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Thanks guys. I’m doing a little experiment, to see if you could really acclimate a N. Hamata to normal house conditions. I did want to see my chances of this before I got into. Still going to try but at a much slower pace than initially planned. Anyways will keep posted about this little project, thanks for the advice.

May 27 One months update:
June 27
Finally settled in and growing at 50% RH! July 27
Leaf jumps! August 27
Not surprised I don’t have a leaf yet Its been really bad for Humidity this month. September 28
28?!?! How dare I be a day late! Okay, okay, I forgot yesterday and by the time i remembered it was dark out Anyways, I am in the middle of acclimating it to my windowsill! Hooray! Not much growth because of this. October 27
So, after 1 month on the windowsill, it seems to be throwing out it’s first few pitchers under me! It also likes it so much here it decided to throw out an extra leaf to make up for last month- November 27
As you can see, we have pitchers!!! Yay! They both opened within 24 hrs too so, very cool. Hopefully the next one takes also. December 27
Very nice coloration of the pitchers and look! The tendril took! Can’t wait to see how big the next leaf gets… January 27
Hopefully the next leaf bounces back from that slight over exposure. Very happy to announce that we have stable pitcher production February 27
Popping a new pitcher! March 28
Ahh but it popped small! Hopefully we have better fortune this time round. April 28
Brought it and others outside. No surprise in losing pitchers. We’ll see what happens by next month. May 27
Pitcher production is back up with a bit of reddening!

Will be updating every 6 months now! November 29

I think I’m going to try something new; putting it under strong lighting and getting larger pitchers. Yes, it’s leaf size will be reduced however it should mature at the same rate as normal.

Hey sundew, thought I’d let ya know- I bit the bullet and built an evaporative cooler. It has lowered my temperatures by 10 degrees during the day and night. Pretty consistently at 76 day temps and 68ish at night. Very easy to make. Probably 30$ total. Might be an idea for ya if you have trouble.

John W wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 2:24 am Hey sundew, thought I’d let ya know- I bit the bullet and built an evaporative cooler. It has lowered my temperatures by 10 degrees during the day and night. Pretty consistently at 76 day temps and 68ish at night. Very easy to make. Probably 30$ total. Might be an idea for ya if you have trouble.

Which evaporative cooler? Do you have a link to a guild on how to build it?

Yeah I can explain it right here!

I bought these two items. There are probably some cheaper items / alternatives that would work just fine, I just chose these. The fan I picked may or may not be too strong, but it works great right now.

Mxmoonant 350ml/H Ultrasonic Mist Maker Fogger Metal Atomizer with Removable Splash Guard for Water Fountain Pond Pot Rockery Sink https://a.co/d/2MXFGob

AC Infinity AXIAL 1225, Quiet Muffin Fan, 120V AC 120mm x 25mm Low Speed, UL-Certified for DIY Cooling Ventilation Exhaust Projects https://a.co/d/cvMAfzd

Some 5” duct tubing. Like the stuff for dryer exhaust.

And a Home Depot bucket.

First I cut two holes in the buckets lid that were smaller than the fans size and the duct tubing, then “screwed” the duct in one turn into the lid, and I just leave the fan right on top of the hole. The atomizer is inside the Home Depot bucket filled with water.
The duct goes into your grow tent or whatever ya got.

specialkayme wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 6:56 pm There's a guy in Michigan that grows a hamata on his windowsill, no supplemental heating, cooling, or humidity. It gets down to 5% RH in the winter with the heater going, and the hamata has been going gangbusters for years.

That's the plant I would need!

DragonsEye wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 3:03 am

specialkayme wrote: ↑Wed Jun 01, 2022 6:56 pm There's a guy in Michigan that grows a hamata on his windowsill, no supplemental heating, cooling, or humidity. It gets down to 5% RH in the winter with the heater going, and the hamata has been going gangbusters for years.

That's the plant I would need!

He sometimes sells cuttings on fb....

And what I’m currently trying to make!

Sundews69 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 3:04 amHe sometimes sells cuttings on fb....

Really? Hmm. Course whether it would be within my means is yet another Q.

DragonsEye wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 3:08 am

Sundews69 wrote: ↑Tue Jun 21, 2022 3:04 amHe sometimes sells cuttings on fb....

Really? Hmm. Course whether it would be within my means is yet another Q.

Yeah, I've never seen how much he sells them for, but I've heard he's been offered insane amounts of money.

Yeah, he said he’s not going to sell until it flowers but we’ll see about that

how's that hamata coming along? any new pitchers? where did you get the plant?

Mine is dead/ dying (leaves turning black from the crown), my tent dried out for two days to 40% humidity / 90 degrees and it took a real quick turn for the worst, in addition, I think? it might have gotten some root rot- I changed all my plants to netted pots after I noticed what appeared to be root rot. I also think it might have done better if I had left it bagged. Oh well, I replaced it with a veitchii B and will likely not try again for a while.

I changed some wording because it was confusing.

I’d say it grows 1 leaf a month. It’s been really hardy for me which I’m very great full for. Chugging along happily I got it from carnivero who got it from wistuba ( Clone 1). I did notice that it had some shock when I got it but it’s been throwing out leaf jumps since.

Edit: Dug up the original link! https://www.carnivero.com/products/nepe ... ut-wistuba

Ok, I'll keep that clone in mind! Why didn't you get the supposedly easiest clone, BE-3380? And what size did you get? I think you had temps similar to mine, right?

I re-wrote some of the sentences- I was trying to type and do something else so it didn’t make sense. I believe the netted pot would have helped if I did it from the beginning (with the way I water), as well as keeping it bagged (to ensure high humidity) I changed the humidity of my tent from 90% down to 75-80%. My understanding is the hamatas really don’t like too many changes and love 90%+ humidity, so I suspect I may have been able to keep it I just did too many things. I didn’t get a 3380 because I couldn’t find one in stock my temperatures are 82 degree days, and 71 nights. When my wife closes the door to the office with my greenhouse, the temperature high rises to 85-87.