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Post by flymantang on Sept 7, 2007 16:17:10 GMT -5
My VFT decided to split a couple months back and now the smaller VFT has traps that are about 1 cm in length. The large and small VFT are still living in the same pot (the one that it came in) and my question is: Does the smaller plant need to go through dormancy? Ideally, I would like to plant them in separate pots during march/april ... For dormancy I plant on putting the pot near a cold window since it worked out well last winter I know the large plant will do fine near a cold window but am afraid that it might kill off the smaller VFT.Any comments are appreciated! Thanks.
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Post by Rug on Sept 7, 2007 16:37:35 GMT -5
Well I don't have any experience with that but I'm told most ppl don't let seedlings go into dormancy for the first few years. However in the wild they would go dormant I would assume!
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Post by Syble on Sept 7, 2007 18:59:24 GMT -5
it's not a seedling rug, it's an off shoot right? I have a tendancy to pop those off and out and grow them on over the winter, weather thats good or bad remains to be seen, but it's always worked out well for ME. Sib
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Post by Rick Hillier on Sept 7, 2007 21:36:10 GMT -5
I've had little offshoots survive the winter in my bog... until the birds took them this past spring.
>>> Rick <<<
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Post by bradmon on Sept 11, 2016 8:21:06 GMT -5
I've been searching around and I've read that the lifespan of a vft is (if taken care of properly) 20 years. I've also read that it's lifespan is (if taken care of properly) 8-10 years. I cant find a definitive answer. But that's not my question, my question is:
Whatever the general lifespan of a vft is, are the offshoots of a vft considered a new plant? If a vft general lifespan is 10 years, would the offshoot theoretically live for 10 years from the date it split from the original plant?...
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Post by amanitovirosa on Sept 11, 2016 22:23:23 GMT -5
...that's a weird question. Let's say for instance that a certain Flytrap existed for 20 years before it died in, let's say 2014. I'm thinking that in that 20 year span it probably sent out a plethora of offshoots that are alive and well today, and will continue to grow for a long time still. In my opinion, the plant dividing ensures its procreation/existance in a way, and deems the plant immortal. Measuring actual timelines between mother and offshoot seems to me an impossible task unless you've got nothing to do for the next 50 years. You could, I guess think of it as generations., kind of like son, father, grandfather and so on. Strange one, cheers!
AV.
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Post by jbron on Sept 12, 2016 0:15:48 GMT -5
...that's a weird question. Let's say for instance that a certain Flytrap existed for 20 years before it died in, let's say 2014. I'm thinking that in that 20 year span it probably sent out a plethora of offshoots that are alive and well today, and will continue to grow for a long time still. In my opinion, the plant dividing ensures its procreation/existance in a way, and deems the plant immortal. Measuring actual timelines between mother and offshoot seems to me an impossible task unless you've got nothing to do for the next 50 years. You could, I guess think of it as generations., kind of like son, father, grandfather and so on. Strange one, cheers! AV. That's a good way of putting it, because technically with any clone/division there's no difference in the genetic make up which means it's still the exact same plant.
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Post by bradmon on Sept 12, 2016 6:20:45 GMT -5
I ask because if my plant splits, for longevity purposes, I would rather sell the mother plant and keep the offshoots, instead of doing it the other way around...I live in a condo with very limited space...I might be looking waaay too in the future though...lol
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