Starting to shine, using BT spray and dawn dish soap of pest.

🥒 Project Blue Tent – Week 4 Pickle Lemon Haze F1 – Pheno A (Folder 14A) Hello everyone, and welcome back to another update from Project Blue Tent! 💙🌱 For anyone joining this journey for the first time, this project follows four individual plants, each documented in its own diary from seed to harvest. Although every plant shares the exact same environment, nutrients, lighting, and care, each one is given the opportunity to tell its own unique story and reveal how its genetics express themselves. Today we're catching up with Pickle Lemon Haze F1 – Plant A. ⸻ 🌱 Week Four – Recovery and New Beginnings Last week marked an important milestone when Plant A received her very first topping. This week, however, was all about patience. After performing a high-stress training technique, I always prefer giving the plant time to recover before asking anything more of her. Rather than continuing with additional training, I simply let nature do its job while carefully observing how she responded. Sometimes, the best thing a grower can do is... nothing. Looking at her now, it's safe to say she appreciated that decision. The recovery has been outstanding. The two new leading shoots have quickly taken over, growth has remained vigorous throughout the entire plant, and the side branches are now pushing with much greater determination than before. The change in architecture is already becoming obvious, with the canopy beginning to widen naturally as the plant redirects its energy away from a single dominant tip. It's always rewarding to watch such a dramatic transformation from one small cut. ⸻ 🌡️ Environmental Conditions Consistency continues to be one of the biggest priorities inside Project Blue Tent. Stable environmental conditions allow the plants to recover quickly from training while encouraging continuous vegetative growth. Average conditions this week were: • 🌡️ Day temperature: 27°C • 🌙 Night temperature: 25°C • 💧 Relative humidity: 67% • 🥥 Root zone temperature: 24°C • 💦 Nutrient solution: 18°C • ⚗️ pH: 5.8 • ⚡ EC: 1.88 mS/cm • 💨 CO₂: approximately 450 ppm • 💡 Light schedule: 18/6 With the Phytonaut LED providing an even spread across the canopy, the plants continue receiving all the energy they need while maintaining compact internodal spacing and healthy vegetative growth. ⸻ 🥥 Feeding Adjustments As mentioned in the previous updates, all four plants developed a slightly lighter shade of green during the last couple of weeks. Although their posture remained excellent and growth never slowed down, I felt they were asking for just a little more nutrition. Rather than waiting for deficiencies to appear, I increased the base feeding slightly. Current nutrition now consists of: • Plagron Hydro A — 1.8 ml/L • Plagron Hydro B — 1.8 ml/L • Plagron Hydro Roots — 1 ml/L By the end of this week I was already beginning to notice a richer, healthier green returning to the newest foliage across the entire tent, suggesting the adjustment was exactly what the plants were asking for. One of the things I'm really enjoying about growing in coco is how quickly the plants respond to small, measured changes. ⸻ 🌿 Pickle Lemon Haze F1 – Plant A This phenotype continues to impress me every single week. The recovery after topping has been remarkably smooth, and it's already clear that the plant has shifted into a completely different growth pattern. The two new main leaders are developing beautifully, while the lower branches are accelerating as they receive more energy than they would have under normal apical dominance. Instead of growing upward through one dominant stem, the plant is now beginning to spread outward, creating the broad, balanced framework I'm hoping to build before introducing the SCROG later in the grow. The stems continue to thicken nicely, the internodal spacing remains tight, and the foliage has maintained excellent posture throughout the week. Although she's still carrying that slightly lighter shade of green, the improvement in colour over the last few days is already noticeable, and her overall posture tells the real story. Leaves are praying toward the light. Growth is continuous. The plant simply looks happy. ⸻ 🔍 Looking Ahead Next week should be another exciting step forward. With the topping now fully recovered, I expect both new leaders to begin stretching more aggressively while the side branches continue filling out the canopy. For now, I'll continue allowing the plant to develop naturally, avoiding unnecessary stress and simply monitoring her structure as she prepares for the next stage of vegetative growth. Every week these genetics reveal a little more of their personality, and Plant A is becoming exactly the kind of bushy, well-balanced plant I was hoping to create. ⸻ 💙 Thank You A huge thank you goes to Zamnesia for making Project Blue Tent possible, from these fantastic Pickle Lemon Haze 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 continues supporting healthy growth every step of the way. Thank you to GrowDiaries for providing a place where growers from around the world can document their journeys, share experiences, and continue learning from one another. And finally, thank you to everyone following along. Whether you've been here since germination, recently discovered these diaries, leave comments every week, quietly follow in the background, or simply enjoy watching these ladies grow, your support genuinely means a lot. Project Blue Tent is about sharing the complete journey—the successes, the lessons, the experiments, and everything in between. I hope you're 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 time... Growers Love, happy growing, and take care everyone! 🌱💙

