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I have a few little drosera anglica seedlings that sprouted in June. I've been growing them indoors under growlights and watering them using the tray method. Temperatures are 70-75 F for both day and night.

I read that drosera anglica likes to be waterlogged. Is this accurate? I've been keeping them moist so far but I wonder if I should keep it wetter?

How should I handle dormancy? Does a little seedling need dormancy during the first year or can it be skipped? If dormancy is needed, does that mean it needs to go outside/in the fridge throughout winter?

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Drosera Anglica can stay outside in the winter, but you have to protect the pots of the temperature drops below 25 degrees Fahrenheit by taking them indoors to a garage or the temperature does not rise above freezing for a week or more.


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It this one a temperate form or tropical form of English Sundew?


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It's the temperate form. The seedling is really really small (maybe 5mm diameter). If I take it outside, it would probably get ~4 hours of sun outside (I only have access to a balcony) but temperatures should always remain above freezing. The alternative is to leave it indoors on a reduced photoperiod.

Will it experience issues if skipping dormancy for the first year?

Here is my Drosera Anglica in my greenhouse. Also a seedling like yours.


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mcgrumpers wrote: I read that drosera anglica likes to be waterlogged. Is this accurate? I've been keeping them moist so far but I wonder if I should keep it wetter?

How should I handle dormancy? Does a little seedling need dormancy during the first year or can it be skipped? If dormancy is needed, does that mean it needs to go outside/in the fridge throughout winter?

Anglica is pretty adaptable and can take it wet if that's what you have to offer or moist if you are more comfortable with that although you will get much better dormancy survival rate if you keep them a little dryer in the winter months rather than a little wetter, at least I do.

I doubt you will have much of a choice with regards to whether your plants go dormant or not, even under lights. Mine always go dormant eventually no matter what I do, although I have wondered what would happen if I gave them a 24 hour a day photo period instead of 16 or 18.

I do the same too with my other temperate Sundews.


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Thanks for the info!

It sounds like I could just leave them indoors under lights and they will still experience dormancy.

Possibly a silly question, but what do they look like when they are dormant? I've seen dormant VFTs and pings but sundews are new to me.

mcgrumpers wrote:Thanks for the info!

It sounds like I could just leave them indoors under lights and they will still experience dormancy.

Possibly a silly question, but what do they look like when they are dormant? I've seen dormant VFTs and pings but sundews are new to me.

Ahhh, that's not really healthy for the plant. They are temperate plants after all. Here's a link that will show you what a dormant rotundifolia looks like which is a lot like what a dormant anglica looks like. Link: https://www.carnivorousplants.org/grow/ ... ateDrosera

I can't tell if seedling #1 looks dormant or sad as I can't clearly see a resting bud. What do you think? Pic taken through a x30 loupe: Seedling #2 looks better and still has some dew:

Are they still outdoors? On really tiny seedlings I like these I would skip the first dormancy, and grow them indoors under lights. At most just on a reduced photoperiod.

They're still inside under lights! I was planning on kicking them outside at the end of the month, but skipping the first dormancy sounds reasonable. Any idea what's up with that first seedling? Looks like all the leaves are dying.