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Post by vraev on Dec 27, 2008 21:28:47 GMT -5
Hey guys, here is my dormancy this season. All my vfts are there...so are my sarrs and especially the sweet darlingtonia which I got from our good friend flytrap. It almost felt sad to put that plant into dormancy. She was sooooo cute. ----------------------------- flashback. I sure hope that besides anything....the cobra comes through. I love that plant. I like it...its sooo cute at this stage...pitchers last for over an yr and its currently almost like a miniature...perfect plant. I guess I'll find out if it worked or not. THe mulching was very light. Now it faces the elements in shade on my apartment balcony while my plants are sitting there without any attention without me as I am in my parents house for the break. I hope the neps are doing fine. Been 4 days already... I am going back on monday to check on them. :*( How are your plants holding up this season? Anyone do similar things for putting their plants in dormancy? Any idea on success rate? I remember reading once that cobras can take a lot lower temps and hold up waaay better to freezing than vfts. cheers, Varun
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Post by khoas on Dec 27, 2008 21:48:49 GMT -5
Another 5 months before I worry about winter dormancy. Only my tuberous Drosera are dormant.
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Post by labine on Dec 28, 2008 11:54:52 GMT -5
Hi Varun, nice darlingtonia. If the temperature in your area is similar to montreal, i would be scared for them to freeze to death. I also put my plants outside in winter protection. 1 i put geotextile then i put alot of pine needles . On the pine needles i placed my plants with more pine needles on them. Then an other geotextile and alot of leaves on top. then i put a 5 feet mountain of snow on top of it to make a good isolation against the -20 -30 degrees of winter in Montreal.I also filled my fridge with plants and it works well and there is no mold yet. I am still scared my plants wont survive outside. good luck and i hope our plants survive
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Post by vraev on Dec 28, 2008 13:36:00 GMT -5
Well...temp in hamilton is pretty low. You see we also have the lake effect here along with the fact that downtown hamilton is in somewhat of a valley. As a result temps can go pretty low. The bark mulch covering is pretty thin over the plants. I did not want to doom them suddenly so I used a thinner layer. Now I realise I should have gone heavier. ANyways....yup! you are right. Good luck to both of us and hopefully our plants survive. Of all, hopefully that sweetheat cobra survives. She is soooo cute. I miss her so much.
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Post by brian on Dec 28, 2008 15:27:56 GMT -5
My new soooo cute darling was also courtesy Flytrap. Resting in my Bancroft bog under a couple feet of snow. I really want her to make it.
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Post by blokeman on Dec 28, 2008 18:39:30 GMT -5
i can say mine is just fine, it`s hapily sleeping in the comfort of the back of my fridge, i check everytime i go in the fridge to see if the temps don`t go below 0 cel, so ass is well so far, i look up on them for mold every month...so far so good! and all seem to be alive still, no rot either
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Post by vraev on Dec 28, 2008 19:30:58 GMT -5
Well fingers crossed everyone. Let's hope our plants come through fine.
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Post by true424 on Dec 28, 2008 20:57:53 GMT -5
My temps are no where near yours but this is my second , no tthird year of having the Sarr's and VFT's outside and they have done well with a pine needle mulch.(1 year with oak leaves) I have to agree that darlingtonia is just too cute!! Did you use your Trich before covering them?
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Post by vraev on Dec 29, 2008 0:36:16 GMT -5
naah Kelly. I didn't. Now thinking about it...maybe I should have used some. lol!
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Post by true424 on Dec 29, 2008 21:04:13 GMT -5
Lol, I should have mentioned it to you, my bad
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Post by vraev on Jan 2, 2009 22:34:01 GMT -5
no prob Kelly. So did u get a chance to head to CC this christmas? I am still waiting on the pictures. Once again thanks for accepting. Makes me real happy.
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