How long in fridge dormancy ?

How long in fridge dormancy ?#84359

By DTDream18 -  Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:20 am
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- Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:20 am #84359

I put my VFT's into hibernation in my refrigerator on November 1st. I'm chomping at the bit to take them out of hibernation and was thinking perhaps in the 2nd week of February. Is that a long enough period of hibernation ? Any ideas ?

Re: How long in fridge dormancy ?#84360

By victor -  Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:25 am
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- Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:25 am #84360

I think that should be enough becuase thats between 3-4 months of dormancy.

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Re: How long in fridge dormancy ?#84366

By dantt99 -  Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:54 am
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- Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:54 am #84366

That sounds okay, a good 3 or 3.5 months is plenty of a dormancy

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Re: How long in fridge dormancy ?#84411

By Daniel_G -  Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:02 am
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- Thu Jan 20, 2011 8:02 am #84411

That sound OK,you may want to wait till the start of march tho,so the weather is completely on your side

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Re: How long in fridge dormancy ?#84571

By 95slvrZ28 -  Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:55 am
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- Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:55 am #84571

I would probably wait a bit longer. Naturally the plants are dormant from late October to mid-March, so I would be careful cutting it too short. And as squirtoman mentioned, the weather and natural light (unless you live in the tropics, you don't have a location down) may not be quite right for your VFTs by that time.

Re: How long in fridge dormancy ?#84942

By tommyr -  Sun Jan 23, 2011 4:24 pm
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- Sun Jan 23, 2011 4:24 pm #84942

I leave mine in 3-4 months. I check on them monthly for fungus and treat with a sulfur based fungicide if I see any.

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