Strain: Chill Out OG F4 Day 0 of Flower Day: 49 from sprout Medium: Fox Farm Ocean Forest Light: Vivosun VS2000 at 75% Light Distance: 12 inches Watering: By hand, ~12 oz daily Nutrients: pH Perfect Advanced Nutrition Grow, Bloom, Micro 2 ml / L, 1 ml / L big bud Just switched to Flower today

Did a bigger defol. Adjusted the trellis. May or may not have been watering with too high of ph (7.2) so hopefully microbes have been doing their job.

4/20 AM all the photos are looking good. The Tyson’s are done. 👍👍👍🍇⛽️ 4/21 4:30AM Took small samples of BTT!!! Smoking now. Heavy hitter right off the tree. she is looking already done Grimm Seeds finish fast once flowering. Wasnt expecting that! I will grow some more and veg longer. I am RE-vegging. Ricky and Bubbles they are almost a year old and I want to keep thiem. Julian can go fu...no Julian was flipped at Week 6 or 8 produced the best tight buds smells like...'tangerines. 4/21 5:04AM VIDEOS 2 MONTEL'S, THE TALL ONE AND 1 TYSON, PUNCH PIE & GELATO 44!!!! 4/21 FLUSHED THE TYSONS WITH JUST WATER AGAIN AND WOW!!!!! LOVE THE RQS TYSON PHOTO PLANTS!!!! THEY ARE STRONG THEY CAN GROW UNDER HIGH STRESS CONDITIONS. I DID TREAT THEM EARLY ON WITH MY OWN WIZARD MAGIC WITH AMINO ACIDS THAT MIGHT HAVE HELPED BUT THEY ARE GREAT 9/10. 4/22 Kasa smart plug model EP-10 FAILED by turning into a strobe after random fails... The bigger ones are fine I have not had any problems, BUT the small ones failed. Thankfully I had them on my internet and not in the grow room!!! Random dropouts, clicks on and off like being hacked, but NO the mini Kasa smart plug failed, the others are good, the strobing on and off would have severely damaged electronics...I did NOT know that could happen! THE MORE YOU KNOW! 4/23 11AM CHOP DAY BOTH Tysons came down. They were ready a while ago. They did GREAT. Underfilled 2 gallon pots. Low light using 2 TS-100-'s at about 50 to 60 Watts. No idea how m;uch i got 4/24 3:20AM Tysons are drying perfectly, great color!!!! Video with Pink Kush and CBG by Seedsman in there 4/26 for 19 a.m. brothers Grimm seeds are way better than I thought they could be as long as I grow them right and one thing I’ve noticed and I may have to do a permutation combination thing on this is that with brothers Grimm seeds I can flip them at ridiculously early rates like four weeks keeping them in a vegetative state for a shorter amount of timing and flipping them I’m still getting auto flower seed and and weight not seed speed auto flower speed and weight so if I flip a black T Tay at four weeks, I’m getting just about the same weight as an auto flower but I’m using less power cause it’s at 12:12 same with all of the brothers Grimm seeds they seem to flip and flower at extremely accelerated rates. It’s really great. GROK SAID... ""**Yes, you're asking a really good practical question.** Here's a clear breakdown of how **short-veg photos** (your current style: flip after ~4 weeks) compare to **autos** in your specific low-power, small-tent setup with Brothers Grimm seeds. ### Side-by-Side Comparison (Your Setup) | Aspect | Short-Veg Photo (4 wk veg + 8-10 wk flower) | Auto (13-19 weeks total) | Winner for You? | |-------------------------|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------| | **Total Grow Time** | 12–14 weeks | 13–19 weeks | Photo (faster) | | **Light Schedule** | 12/12 (or 11/13) | 18/6 or 20/4 | Photo (less electricity) | | **Wattage / Intensity** | Can safely push higher (140-180W total) | Usually lower to control heat | Photo | | **Yield Potential** | Smaller plant but decent per plant | Often bigger single plant | Similar or slight edge to Photo in your case | | **Electricity Use** | Lower (12 hrs/day) | Higher (18+ hrs/day) | **Photo wins big** | | **Risk / Complexity** | Lower (you control flip) | Higher (no control over timing) | Photo | | **Re-Veg / Cloning** | Easy | Not possible | Photo | | **Consistency** | Very good with Grimm genetics | Good but more variation | Photo | ### Bottom Line for Your Style **Your short-veg photo method is actually excellent for you right now.** - Brothers Grimm photos (Black Tea Tangi, Ricky’s Hash Plant, Montel Dream Widow, etc.) respond **very well** to early flips. You’re already proving you can get solid, frosty buds in small pots without them taking forever. - Running **two TS1000s at ~140–160W total on 12/12** should give you **comparable or better** results than most autos in the same space, while using **significantly less electricity** and giving you more control. - You can harvest one tent, flip the next, and keep a near-continuous cycle — something that’s much harder with autos. ### Recommended Parallel Test (Simple Version) Do exactly what you’re thinking: 1. Take 1–2 strong photos (e.g. Montel or Ricky’s) and veg them only 4 weeks → flip to 12/12 with **two TS1000s**. 2. At the same time, pop 1–2 autos (same strains if possible) and run them on 18/6 or 20/4 with **one or two lights**. 3. Compare yield, quality, smell, and total electricity cost at the end. You’ll probably find the short-veg photos win on efficiency and control, especially with how well Grimm genetics are performing for you. **Quick Tip:** When you flip early, keep the lights a bit farther away the first 7–10 days after flip (18–24") to avoid light stress, then lower them as they stretch. You’re not wasting anything by harvesting smaller plants — you’re learning what actually works in *your* real-life situation (small tents, limited power, limited spoons). That’s smart growing. Want me to help map out a simple staggered schedule so you always have something finishing? Or tips on how to maximize those early-flip photos? Keep going — you’re on a good path."""💡👨‍🔬💡

