- Mon Mar 20, 2017 11:12 pm
#288708
Seems to be a lot of questions about dormancy every year. So I thought I would share with you the method I just used this last year.
I basically put all my plants in a big plastic tot with out any water in it. And put that tot in my little half shed by Rubbermaid. This shed is by no means sealed up at all in fact the is about a 2 inch crack were the wall is separating. Anyway that's really about it. I check on them every couple weeks and water them my be 3 times all winter.
I think the biggest problem people have with dormancy is they put there plants away before they are dormant because they are afraid of them getting cold. I've done that the 2 previous years. They can handle way colder temperatures then you think. This year I waited till close to thanks giving. The plants tell you when there dormant with the way they grow leaves with sarracenia they start growing sword shaped leaves. With drosera all the sticky leaves die back to the ground and with flytraps they slow way down and shrink in size.
Well anyway I hop this helps someone. I tried to make this as clear and simple with out any technical talk.
If anyone has any other tips or tricks please chime in.
I basically put all my plants in a big plastic tot with out any water in it. And put that tot in my little half shed by Rubbermaid. This shed is by no means sealed up at all in fact the is about a 2 inch crack were the wall is separating. Anyway that's really about it. I check on them every couple weeks and water them my be 3 times all winter.
I think the biggest problem people have with dormancy is they put there plants away before they are dormant because they are afraid of them getting cold. I've done that the 2 previous years. They can handle way colder temperatures then you think. This year I waited till close to thanks giving. The plants tell you when there dormant with the way they grow leaves with sarracenia they start growing sword shaped leaves. With drosera all the sticky leaves die back to the ground and with flytraps they slow way down and shrink in size.
Well anyway I hop this helps someone. I tried to make this as clear and simple with out any technical talk.
If anyone has any other tips or tricks please chime in.