BlackMamba #42 tester

HoneyBlunt42 Mamba is growing well - the leaves are about 1 cm in size. They look healthy.

HoneyBlunt42 I saw a rootlet growing out of a small cup – 3-5 cm long. The cup was sitting on a bag of coco with UGRO RHIZA mycorrhiza, and the mamba had grown deeply into it. I lifted the cup to give it half an hour in full sun. I replanted it in a 4-liter pot. The roots are developing very actively. I watered it with a pipette at 5 ml per day until repotting. After repotting, I watered it with a solution containing CalMag and pH Down. I also added a weak solution of Simplex Coco A and B – 1.5 ml/liter. I mixed a 10-gram cap of PowerFeeding Bio Grow into the top substrate and mix the top with a plastic nozzle (I had it handy). I sprayed almost a liter of the pot with a spray bottle. The pot is 4 liters long and has drainage.

HoneyBlunt42 The third week looks healthy and growing. The bottom leaf has a slightly yellow tip. The top ones are healthy.

HoneyBlunt42 It's growing beautifully, almost reaching the fifth floor. The third floor is almost palm-sized, with burdocks. Yesterday I sprayed the foliage with Megafol—I arrived and decided to try it for the first time. It should strengthen the plant's vegetative growth. 2.5 ml/l through a spray bottle several times a day. I also drop a 2 ml/l solution of Radipharm under the roots with a pipette. I like how the plants respond to it with growth and a healthy green color. I saw the Radipharm and Megafol in Harvey's report. I'm thinking of harvesting the tops and bottoms up to the third floor this week or next. In my compact space, I need 4-8 main tops to harvest at least a three-liter bottle of dry, cut buds.

HoneyBlunt42 At the beginning of the week, I repotted the plant into a 10L AeroPot and switched to 12/12. I added 2 tablespoons of Powder Feeding Bio to the top layer (20 grams per 10L of substrate). I watered with a liter of 1g/L BioEnchancer. I set the automatic watering system to run every hour for 5 seconds. Today, the Mamba has reached the 4th floor, each top after pruning. For four days, it stood in the shade of another plant while the box was occupied. Today, it was moved to a separate 60x60x130 cm box with a separate Rooster 240W lamp for flowering on 12/12. Automatic watering from a 3L tank with osmo + Kalmag + pH Down water. Plant looks healthy and green. I pull the tops to the AreroPot with rubber bands.

HoneyBlunt42 I need to share a secret about Black Widow. This report is about the second nut. The first one I soaked 17 days earlier. On day 13, it really slowed down after the transfer, so I just left it in the sun under the strawberry plant. Now it's been through two prunings and one nitrogen deficiency (the main stem was very red). I put it in a DWC bucket. It throws roots beautifully. What I've learned about DWC: Use it only after 1–2 weeks of rooting. In hot weather, enzymes really help deal with flowering. With them, pH stays stable at 5.9 even at +28°C. The solution stays clean. Also, Hesi Root helps the roots survive the scorching heat (temps around +29°C, close to critical +30). And a CO₂Bag – without it, growth would stall. She drinks little by little. Speaking of simplicity: my DWC runs on 15 liters of solution, using the simplest setup – an AquaPot for about 22 EUR, including the air pump. That's it. And the real simplicity is in the base Hesi line: one bottle for veg, one for bloom. Compare that to Canna – they need two bottles for each stage. Minimalism wins. In the background – the second widow, which this report is about. She's flawless and planted in 15L of coco (Simplex Coco and UGRO RHIZA). Mixed in once: Powder Feeding Bio Grow 3 g/L and Bio Bloom 4 g/L. The second one is already throwing flowers and slowing down in growth. The first one, on hydro, I switched to 12/12 several weeks later, so she's in no hurry. I'm happy to have the chance to try the full HESI HYDRO kit on coco at +29°C and on DWC without chillers, for about 330 EUR, no pH controllers or solution meters. I like minimalism, and it makes me happy when I can make it work in growing too. I missed one week – may the doctor forgive me.

HoneyBlunt42 Black mamba is doing well. It's showing flowers. Automatic watering is very useful at this stage. It uses 0.6-0.8 liters per day. Watering every two hours for 10 seconds. I installed a 6 mm silicone tube directly under the trunk. I'll order 15-liter canisters; a 5-liter container lasts a couple of days. The hydromamba also looks good. I wonder if it will catch up with the second, undamaged coconut mamba. The roots are white and growing. Even at +28°C, the pH of the solution remains steady at 5.7-6.0—this is encouraging; the roots are healthy. DWC turned out to be the most practical option in the summer—no need for automatic watering pumps. A pump for collecting water samples in a liter bottle is needed for a week or two. Later, the fertilizer dosages (ml per 15-liter bucket) will become clear, and you can add a little enzymes and a little root stimulator once a week. I add the other additives once a week—when I mix up the solution. I completely change 15 liters of the solution every two to four weeks. The solution is clean, free of decaying roots and other organic debris. I topped the first mamba twice; it has three main crowns. And the trunk wriggles like a snake :) I trained it, slowing its growth. There was no growbox to put it.