Both outdoor autos hit full mid-flower stride this week, stacking steadily and pushing out stronger aromas with each warm afternoon. Nice Cream continued swelling along every branch, its buds coated in a fresh frost of trichomes and exuding a creamy berry scent with faint rubber notes typical of the strain. The canopy stayed lush and evenly colored with no major fade or stress. Tiger #2 developed a dense, compact structure with heavy pistil coverage and a distinct sweet grape-candy aroma beginning to dominate. The smaller pot required slightly more frequent watering but kept pace in flower production. By the end of the week, trichomes were mostly clear with early cloudiness forming, signaling the start of late-flower swelling as both girls prepared for their final push.

I’ll start pasting my feeding logs here from now on; Nr.1 — D56 8.5L pH6.2 | Si6 V19 F24 Ca9 Mg3 IN 2.4EC | OUT 2.3L pH6.3 2.97EC • Nr.1 is just starting to stack, she’s a heavy feeder so she’s handling the EC without a problem. Nr.2 — D52 7.5L pH6.2 | Si6 V14 F14, Ca6 Mg4.5 IN 2.21 | OUT 2.1L pH6.1 2.3EC • Nr.2 is still hanging on, ripening and still stacking, a tough one she is. Other than that I haven’t been doing much other than keeping the environment stable 👍

I make topping and this is the day after topping so they look growing nice. The next 2 days I will change them to bigger pot I already prepared so let’s gooooooo Growing guyssss

Ladies and gentlemen cultivators. It begins with the rinsing of our roots to remove all excess nutrients from the gems. Happy and abundant harvesters for everyone.

Ich bin mir nicht sicher wann ich sie ernten soll... ist es jetzt schon zu kalt? Helft mir mal bitte Danke im Voraus Lg Jan

Estoy en la ultima semana todo salio genial vamos por ese secado y curado

So it’s been hot and dry storm came throw didn’t seem bother any of the feed some blood meal and bone mean and the same stuff I use lee do it smell o so sweet can’t wait

Had some issues the last couple week..water was being lag at the bottom of the pot had to put some extra holes in it to allow air(disadvantage of not using fabric) as a result growth was stunned abit but she seem to be fighter had her on a dry spell for a couple days...look like we're back to normal most of the older n lower leaves have sucked from n a bit of yellowing start for her 2nd stage of life

