- Fri Jul 09, 2021 10:50 pm
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Its been years since I've had sundews and I've lost the notebook where I kept all my notes. I want to start my collection again with some D.rotundifolia. I know they have a dormancy period. Back when I lived on Long Island,New York it wasn't a problem it didn't get below freezing and was relatively 'dry/moist' and I just let them stay outside, sometimes move them under the porch or into the garage.
Now, I live upstate, near Saratoga, New York, and I'm trying to figure out how would I prepare a single small plant for dormancy. It gets bitterly cold, below freezing and the weather in winter is very wet, with frequent snow, snow melt, spring like weather before freezing again. I live in an apartment, so I don't have a garage. Should I slip pot the smaller pot into a larger pot? Cover it with a bucket? Bury it under pine needles? Stick it in the fridge for a few months?
Now, I live upstate, near Saratoga, New York, and I'm trying to figure out how would I prepare a single small plant for dormancy. It gets bitterly cold, below freezing and the weather in winter is very wet, with frequent snow, snow melt, spring like weather before freezing again. I live in an apartment, so I don't have a garage. Should I slip pot the smaller pot into a larger pot? Cover it with a bucket? Bury it under pine needles? Stick it in the fridge for a few months?
BS in Biology
Still not an adventuring biologist, dang it.
Still not an adventuring biologist, dang it.