💙 Project Blue Tent – Week 6
Blue Waffle F1 – Pheno A (Folder 13A)
Welcome back everyone to another week inside Project Blue Tent!
If this is your first visit, welcome aboard. This project is all about exploring the incredible Blue Waffle F1 genetics from Zamnesia while putting the complete Zamnesia ecosystem through its paces. Rather than documenting four plants as one diary, each phenotype receives its own weekly report, allowing us to appreciate how identical F1 genetics can still express their own individual personalities despite growing under exactly the same conditions.
Every week we observe how each plant responds to training, nutrition and the environment, slowly building a complete picture of who they are becoming.
As I always like to say...
We're not just growing plants.
We're getting to know them.
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🌱 Week Six – Filling Every Corner
This week has been all about patience, consistency and allowing the canopy to slowly take over the tent.
Plant A now stands at approximately 60 cm tall and has spent the entire week doing exactly what I hoped she would do after installing the SCROG net.
Rather than stretching vertically, she's investing her energy into filling her own corner of the screen with healthy new shoots. Every day I spend a few minutes gently guiding the tallest branches back underneath the net, encouraging them to grow horizontally instead of racing upward.
For anyone unfamiliar with the technique, SCROG (Screen of Green) is designed to create one large, even canopy instead of allowing a few dominant branches to tower above the rest. By weaving each branch beneath the screen, every future flowering site receives similar light intensity, producing a much more uniform canopy once flowering begins.
It's not something you do once.
It's something you do a little every single day.
Little by little the branches spread, new shoots appear, and before long the entire screen begins filling itself.
Plant A has embraced the process beautifully.
She isn't fighting the training.
She's working with it.
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🌿 Plant Development
Opening the tent each morning has become incredibly rewarding.
The lighter green colour we observed a couple of weeks ago has completely disappeared, replaced by rich, healthy foliage from top to bottom. The adjustment we made to the feeding schedule has clearly been exactly what these ladies were asking for.
Plant A now looks vigorous, balanced and full of energy.
Her leaves are broad, healthy and beautifully coloured, while the new growth remains vibrant without showing any signs of nutrient stress despite running an EC that some growers might initially consider relatively high.
One thing I've learned over many years is that nutrient strength isn't about following someone else's numbers.
It's about listening to what your own plants are telling you.
Right now these girls are telling me they're happy.
So nothing changes.
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🌡️ Environment
Despite the middle of summer bringing consistently warm weather outside, the environment inside the Blue Tent continues to remain remarkably stable.
This week's average conditions were:
• Day Temperature: 30°C
• Night Temperature: 27°C
• Relative Humidity: 58%
• pH: 5.8
• EC: 1.92 mS/cm
• CO₂: approximately 450 ppm
• Light Schedule: 18/6
• PPFD: approximately 350
The small difference between day and night temperatures is something I'll be paying attention to once flowering begins, as warmer nights can encourage additional stretch during the early weeks of bloom.
For now though, while we're still focused entirely on vegetative growth and filling the SCROG, these conditions continue producing exactly the results I'm looking for.
One challenge at a time.
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🥥 Feeding Program
The feeding schedule remains unchanged because the plants have shown absolutely no reason for me to adjust it.
This week's nutrient solution consisted of:
• Hydro A – 1.9 ml/L
• Hydro B – 1.9 ml/L
• Hydro Roots – 1 ml/L
With only minor pH adjustments where required.
Although an EC of 1.92 may appear relatively high to some growers, the plants couldn't be giving me clearer feedback.
Rich green foliage.
Strong stems.
Rapid vegetative growth.
Healthy root development.
Plants don't read feeding charts.
They simply tell us whether they're happy.
And these girls certainly are.
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🕸️ The SCROG Continues
This week the screen has really started showing its purpose.
Every day I continue tucking the tallest branches back beneath the net, encouraging lateral growth while allowing slower branches to catch up.
The objective isn't simply to keep the plants short.
The objective is to create dozens of future flowering tops all sitting at roughly the same height.
Once the screen is almost completely filled, we'll perform one final defoliation to improve airflow and light penetration before flipping the tent into flower.
We're getting closer every single day.
Nature is building the canopy.
I'm simply guiding it.
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🐛 An Unexpected Visitor
This week also reminded me that no matter how careful we are, nature always finds ways to surprise us.
While inspecting the plants I discovered a single caterpillar happily enjoying one of the leaves.
Considering how strict I am with hygiene before entering the grow room, it genuinely caught me by surprise. I always shower, change into clean clothes and do everything possible to avoid bringing unwanted guests inside.
Yet somehow...
One tiny traveller still managed to find its way from the vegetable garden into the tent.
Thankfully, regular inspections meant the problem was caught immediately.
The caterpillar was removed by hand, the damaged leaves were cleaned up, and an IPM (Integrated Pest Management) inspection was carried out across the entire grow.
IPM isn't simply reacting when problems appear.
It's creating regular routines that help prevent small issues from ever becoming large ones.
Observation is always the first line of defence.
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🛡️ A Little Extra Protection
To finish the inspection, I also used the Future of Grow UVC LED bar as an additional preventative measure.
UVC light can help reduce unwanted spores and microorganisms that may have found their way into the grow room, making it another useful tool within an overall IPM strategy.
It's important to mention that UVC must always be used responsibly.
Direct exposure can damage both plants and skin, so proper precautions and eye protection are essential whenever working with this type of equipment.
Used correctly, however, it becomes another valuable layer of prevention rather than waiting for problems to appear.
As always...
Prevention is easier than treatment.
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💙 Plant A's Personality
Every phenotype has its own way of growing.
Plant A continues proving herself to be one of the most balanced girls inside the Blue Tent.
She isn't trying to dominate the canopy.
She isn't rushing toward flower.
Instead she's quietly filling her own space with healthy branches, beautiful leaf colour and excellent structure.
Every week she seems more comfortable with the training, and every week her corner of the tent becomes a little fuller.
She's exactly the kind of plant that rewards patience.
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👀 Looking Ahead
If everything continues at this pace, I expect the SCROG screen to be almost completely filled over the coming week.
Once that happens, the next major milestone will be a final clean-up and defoliation before flipping the tent into flower.
Until then, the daily routine remains wonderfully simple.
Tuck the branches.
Observe the plants.
Keep the environment stable.
Let nature do the heavy lifting.
Sometimes growing isn't about doing more.
It's about knowing when to simply stay out of the plant's way.
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💙 Thank You
A huge thank you to Zamnesia for making Project Blue Tent possible, from these outstanding Blue Waffle F1 genetics to the complete ecosystem surrounding this grow.
A massive thank you to Plagron for providing the Premium Growbags together with the Hydro nutrient line, which continues delivering beautiful, healthy growth week after week.
A special thank you to Mars Hydro for the drip irrigation and automatic drainage system that keeps watering both simple and reliable.
Thank you as well to Future of Grow for the excellent UVC LED bar, which has now become another valuable tool within my Integrated Pest Management routine.
And finally, thank you to GrowDiaries and to every single person following this journey.
Whether you're here to learn, share your own experience, ask questions or simply enjoy watching these phenotypes develop, I genuinely appreciate every visit, every comment and every conversation.
Hopefully next week we'll have a completely filled SCROG, perform our final defoliation, and prepare these beautiful ladies for the moment we've all been waiting for...
Flowering.
Until next week...
Growers Love and happy growing! 🌱💙