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How long dormant VFTs take to "wake up"

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How long dormant VFTs take to "wake up"#167004

By Bill McEnaney -  Fri Feb 22, 2013 1:08 am
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- Fri Feb 22, 2013 1:08 am #167004

Hi Everybody,

How long do they usually take to do that? I still can hardly believe that Droopy grew noticeably within three hours after "he" left the fridge. But I know I'm not hallucinating, because the moment I took the petiole was still short enough that I needed to look down into the pot to see that leaf? Maybe the plant only seems to have woken up? Thanks.

Bill

Re: How long dormant VFTs take to "wake up"#167049

By CPcaregiver -  Fri Feb 22, 2013 12:45 pm
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- Fri Feb 22, 2013 12:45 pm #167049

Venus flytrap dormancy averages around 2-4 months. I doubt the plant started growing immediately after leaving the fridge, it was likely growing before then. I can probably help you better, if you explain what you mean by this:

Bill McEnaney wrote:But I know I'm not hallucinating, because the moment I took the petiole was still short enough that I needed to look down into the pot to see that leaf?

RANDOM SIGNATURE: Haha, made you look! 8D