- Mon Jul 11, 2011 2:20 pm
#112006
How deep does the pot has to be in order to grow a CP outside?
I want to start growing my VFT's outside year round, as well as sarracenias, and some droseras. I live 2 hours away from the VFT natural habitad, which you can also find droseras and saracenias, and pinguiculas.
So here's what i want to do, i just want to know how deep and how many plants per pot would i have to put so the plants don't freeze outside?
I can already answer the first question, maybe 2 feet of peat with sand would do it right? i want something that really works and i don't want them to freeze, so if i need more peat, then i'll try to get larger pots.
but how many plants per pot?
There are some pots in lowe's that are big and square, and i would need to repot all the babies and all the adult VFT's, as well as all the sarras i have, and droseras, so how many pots would i need if i have some 500-600 VFT's????
In that way i won't have to worry about temperate plants and i would be able to bring my tropical plants inside while the temperate are outside dormant.
I will protect the pot from squirrels and birds.
So basically i just want them to enjoy of the cold hars weather without me having to worry about bringing them inside.
My climate( thought is uncertain to say since temps patterns are unpredictable) is in winter near the 40F, but it can also be in the lower 20's and upper 30's for weeks and weeks and sometimes in the teen's for a short period of time. It does snows in here, and sometimes we have those low pressures, this might sound like not the climate for VFT's, but they do too experience the same things as well. Sometimes there might be a 3 degree difference from were i live, sometimes there might be a 10 degree difference, sometimes we get 8-inchs of snow while there they get 2-inches, so it is more calm in there, but is the same most of the times.
Is there something else i have to worry about, does this even sounds like a good idea?
Thank you!
I want to start growing my VFT's outside year round, as well as sarracenias, and some droseras. I live 2 hours away from the VFT natural habitad, which you can also find droseras and saracenias, and pinguiculas.
So here's what i want to do, i just want to know how deep and how many plants per pot would i have to put so the plants don't freeze outside?
I can already answer the first question, maybe 2 feet of peat with sand would do it right? i want something that really works and i don't want them to freeze, so if i need more peat, then i'll try to get larger pots.
but how many plants per pot?
There are some pots in lowe's that are big and square, and i would need to repot all the babies and all the adult VFT's, as well as all the sarras i have, and droseras, so how many pots would i need if i have some 500-600 VFT's????
In that way i won't have to worry about temperate plants and i would be able to bring my tropical plants inside while the temperate are outside dormant.
I will protect the pot from squirrels and birds.
So basically i just want them to enjoy of the cold hars weather without me having to worry about bringing them inside.
My climate( thought is uncertain to say since temps patterns are unpredictable) is in winter near the 40F, but it can also be in the lower 20's and upper 30's for weeks and weeks and sometimes in the teen's for a short period of time. It does snows in here, and sometimes we have those low pressures, this might sound like not the climate for VFT's, but they do too experience the same things as well. Sometimes there might be a 3 degree difference from were i live, sometimes there might be a 10 degree difference, sometimes we get 8-inchs of snow while there they get 2-inches, so it is more calm in there, but is the same most of the times.
Is there something else i have to worry about, does this even sounds like a good idea?
Thank you!
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