🍮 8×8 Adventure – Week 13 🌸 Chem Brûlée – Pheno B 🔥 👑 A Different Kind Of Beast Hello everyone, and welcome back to another chapter of the 8×8 Adventure! 🌱💚 And... OH MY GOD. 😂🔥🍮 Much like her sister... this girl is a beast. But she's a completely different kind of beast. Because when I look at Chem Brûlée Pheno B now, I honestly don't know what else to call her. She's peculiar. She's exquisite. She's unusual. She's beautiful. And the flower formation she's putting together is absolutely fascinating. You look at the plant... then you look closer... then closer again... and suddenly you're thinking: "Okay... what the hell are you building here?" 😂🍮🔥🌸 And I absolutely love it. This is exactly why we grow phenotypes separately. Because two plants can share the same room, the same environment, the same photons, the same nutrition and the same grower... and still come out looking completely different. Her sister is a beast in her own way. Pheno B? She's a different animal entirely. And honestly... I have a feeling this one may be a connoisseur's kind of girl. Let's see where she takes us. For now... let's give this beautiful beast the spotlight she deserves. ──────────────────────── 🔥 She's A Beast — But Her Own Kind Last week we talked about Chem Brûlée Pheno B claiming her place in the tent. Well... I think she's officially claimed it. 😂🔥 She's not asking for permission anymore. She's just there. Standing in her space. Building these incredible flowers. Showing us structures that make you stop and look twice. And that's probably the biggest thing I'm noticing this week. Her individuality has become impossible to miss. She's not simply "another Chem Brûlée." She's Chem Brûlée Pheno B. And the further we go into the flowering cycle, the more obvious that distinction becomes. Her sister has her own expression. This girl? Completely different. And that's what makes this so much fun. ──────────────────────── 👀 Look At That Formation! Seriously... look at the photographs. 😂📸🔥 Look at that formation. Look at those flowers. Look at the way the buds are developing. Look at the structure. Look at the plant. There are certain moments during a grow where you stop thinking like a grower for a second and simply become a spectator. This is one of those moments. Because I'm looking at her and thinking: "Okay... I really want to see what this becomes." 😂🍮🌸 She's developing a very particular structure. The flowers have their own shape. The way everything is stacking and forming is different. And the closer you look... the more interesting she becomes. That's the kind of plant that makes you want to keep the camera nearby. ──────────────────────── 🍮 Peculiar — And I Mean That As A Compliment When I say peculiar, I mean it in the best possible way. She's not ordinary. She's not predictable. She's not just another flower that looks like every other flower in the room. There's something about her. The structure. The formation. The way the flowers are developing. The overall appearance. She's got character. And sometimes those are the plants that become the most memorable. Not necessarily because they're the biggest. Not necessarily because they're the most conventionally beautiful. But because they have something you can't quite explain. You look at them and think: "There's something special happening here." That's exactly how I feel about this girl. ──────────────────────── ❄️ Exquisite Under The Camera And once again... the camera is loving her. 😂📸❄️ From across the room, she's beautiful. Move closer... and suddenly the details start appearing. The resin. The pistils. The individual flower structures. The little variations in shape. The texture. The density. And all those little details that make a phenotype interesting. This is why I enjoy photographing them so much. The eye sees the plant. The camera lets you study the plant. And Chem Brûlée Pheno B gives us plenty to study. Every angle seems to show something slightly different. ──────────────────────── 🌸 The Flowers Are The Main Character Now We're deep enough into flowering that the plant's architecture has already told us most of its story. Now? The flowers are doing the talking. And they're talking loudly. 😂🌸 They're becoming more substantial. They're becoming more defined. The pistils are changing. The resin is becoming increasingly visible. And the overall structure is moving further toward maturity. This is the stage where I stop worrying about making the plant look a certain way. The plant already knows what she wants to be. Now I just want to see the final version. And judging by what I'm seeing... I'm very curious. ──────────────────────── 🌿 Same Room — Completely Different Beast This is probably the most beautiful part of the whole 8×8 Adventure. Because if you put Pheno A and Pheno B beside each other, you can immediately see that they're related... but they're not the same. Same genetics. Different phenotype. And what a difference. One girl gives us one expression. The other gives us something completely different. And that's exactly why individual phenotype diaries matter. If I simply photographed the room and said: "Here are two Chem Brûlée plants." you'd lose so much of the story. Instead... we get to follow: 🍮 Pheno A 🍮 Pheno B Two individual plants. Two individual personalities. Two completely different interpretations of the same genetic starting point. And honestly? That's fascinating. ──────────────────────── ☀️ Same Photons — Different Answer The lighting experiment continues exactly the same way. Future of Grow Black Series LEDs. Two additional Black Series 600W fixtures added to the room. Controlled output. Approximately: 🔌 59% power from the plug with around: ☀️ ~1,500 PPFD across the upper canopy. And here's the beautiful part. Pheno B is receiving those same photons as everybody else. We're not giving her some special VIP lighting programme. 