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Post by spiderhip on Nov 19, 2010 9:01:01 GMT -5
My mother thought it would look beautiful to take a huge pot, plant it with Drosera capensis, Drosera Binata, a couple venus fly traps and a couple Sarracena Purpurea crosses and kept the whole thing outside for the summer. Every grew well over the summer, but wow we're trying to figure out what she should do over the winter.
We realize that capensis doesn't need dormancy and the others need varying degrees of it. Although my mother does have a bog with sarracenas, these plants haven't been put into it and it's too late to do that.
The following options are open to us: an orchid greenhouse, my warm apartment terrariums, windowsill, fruit cellar (where our spring bulbs winter), a barn (freezes but is completely enclosed), or a garage (where my parents store there cars).
Any suggestions on how we can take care of these plants over the winter?
Thank you
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Post by lenynero on Nov 19, 2010 15:09:23 GMT -5
My vote is with the fruit cellar!
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Post by H2O on Nov 19, 2010 15:41:02 GMT -5
Agreed, capensis and binata can handle the cool temperatures as long as the don't freeze The flytrap should do fine with a dormancy in the cellar and you probably couldn't do much better unless you live in BC The purp would be the only thing that might not get as cold as it would like, but still they're very hardy plants. Of course this is assuming that is subsp. purpurea. If it's venosa then your perfect haha let us know what you choose
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Post by hackerberry on Nov 25, 2010 17:21:46 GMT -5
Fruit cellar...
hb
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Post by dvg on Nov 28, 2010 11:22:09 GMT -5
Hi Spiderhip, I know this following option wasn't listed as an alternative on your list, but I'm going to throw this idea out there for what it's worth. Also some of the newer members may not have come across this thread yet. ocps.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=dionaea&action=display&thread=2285&page=1The above thread was member Rug's tutorial on doing a vft fridge dormancy. Rug laid out all the steps, photos included on how to successfully do this. This method could also work for S. purps, if they are not too huge and if you had the fridge space. dvg
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