💚 Amnesia Haze Auto by Zamnesia – Pheno B
Week 10 | The Little Pot Is Trying to Steal the Spotlight 😂🌱👑
Welcome back to another chapter of the 8×8 Adventure! 🌱💚
Well...
She's doing it again.
😂
Every week I look at this girl and think:
"Okay, surely this is where the little pot finally becomes the limiting factor."
And every week she looks back at me like:
"You were saying?" 😂
Amnesia Haze Auto Pheno B continues to impress me.
In a very positive way.
And at the same time...
she continues giving me work.
A lot of work.
😂💚
I'm standing there with a big smile on my face, looking at this beautiful, tall, flower-loaded plant sitting in only 11 litres, wondering how the hell she continues doing this.
She's growing beautifully.
Her structure is beautiful.
The bud formation is amazing.
The frost is coming along beautifully.
She's becoming heavier.
And somehow...
she's still standing.
Well...
mostly because we're helping her stand. 😂
🌱 The Little Pot Is Still Fighting the Big Plant
I know I'm repeating myself.
I've said it before.
I'll probably say it again.
But...
I'm not doing small pots again anytime soon. 😂
And let me be very clear:
I'm not saying I'll never do it again.
I don't say "never" about anything.
Life has a funny habit of proving us wrong. 😂
Maybe somewhere down the road I'll decide:
"Hey, remember that ridiculous 11-litre experiment? Let's do it again!"
But for the foreseeable future?
Nope.
I'm very happy with what this experiment has taught me.
And one of the biggest lessons is simply this:
When the plant keeps growing and keeps demanding water, a small container can turn into a lot of work.
The plant isn't complaining.
I'm the one doing the complaining.
😂
And I'm doing it while smiling.
Because look at her.
How could I complain too much?
💚 She's Growing Like She Has Something to Prove
Pheno B isn't behaving like a little plant.
That's still the funniest part.
She's sitting there in that relatively small root volume, yet she's tall, beautifully structured and carrying a serious amount of flowering development.
She isn't shrinking herself to fit the container.
She's growing.
She's building.
She's flowering.
She's putting on weight.
And she's basically telling us:
"I'll decide how big I'm going to be."
😂🌱
And apparently...
she decided 135 cm was a reasonable answer.
🌸 The Buds Are Becoming the Main Event
This week, the flowers are really starting to steal my attention.
The formation is looking beautiful.
The individual flowers are becoming more substantial.
The structure is becoming easier to see.
And the plant is starting to look increasingly like what we've been waiting for all these weeks.
We're moving beyond simply seeing flowering sites.
We're watching those sites develop into proper, substantial flowers.
And this girl has them everywhere.
High.
Low.
Inside.
Outside.
All across that beautiful structure.
She may have started this adventure with the smallest pot...
but she certainly isn't trying to produce the smallest harvest of flowers. 😂
❄️ And the Frost...
Oh...
the frost.
😍❄️
This is another part of Pheno B that continues to make me stop and look twice.
The resin development is becoming increasingly visible.
The flowers are getting that beautiful crystalline appearance.
The sugar leaves are joining the party.
And the closer I look...
the more I find.
It's one of those things that photographs can sometimes struggle to communicate properly.
You look at the plant from across the room and think:
"Beautiful."
Then you get the camera closer.
And suddenly:
"Ohhhhhh..."
😂📸❄️
There is so much detail happening inside these flowers.
And Pheno B is making sure we have plenty to photograph.
👑 She's Trying to Steal the Spotlight
And I think this girl has developed another objective.
She's trying to steal the spotlight from her sisters.
😂👑
The 8×8 Adventure has plenty of characters.
We've got different structures.
Different sizes.
Different expressions.
Different personalities.
And Pheno B seems to have decided:
"Okay, enough about them. Look at me."
And honestly?
It's getting difficult not to.
She's tall.
She's beautiful.
She's flowering beautifully.
She's getting frosty.
She's becoming heavy.
And she's doing all of that while sitting in the smallest container in the room.
That's a pretty good way to get attention.
😂💚
? The 11-Litre Challenge Continues
But here's where the experiment becomes interesting again.
The little pot isn't stopping her.
It is, however, making my life more complicated. 😂
There's simply less substrate volume holding this increasingly substantial plant.