😂☀️👑 She's under the same artificial sun. But look at what she's doing with it. This is the whole experiment. We provide the environment. The genetics provide the interpretation. And this girl is interpreting those photons in her own very peculiar way. ──────────────────────── 💡 More Capability — More To Observe The additional Future of Grow fixtures have been one of the most interesting upgrades to this room. We gained more lighting capability. The initial output was higher than our target. So we brought the fixtures down. Now we're operating at a controlled level that gives us strong light without needing to run everything at maximum output. And meanwhile... the plants get to show us what they do with it. Pheno B is giving us quite an answer. 😂🍮🔥 A huge thank you again to Future of Grow for supplying those additional Black Series 600W fixtures for this experiment. Without them, we wouldn't have this additional variable to observe. And with twelve different phenotypes... there's certainly plenty to observe. ──────────────────────── 🌱 We're Doing Less — She's Doing More This is another thing I really appreciate at this stage. We're not doing much physically to this girl. The architecture is already established. The flowers are already there. The plant has made her decisions. So our job becomes much simpler. Observe. Monitor. Maintain. Document. And get the hell out of the way. 😂🌿 Because honestly... what am I going to do to improve this? Look at her. She's already doing her thing. Sometimes the best thing a grower can do is recognize when the plant doesn't need to be messed with. And Pheno B is definitely one of those girls right now. ──────────────────────── ⚗️ Nutrition — Still Moving Toward The Finish The nutritional programme remains in the same transition we're using across the room. Terra Bloom is currently: 🌸 2.0 ml/L with the EC sitting around: ⚡ ~2.05 mS/cm Alongside the current supporting programme: 🌱 Pure Zym — 1 ml/L 🌿 Power Buds — 1 ml/L 🍯 Sugar Royal — 1 ml/L And we're continuing to approach the later stages gradually. No sudden cliff. No dramatic: "That's it! Everything stops tomorrow!" 😂 We're watching the plants. We're watching their progression. And we're making changes according to what they're showing us. Pheno B is still developing. She's still building. She's still very much alive and active. So for now... we continue watching. ──────────────────────── 💚 She's Still Got A Lot To Say One of the things I like about her is that she doesn't look finished. She looks like she's still got something to say. The flowers are developing. The structure is becoming more defined. The resin is building. The pistils are changing. And the plant still has that sense of momentum. She's getting there. But she's not done telling us what she wants to become. And that's exactly where I want her. Because the interesting part is watching that final expression emerge. Not guessing. Not forcing. Not trying to predict every detail. Just watching. ──────────────────────── 🌸 A Connoisseur's Plant? And now... I'm going to say something that might come back to haunt me later. 😂 I honestly think this one could be for connoisseurs. There. I said it. 😂🍮🔥 I'm not making a final claim. I'm not putting expectations on her. And I'm definitely not pretending we already know what the finished product will be. But visually? Structurally? The way these flowers are developing? There is something about this girl that has caught my attention. She's peculiar. She's exquisite. And she's different. And sometimes those are exactly the plants that end up being the most interesting to experienced growers. So... let's see. No expectations. Just curiosity. And right now? I'm liking what I'm seeing. A lot. ──────────────────────── 📸 The Studio Treatment Of course... a girl like this needs camera time. 😂📸🍮 And these photographs really do her justice. We've got the full-plant views. The individual flowers. The close-ups. The different angles. And the details. Because this is one of those plants where a single photograph doesn't tell the whole story. You need to move around her. Look at different flowers. Look at the structure. Look at how the plant has developed. And every time you do... there's another little detail. That's what makes a phenotype memorable. ──────────────────────── 🌿 Healthy, Stable, And Doing Her Thing The most important thing is that she's doing well. She's developing. She's flowering. She's showing beautiful structure. She's looking healthy. And she's doing it without needing constant intervention. That's exactly where I want to be at this point. The room is stable. The lighting is controlled. The irrigation is consistent. The nutritional transition is gradual. And the plant is doing the rest. We don't need to complicate it. Sometimes growing is about knowing when to work. And sometimes... it's about knowing when to leave the hell alone. 