26.02.2024 Clean tanks and filters with h2o2+vinegar acid +bleach Mix fresh nutrient solution with 1.7ml AN connoisseur AB + Silica @ 1% H2o2 - total 30l Donne one pass off long misting 2m with diluted nutrient solution 0.7EC. Flush buckets with diluted solution PAR 350 PPFD, VPD 0,8, RH 60-62%, Temp Night-21c, Day-24/25c, Leaf temperature 22c, Light distance 75cm, CO2 650+ppm 340w@75cm distance 45s ON time 15min OFF time PT-Pressurized tank - PH- 5.9 , EC -1.05, Temp-21c NT-Nutrient Tank - PH -5.85, EC -1.0, Temp-19c 27.02.2024 Topping on all girls, 4 cut par plant Detailly clean grow room floor, benches and main room floor, From this week start feeding more, runoff is lower than input Lower humidity to 58-60% Girls looking great so far PAR 380 PPFD, VPD 0.9, RH 58-60%, Temp Night-21c, Day-25c, Leaf temperature 22c, Light distance 75cm, CO2 650+ ppm 360w@75cm distance NT-Nutrient Tank - PH -5.95, EC -0.9, Temp-19c 28.02.2024 Have timer malfunction, watering didn't work for some time, not affected by roots, still wet when realize defect Replace all filters, great condition so far, no need for changing After topping girls looking healthy, PAR 360 PPFD, VPD 0.9, RH 58-60%, Temp Night-21c, Day-25c, Leaf temperature 22c, Light distance 75cm, CO2 650+ ppm 380w@75cm distance NT-Nutrient Tank - PH -6.02, EC -0.84, Temp-19c Nutrient strength still drooping, next top-up will be a higher strength, around 1.1EC 29.02.2024 PAR 410 PPFD, VPD 0.9, RH 58-60%, Temp Night-21c, Day-25c, Leaf temperature 22c, Light distance 75cm, CO2 650+ ppm Nutrient Tank - PH -6.04, EC -0.81, Temp-20c 400w@70cm distance Increasing light intensity slowly every day, Tropicana in center love it, still at the end off day have leaves point up One Weeding Cheesecake is not so light hangry, it drip every day before light out, but stay up one hour after light is on Humidifier running less and less time, girls make humidity in room 01.03.2024 Again have issue with watering timers (DH48S-S), stop working again, noticed that early so no damage Will need to invest in better timer for misting, this one is start to malfunction😡 Girls growing fast this week, no problem at all😇 Every day their progress can be seen 😀 Like that girls are almost same height and structure, very uniform growth by any mean👏 Hope differences will be marginal between cultivars, Weeding Cheesecake is taller so far but not much Tropicana Cookies still have most byshy and tight internodal spacing from all three cultivars Replace all filters and clean UV-c bulb PAR 460 PPFD, VPD 0.9, RH 58-60%, Temp Night-21c, Day-25/26c, Leaf temperature 22c, Light distance 70cm, CO2 650+ ppm Nutrient Tank - PH -6.05, EC -0.86, Temp-22c 414w@70cm 02.03.2021 Girls start to drink noticeable more water and nutrients, EC drop in tanks by 0.2 in last two days, PH is stabile, going on base side by little Replace all filters , set Diablo to 440w without changing light height, let it shine 😀 Start to manipulate branches and tucking big fan leaves, recovery from topping is apparent, two new shoots are larger and larger every day If growth continue with this speed, flowering probably in middle off next week, probably don't want to wait more than that All girls from same strain looking very similar, really great genetic , very uniform growth and structure Tropicana still most bushy, Weeding Cheesecake is taller , minor deferences so far Hot and humid outside condition, thin this year we hit several HIGH Temp Record! PAR 490 PPFD, VPD 0.9, RH 58-61%, Temp Night-21c, Day-25/26c, Leaf temperature 22c, Light distance 70cm, CO2 650+ ppm Nutrient Tank - PH -6.07, EC -0.80, Temp-22c

Everything seems to be going great! She's developing very fast and looks very good,no problems at the moment,let's see how big she gets before flowering starts we're not very far away from that,I'm enjoying a lot growing her,she's an excellent genetic she's being fed just like every single plant that I grow full organically with mycorrizae by florians living organics bat guano by guanokalong,seaweed powder,lactobacillus microorganisms and love,peace guys ❤️💛💚🌱

Hier sieht man immernoch: zu viel Wasser, das substrat war permanent feucht. Ich habe diesen Fehler in den darauffolgenden Wochen versucht zu beheben, indem weniger gegossen wurde.

Here goes first flowering week. Black cream auto with LST started her way to turn purple too, but the biggest black cream auto plant and mutant one are still green. I think they look great !

the two BPP R3 in soil went into bloom. the dwc are starting to enter bloom slowly as well 36-42 The veg and seedling cycle on the three gallon pot was short and it's gone into bloom with very little stretching. All of the plants look healthy, they look fine, no nutrient. Or PH issues Only one banana purple punch has been in bloom for about two weeks.Two out of the other four are about to finish stretching and go into bloom, and the fourth one is still a little stunted.And delayed. The cherry lemon gelato in the deep water culture just entered bloom. The gorilla z is still in veg