👑 Godfather OG – Pheno A Week 8 | The Demanding Queen
Welcome back to another chapter of the 8×8 Adventure!
If last week Godfather OG Pheno A was reaching for the sky, this week she's making something very clear...
She's demanding. 👑
Of all the ladies in the room, this phenotype has been one of the harder ones to keep up with. She seems to want more food, more attention, more everything. While the rest of the room follows along quite comfortably, she keeps asking for just a little bit more.
But that's also what makes phenotype hunting so fascinating.
Twelve genetics.
One environment.
One feeding strategy.
24 completely different personalities.
And Godfather OG Pheno A definitely has a personality.
🌱 A Plant That Keeps Asking for More
At approximately 169 cm, she's still one of the tallest plants in the room.
The impressive part isn't simply her height, though. It's how much flower development she's carrying along that structure.
She's still stretching, still reaching, and still building new flower sites while gradually transitioning toward heavier production.
Keeping up with her hasn't always been easy, but she's rewarding the extra attention with some beautiful development.
🌸 The Flowers Are Starting to Get Interesting
This is probably what I'm enjoying most this week.
The bud formation is becoming much more obvious, and the flowers are beginning to take on their own shape rather than simply looking like early clusters.
There's a lot of fresh white pistil growth, increasingly visible resin production, and a structure that makes me very curious about where she'll end up.
And then there's the smell...
She's starting to develop an aroma that is becoming increasingly noticeable every time I work around her.
I have a feeling this girl may surprise me.
It's still too early to make any predictions, but she's certainly giving me reasons to keep watching closely.
🍃 A Lighter Shade of Green
One thing that's particularly noticeable this week is the lighter coloration in some of her foliage.
She's not wearing the same deep green uniformity as some of the other phenotypes, and there are areas of lighter green across the leaves.
Considering how demanding she has been nutritionally, it's something I'm keeping an eye on.
At the same time, the plant is continuing to grow, the flowers are developing, and the overall structure remains beautiful.
So rather than trying to immediately "fix" something that isn't necessarily broken, I'm watching her response and letting the plant tell me where she wants to go.
That's part of the experiment.
✂️ No Defoliation... Yet
We're not defoliating Godfather OG Pheno A this week.
Her natural structure is still giving the flowers plenty of room, and I don't feel the need to interfere just for the sake of doing something.
Eventually, she will probably receive the same treatment as some of the others.
But for now...
She gets to be herself.
Sometimes the best cultivation technique is knowing when to leave the scissors alone.
🍽️ Feeding the Queen
As always in the 8×8 Adventure, the room continues to follow a shared feeding strategy.
This week's nutrition included:
Terra Bloom – 2.2 ml/L
Green Sensation – 1 ml/L
Sugar Royal – 1 ml/L
Power Buds – 1 ml/L
Lemon Kick – 0.03 ml/L when required
The increase in Terra Bloom is part of the room's flowering strategy rather than something specifically adjusted for this phenotype.
But Godfather OG Pheno A certainly seems to be one of the ladies asking us to pay attention to what that feeding produces.
🌡️ Environmental Conditions
The room remains remarkably consistent:
Day temperature: 29°C
Night temperature: 25°C
Humidity: 60%
pH: 6.0
TDS/EC: approximately 2.0 mS/cm
Solution temperature: 22°C
Root-zone temperature: 21°C
CO₂: 639 ppm
Watering: approximately 1.4 L per plant / 24h
Light schedule: 12/12
Height: 169 cm
And that's exactly what makes her behaviour so interesting.
The environment hasn't changed dramatically.
She has.
👑 The Queen May Have a Surprise Coming
Looking at her this week, I keep coming back to the same thought:
There might be something special hiding inside this phenotype.
She's demanding.
She's hungry.
She's tall.
She's still developing.
And she's beginning to smell very, very interesting.
She's certainly not the easiest girl in the room.
But sometimes the difficult ones are the ones that teach us the most.
And when I look at those flowers developing along her towering structure, I can't help wondering what she's going to look like when she finally decides that stretching is over and it's time to put everything into the flowers.
For now, I'm simply enjoying the journey.
💚 Thank You
Thank you for joining me for another week of the 8×8 Adventure.
This project continues to remind me why growing multiple phenotypes under the same conditions is so fascinating. We can give them the same room, the same light, the same nutrition and the same care...
And they will still find completely different ways to express themselves.
Godfather OG Pheno A may be one of the demanding queens of this room, but she's also becoming one of the most interesting.
A huge thank you to everyone following along, supporting the diary, sharing knowledge and enjoying the journey with me.
And of course, my gratitude to:
💚 GrowDiaries
👑 Zamnesia for the genetics
🌱 Plagron for the nutrition
💡 Future of Grow LED for the lighting
🌿 TrolMaster for environmental control
✨ Lumiflora for the under-canopy lighting
I'll see you next week to find out whether our demanding Queen finally starts slowing down...
Or whether she has even more to ask from us. 👑🌱
Growers Love and happy growing, everyone! 💚