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Post by danyoh on Sept 8, 2015 13:35:27 GMT -5
I live near Toronto (plant hardiness zone 6b) and have my plants by my windowsill but I'm not sure how they'll do in a few months when winter hits.
Currently, I have some VFT (B52 and some unknown species) that I plan to store in my unheated garage for dormancy but I'm not sure what to do with the rest of my plants that don't undergo dormancy.
Correct me if I'm wrong but from some quick googling, the rest of my plants that don't undergo dormancy are:
Drosera spatulata Drosera collinsiae Drosera binata Utricularia sandersonii
So will they survive winter with fewer hours of sunlight on my south-facing windowsill? (I'm not sure how much colder it gets when its on my windowsill) What should I do?
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Post by hal on Sept 8, 2015 16:10:08 GMT -5
They should be fine on the window sill. They will slow down but survive and may even benefit from a mild dormancy. Southern Australia and South Africa have winter as well.
I'd put the VFTs in the fridge. Winters have been too cold lately for them to survive outside without being planted in the ground and mulched heavily. I know a few of us lost lots of sarrs and other temperate plants grown in large pots when they were stored in the garage last winter.
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Post by lauren on Sept 8, 2015 20:02:08 GMT -5
Good point hal. We can all remember all too vividly how cold last winter was here in Ontario. (I laid on the beach all day today because I know how little summer we have left). I was planning on keeping my VFT in the garage for the winter-now, the fridge. Thanks!
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Post by tree on Sept 19, 2015 22:12:37 GMT -5
How cold do they need to go dormant? When would you put in the fridge and for how long?
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