As the flowers gain weight, that becomes more noticeable.
The plant has built the structure.
The plant has built the flowers.
Now we have to help support what she's created.
And that's where the yo-yos, supports and general attention come into play.
We're not trying to turn her into something else.
We're simply helping her remain standing.
Because she has already done the hard part.
She's built herself into this beautiful plant.
Now we're basically standing beside her saying:
"Don't worry, girl. We've got you." 💚
😂 The Watering Department Would Like a Word
If Pheno B had a human job, I think she'd be the person who creates paperwork for everyone else.
😂
The plant keeps demanding water.
The container is small.
The plant is not.
And that combination means I have to pay considerably more attention than I would prefer.
That's probably the biggest downside of this particular experiment.
Not the plant.
Not the flowers.
Not the growth.
Not the quality.
The workload.
And that's exactly why I keep laughing when I say I'm not rushing back into small soil containers.
The plant is doing an amazing job.
She's just making me work for the privilege of watching her do it. 😂
Fair enough.
🌿 Still Beautifully Healthy
And despite all the jokes about the pot...
the plant itself is looking fantastic.
Beautiful green foliage.
Strong structure.
Excellent flowering development.
Increasing resin production.
And a really interesting overall balance.
She's not showing me a reason to complain about what she's producing.
Quite the opposite.
She's giving me plenty to admire.
That's why this is such a funny situation.
If she were struggling, I'd be frustrated.
But she's not.
She's thriving.
So every time I complain about the watering and the small container, I'm doing it with a massive smile on my face.
😂💚
Because the plant is basically answering every complaint with another beautiful flower.
💡 Same Room. Completely Different Story.
And once again, Pheno B reminds me why I love this project.
She's sharing the same overall room with her sisters.
Same general environmental philosophy.
Same lighting ecosystem.
Same flowering strategy.
Same overall nutrition approach.
Yet she has created her own story.
She's the smaller-container experiment.
She's the 135 cm surprise.
She's the plant that refuses to behave like her pot should dictate.
And she's becoming increasingly impressive as flowering progresses.
This is exactly what I wanted from the 8×8 Adventure.
Not twelve identical plants.
Twelve individual stories.
And Pheno B is definitely writing hers in capital letters. 😂
📸 The Camera Keeps Finding More
This girl is becoming a fantastic photographic subject.
The wider photographs show her overall structure.
The closer photographs reveal the individual flowers.
And the macro perspective?
That's where the frost really starts becoming ridiculous.
❄️🌸
You can see the pistils.
The developing calyxes.
The resin-covered surfaces.
The textures.
The little details that disappear completely when you're simply looking at the whole plant.
And I think that's one of the most beautiful parts of documenting this project.
We're not just watching plants grow.
We're watching an entire microscopic world develop.
And Pheno B is giving the camera plenty to discover.
🌱 The Plant Is Bigger Than the Pot
At this point, I think we can officially say that.
😂
135 cm plant.
11-litre pot.
Beautiful flowers.
Increasing weight.
Increasing frost.
Constant demand for attention.
The mathematics of this girl simply don't make sense to me anymore.
😂
But maybe that's exactly the lesson.
A container is one part of the growing environment.
The plant itself is another.
And genetics can produce some seriously unexpected combinations.
Pheno B is certainly one of them.
🌸 Flowering Is Getting Serious
We're now at Week 10, and the flowers are looking increasingly mature in their structure.
They're getting bigger.
They're getting denser.
They're becoming more defined.
And the resin development is becoming increasingly obvious.
There's still more time ahead, of course.
I'm not calling the finish line yet.
But when I look back at the earlier photographs and compare them with what I'm seeing now...
the difference is huge.
This girl has come a long way.
And she's still moving.
That's the exciting part.
💚 Nothing to Complain About
So...
what do I actually have to complain about this week?
The pot.
😂
That's about it.
The plant?
Beautiful.
The structure?
Beautiful.
The flowers?
Amazing.
The frost?
Amazing.
The colour?
Beautiful.
The development?
Exactly what I want to see.
The weight?
Well...
that's becoming a little problem.
But it's a good problem.
The watering?
Let's not talk about that. 😂
So once again, I'm standing there laughing.
Because the experiment is giving me exactly what experiments are supposed to give us:
information.
And sometimes that information comes with a watering can in your hand twice a day.
