🍋 Project Blue Tent – Folder 14
Pickled Lemon Haze F1 – Pheno A
Week 2 – The Journey Begins
Welcome back to Project Blue Tent, my newest adventure focused on exploring Zamnesia Genetics while growing in Plagron Premium Coco Grow Bags using the complete Plagron Hydro feeding program.
Every phenotype has its own diary because every plant deserves to tell its own story. Although all plants share the same environment, nutrients, and care, each one develops its own structure, rhythm and personality. This diary follows Pickled Lemon Haze F1 – Pheno A from her very first days until harvest.
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🌱 The Environment
This project is being grown under an 18/6 light schedule, allowing the plants to enjoy long, energetic days followed by six hours of uninterrupted darkness to recover and continue building strong root systems.
The entire grow takes place inside the Zamnesia ecosystem, creating a stable environment where every variable can be controlled consistently.
Current environmental conditions remained very stable throughout the week:
• Temperature: 29°C
• Relative Humidity: 68%
These warm, humid conditions are ideal for encouraging vigorous vegetative growth while helping the young plants establish themselves before accelerating into larger development.
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🥥 Why We Sink the Pots into the Coco
One detail that often raises questions is why the starter pots are placed directly inside the Plagron Premium Coco Grow Bags instead of remaining outside until transplant day.
There are several reasons behind this approach.
The surrounding coco acts as a natural thermal buffer, helping keep the root zone at a much more stable temperature than a pot exposed directly to the air.
It also helps maintain consistent moisture around the root ball, preventing the edges of the starter pot from drying excessively while avoiding large fluctuations between wet and dry cycles.
Another advantage is purely practical. Because the pot sits inside the grow bag from the beginning, the final transplant becomes almost effortless. The plant never needs to adapt to a completely new environment, and the root ball slides directly into the cavity already prepared for it.
Finally, shaping the cavity around the starter pot creates a perfectly fitted transplant hole. When the moment arrives, the root ball drops into place with almost no disturbance, eliminating air pockets and ensuring immediate root-to-coco contact. It’s a small detail, but one that greatly reduces transplant stress.
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🌿 Feeding Program
The first irrigation after transplant introduced the plants to the Plagron Hydro line.
Current nutrient solution:
• Plagron Hydro A
• Plagron Hydro B
• Plagron Hydro Roots
Solution parameters:
• pH: 5.83
• EC: 1.26 mS/cm
• Water temperature: 23.1°C
This mild feeding provides everything the young roots need while encouraging rapid colonization of the fresh coco substrate.
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🌱 Root Development
One of my favorite moments this week was checking the root system before transplant.
The entire root ball was beautifully colonized with bright white, healthy roots wrapping around every side of the substrate.
Exactly what we hope to see.
The roots had reached every corner without becoming root-bound, showing excellent vigor and confirming that the timing for transplant was absolutely perfect.
Strong roots today build strong flowers tomorrow.
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🍋 Pickled Lemon Haze F1 – Pheno A
Even at this early stage, this little lady is already beginning to reveal her personality.
Her internodal spacing is compact and symmetrical, producing a balanced structure with broad, healthy leaves reaching confidently toward the light.
The stem is thick for her age, showing good structural strength, while new growth is emerging quickly with a vibrant green color that indicates she’s comfortably adapting to her new home.
Leaf posture remains open and relaxed throughout the day, another sign that both the environmental conditions and feeding program are right where they should be.
Everything about this plant suggests a smooth, stress-free start.
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Looking Ahead
Now that the transplant is complete, the focus shifts entirely toward root expansion.
Over the coming days, I expect the roots to begin exploring the entire Plagron Premium Coco Grow Bag, setting the foundation for vigorous vegetative growth before training begins later in the cycle.
The stronger the underground development today, the stronger the canopy will become in the weeks ahead.
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Final Thoughts
Every project starts with small plants and big dreams.
Watching a healthy seedling settle into her final home is always one of the most satisfying moments of any grow. It’s the stage where patience matters most, because the work invested now will determine everything that follows.
Pickled Lemon Haze F1 – Pheno A has made an excellent start, and I’m excited to see how her individual character develops as this journey continues.
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🙏 Thank You
A huge thank you to Zamnesia for the incredible genetics and for providing the complete ecosystem that makes this project possible.
Special thanks to Plagron for supplying the Premium Coco Grow Bags and the Hydro nutrient line that will feed these ladies from start to finish.
And finally, thank you to the amazing GrowDiaries community. Your encouragement, advice, and shared passion make every grow even more rewarding. I hope you’ll enjoy following this journey as much as I enjoy documenting it.
Growers Love and see you all in the next update! 🌱💙