my VFT's Gone To Sleep.

[muscipula]

As you can see the label is a dead giveaway to whats inside the container. only another two months worth left.

[muscipula]

Btw, they have been asleep since late October, to mid November

[hal]

Cool. Are you keeping them in the fridge?

I have 2 varieties from Keehns and a few standards on a really cold windowsill. I bought them all this winter, already dormant so I've never seen them in their full glory. Can't wait for spring to come!

[muscipula]

Yea man the same here, and yes in the bottom part of the fridge, i believe its called the "Crisper" anyways ya one day im going to get a b12, but permission with a parents credit card isn't the idea they had in mind.. lol but that doesn't bother me, i should be able to soon i hope

[michaelangelo]

How can you tell in your VFT wants dormancy???

[lloyd]

Mine were outside all last year. Even when it was really cold in early November they still looked good but there was certainly no new growth after it cooled down in October. You can keep VFT's going for maybe a year or two inside but eventually they will get weak and die. They need a few months dormancy every year to keep going strong.

So the answer is you can't tell exactly when a VFT needs dormancy. But eventually you can tell that you should have put them into dormancy. It's like keeping a kid up late. They seem fine at first, maybe even get a bit hyper but after a while you'll wish you had put them to sleep.

[muscipula]

lloyd, you hit that on the Head! .