😂🌿 This is one of those moments. ──────────────────────── 🌡️ WEEK 13 — CURRENT ROOM CONDITIONS The 8×8 continues under the same general room conditions: 🌸 Flowering — Week 13 💡 Light schedule — 12/12 ☀️ Upper-canopy PPFD — ~1,500 🔌 Future of Grow Black Series output — ~59% from the plug 🌡️ Day temperature — ~26.5–27°C 🌙 Night temperature — ~25–26°C 💧 Relative humidity — ~60–61% ⚗️ pH — ~6.0 ⚡ EC — ~2.05 mS/cm 🌡️ Solution temperature — ~25°C 🌱 Substrate temperature — ~25–26°C 🌬️ CO₂ — ~693 ppm 🌱 Pot size — 15 L 💦 Irrigation — ~1.4–1.45 L/plant/24h Same room. Same environment. Same lighting philosophy. Same general nutrition. Same irrigation system. And another completely different result. That's the 8×8 Adventure. ──────────────────────── 🔬 The Phenotype Experiment Gets Better Every Week The deeper we go into the cycle... the more valuable this comparison becomes. Earlier on, the differences were mostly: Height. Structure. Stretch. Leaf shape. Branching. Now? The flowers are making those differences impossible to ignore. Different shapes. Different densities. Different pistil expressions. Different resin coverage. Different maturation speeds. Different personalities. And Chem Brûlée Pheno B has one of the more peculiar personalities in the room. She's not simply "good." She's interesting. And sometimes... interesting is much more exciting. ──────────────────────── 🍮 She's Becoming Something Special There's a moment in every grow where you stop seeing a plant as a project... and start seeing her as a finished expression slowly revealing herself. I think we're getting close to that moment with Pheno B. She's no longer a mystery. She's becoming recognizable. You know what her flowers look like. You know how she structures herself. You know her personality. And now we're watching the final details come together. She's becoming Chem Brûlée Pheno B. And I really like what I'm seeing. ──────────────────────── 🔥 A Different Kind Of Beast Her sister is a beast. No question. But this girl? Different beast. 😂🔥🍮 She's not necessarily screaming for attention. She doesn't need to. You look at her flowers... and they pull your attention in. You look at the formation... and you want to understand it. You look at the plant... and you start wondering what the finished product will look like. That's a different kind of beauty. More unusual. More mysterious. More refined. And perhaps... more suited to someone who really appreciates the details. A connoisseur's kind of girl? Maybe. Let's find out. ──────────────────────── 🔭 Looking Ahead — I Want To See Where This Goes This is where I get genuinely excited. Because I don't know. 😂 And that's the best part. I don't know exactly what the final flowers are going to look like. I don't know how much more they'll develop. I don't know exactly how her colours will evolve. I don't know what the final structure will become. And I don't want to guess. I want to watch. I want to photograph. I want to compare. And eventually... I want to see the final expression. Right now, though? I'm liking what I'm seeing. A lot. ──────────────────────── ❤️ FINAL THOUGHTS — GIVE THIS BEAST THE SPOTLIGHT Week 13. And Chem Brûlée Pheno B? She's officially one of those girls that makes me stop and stare. 😂🍮🔥 Much like her sister... she's a beast. But she's a different kind of beast. Her flowers are peculiar. Her formation is exquisite. Her structure is fascinating. Her development is beautiful. And the closer I look... the more I like her. She's not trying to be somebody else. She's not trying to copy her sister. She's not trying to follow another phenotype's timeline. She's simply being herself. And honestly? That's exactly what I wanted from this experiment. I wanted to see what individual plants would do when given the same general opportunity. And Chem Brûlée Pheno B is giving us a very interesting answer. She's saying: "This is me." 🍮🌸🔥 And I'm listening. So let's make her shine. Let's give her the spotlight. Let's appreciate that peculiar flower formation. Let's appreciate the resin. Let's appreciate the structure. Let's appreciate the individuality. Let's appreciate the fact that this medium-sized girl can produce flowers that make you stop and say: "OH MY GOD... LOOK AT THAT." 😂🔥 And most importantly... let's not put too many expectations on her. Maybe I'm right. Maybe I'm completely wrong. Maybe she's going to surprise me again. That's the fun. Let's see where she's going. For now... she's beautiful. She's fascinating. She's exquisite. She's a beast. And I'm really, really liking what I'm seeing. 🍮❄️🌸🔥💚 Keep shining, Chem Brûlée Pheno B. You've absolutely earned your spotlight. ──────────────────────── 🙏 THANK YOU A huge thank you to Zamnesia for giving us these Chem Brûlée genetics and allowing us to follow these individual phenotypes throughout the 8×8 Adventure. 🌸🙏 Thank you to Plagron for supporting the nutritional side of this journey and helping us carry these girls through their flowering cycle. A massive thank you to Future of Grow for the Black Series lighting and especially for providing the two additional Black Series 600W fixtures we're testing in this room. 💡🔥 The extra lighting capability has given us another fascinating variable to observe across twelve completely different plants. Thank you to Lumiflora for helping bring additional light deeper into the canopy and allowing us to explore these plants as three-dimensional structures. Thank you to TrolMaster for helping us monitor and manage the room behind the scenes. And, of course... thank you to everyone following the 8×8 Adventure here on GrowDiaries. This is what makes this project so much fun. Every week... another plant. Another phenotype. Another personality. Another story. And now we're reaching the stage where those differences are becoming impossible to ignore. Chem Brûlée Pheno B is definitely one of the girls I'm going to be watching very closely. Because there is something about this one. Something peculiar. Something exquisite. Something that makes me want to see the final result. Maybe a connoisseur's girl. Maybe simply a very special phenotype. Either way... I'm enjoying the journey. 🍮🌸❄️💚 So let's keep watching. Keep documenting. Keep photographing. Keep the photons flying. Keep the room stable. And most importantly... let the plant tell us what she wants to become. Until next week... Keep shining, beautiful beast. We're watching. Growers Love & Happy Growing! 🌱💚🍮🔥 See you next week in the 8×8 jungle. 🌿🔥