS 🌸 Flowering: Week 11 📏 Height: approximately 145 cm 💡 Light schedule: 12/12 ☀️ Day temperature: 28°C 🌙 Night temperature: 27°C 💧 Relative humidity: 63% ⚗️ pH: 6.01 ⚡ EC: approximately 2.24 mS/cm 🌡️ Solution temperature: 24.9°C 🌱 Substrate temperature: 24°C 💨 CO₂: approximately 666 ppm ? Pot size: 8 L 💦 Watering: approximately 1.6 L per plant / 24h 💡 Under-canopy lighting: LumiFlora 150W full-spectrum fixtures 💡 Under-canopy arrangement: X-cross configuration 🔭 WHAT I'M WATCHING FROM HERE Now the questions are becoming much more exciting. How much more will these flowers swell? How much more frost will develop? How will the lower flowering sites respond to the additional lighting? Will these incredible similarities between the F1 cultivars continue? Will the individual personalities become more obvious later? And what will Pheno B ultimately show us when she reaches full maturity? We don't need those answers today. The plant will give them to us. Our job is simply to keep providing a stable environment... and pay attention. 🌸 FROM STRUCTURE TO FLOWERS For weeks, the story was about building the plant. Stretch. Training. Topping. SCROG. Canopy management. Defoliation. Airflow. Support. Light management. But now? The structure is already there. The framework has been built. The support is in place. The canopy is organized. And the plant is moving into the part of the story that really matters now: building the flowers. And Pheno B is doing an absolutely beautiful job of it. 💙 THE QUIET WEEKS ARE THE GOOD WEEKS This week wasn't dramatic. And honestly? That's perfect. 😂 No emergency. No major structural intervention. No broken branches. No huge changes. No chasing numbers. No trying to force the plants into something they're not. Just consistency. Observation. Maintenance. And appreciation. We introduced the second under-canopy light. We arranged the LumiFlora bars into the X-cross configuration. We monitored the reservoir. We noticed the slightly lower EC. We checked the irrigation. We checked the drainage. We watched the flowers. And then... we stepped back. Because sometimes that's the best thing a grower can do. 🥒 FINAL THOUGHTS – THIS GIRL DESERVES HER SPOTLIGHT Pickle Lemon Haze F1 Pheno B is absolutely shining this week. And even though she's sharing the exact same tent as her sisters... she deserves her own spotlight. She's vigorous. She's healthy. She's incredibly even. She's developing beautiful flowers. She's producing an amazing amount of frost. She's drinking beautifully. And she's responding extremely well to everything we've done throughout the project. The most fascinating part? She looks so similar to the other plants that sometimes I genuinely have to remind myself: These are not clones. 😂💙 They're seed-grown cultivars. And yet the uniformity is remarkable. That's something I want to continue watching very closely as we move deeper into flowering. Because maybe the biggest differences are still waiting for us. Or maybe these cultivars are simply going to continue showing us just how remarkably consistent they can be. Either way... I'm very happy to be here watching it happen. The structure is established. The flowers are forming. The frost is building. The lighting is coming from above and below. The irrigation is working. The drainage is spotless. And the girl is happy. So... let her shine. 🥒🌸❄️💙 🙏 A HUGE THANK YOU A huge thank you once again to Zamnesia for making Project Blue Tent possible and for giving us the opportunity to explore these beautiful Pickle Lemon Haze F1 cultivars phenotype by phenotype. Thank you to PLAGRON for the Hydro nutrient line supporting these vigorous girls throughout their flowering journey. A massive thank you to Zamnesia for the Phytonaut LED lighting, curved scissors and clip fans that continue playing such important roles inside this project. Thank you to Mars Hydro for the irrigation and drainage system that keeps these girls consistently supplied and the whole system running beautifully. And a special thank you to LumiFlora for the under-canopy lighting that we're now using to explore another dimension of supplemental lighting during flowering. We're extremely curious to see how these lower flowering sites respond over the coming weeks. And of course... thank you to GrowDiaries for giving us the platform to document the entire adventure. Most importantly... thank you to everyone following Project Blue Tent. 💙 This project is becoming more and more fascinating every week. Four plants. One tent. One shared environment. And four individual stories... that sometimes look like the same story. 😂💙 Pickle Lemon Haze F1 Pheno B is looking absolutely beautiful. The flowers are forming. The frost is building. The canopy is even. The plant is drinking beautifully. The irrigation is working. The drainage is spotless. The lighting is established. And now... we let her continue. No unnecessary intervention. No forcing. No rushing. Just stability. Observation. And a whole lot of appreciation for what we're seeing. Until next week... More flowers. More frost. More observation. And hopefully... even more of that beautiful Pickle Lemon Haze F1 magic. 🥒❄️🌸💙 Growers Love, happy growing, and take care everyone! 🌱💙