😂💚
👑 She's Coming for the Crown
I said it last week.
She's trying to steal the spotlight.
This week?
I'm becoming a little concerned that she might actually succeed. 😂👑
She's not necessarily the biggest plant.
She's not sitting in the biggest container.
But she's making a very strong argument with what she's producing.
The flowers are beautiful.
The structure is beautiful.
The frost is developing beautifully.
And her overall presence is getting harder to ignore.
She's basically standing there saying:
"Remember me."
Don't worry, girl.
We haven't forgotten.
💚👑
🔮 Looking Ahead
There's still plenty of road ahead.
And that's what makes this so enjoyable.
We're going to keep watching the flowers develop.
We're going to keep watching the resin.
We're going to keep watching the weight.
We're going to keep helping her support that weight.
And yes...
we're going to keep dealing with that tiny pot.
😂?
I'm not going to pretend I know exactly where she'll finish.
That's part of the fun.
The plant will tell us.
We'll watch.
We'll document.
We'll photograph.
And we'll see what Pheno B decides to become.
So far...
she's becoming something I really like.
💚 The Little Pot That Keeps Winning
Pheno B started this experiment with a disadvantage.
Or at least...
that's what I thought.
😂
Eleven litres.
A relatively small root volume.
And yet here she is.
135 cm.
Beautifully structured.
Flower-loaded.
Frosty.
Heavy.
And increasingly impressive.
She didn't let the pot define her.
She simply grew.
And now the pot is the thing struggling to keep up with the plant.
😂🌱
That's probably my favourite part of her story.
The plant never got the memo that she was supposed to stay small.
👑 Let Her Steal the Spotlight
So this week, I'm giving Pheno B the stage.
Go ahead, girl.
Take the spotlight.
You've earned it.
💚
Show them the flowers.
Show them the frost.
Show them the structure.
Show them what an 11-litre pot apparently can produce when the plant decides not to cooperate with our expectations. 😂
You're small where it doesn't matter.
You're big where it counts.
And you're becoming one hell of a beautiful plant.
🌱💚👑
The little pot may be giving me work...
but the girl inside it is giving me nothing to complain about.
And that's a pretty fantastic trade.
🌡️ The Environment
The current recorded conditions are:
🌸 Flower Week: 10
📏 Height: 135 cm
💡 Light schedule: 12/12
🌡️ Day temperature: 29.9°C
🌙 Night temperature: 25°C
💧 Relative humidity: 60%
⚗️ pH: 6.0
⚡ EC: approximately 2.0 mS/cm
💦 Solution temperature: 25°C
🌱 Substrate temperature: 26°C
🌬️ CO₂: 639 ppm
? Pot size: 11 L
💧 Watering: approximately 1.3 L/plant/24h
The environment remains consistent, while Pheno B continues showing us her own interpretation of it.
🙏 Thank You
Another week.
Another chapter.
Another reminder that the plants don't always follow the plan we imagined for them.
A huge thank you to GrowDiaries for giving us the platform to document, share, learn and compare these different expressions.
Thank you to Zamnesia for the genetics behind this fascinating Amnesia Haze Auto phenotype.
Thank you to Plagron for supporting the nutrition throughout this adventure.
Thank you to Future of Grow LED for the lighting powering the room.
Thank you to TrolMaster for helping maintain the environment behind the scenes.
And thank you to LumiFlora for adding another dimension to the lighting experiment throughout the canopy.
And, of course, thank you to everyone following the 8×8 Adventure.
Every comment.
Every question.
Every observation.
Every person stopping by to see what these girls are doing.
It makes this whole experiment even more enjoyable.
And Pheno B?
She's still here.
Still standing.
Still growing.
Still flowering.
Still getting frostier.
Still getting heavier.
And still making me work for every litre of water I give her. 😂
But honestly...
I'm looking at her with a huge smile.
Because she's beautiful.
She's impressive.
And she's definitely trying to steal the spotlight from her sisters.
And you know what, girl?
This week...
you can have it. 👑💚🌸❄️
The little pot that refused to stay little.
The plant that refused to stay small.
The girl that refuses to stop impressing me.
Let's keep watching.
Let's keep documenting.
And let's see just how much more this little giant has left to show us.
Growers Love, my friends, and happy growing! 🌱💚👑