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I have a purple pitcher plant that last year I put in the fridge to do dormancy. I just stuck the whole pot in the fridge since I was in Southern California. I’m now in Illinois and live in a apartment and really don’t have a spot for it to go outside. If I wrap the roots in LFSM and put it in a zip lock bag, will I need to trim the pitchers and leave a few on? I don’t have space in fridge for whole pot.

From what I’ve heard about purpureas you don’t want to trim any pitchers unless they are fully dead. Wrapping the roots in lfsm I don’t think is the best idea, but if it’s your only option it seems like it would work.

I could put it on my patio but then I don’t know if the pot freezing would kill it. My patio gets no sun at all, thanks to big trees blocking all the light.

I had watched a video on YouTube where California Carnivores explained the fridge dormancy. They wrapped sarracenia and flytrap roots in the LFSM, so I was thinking I could do that to the purple pitcher plant. If not I can try to make room for whole pot and pray to the CP gods my wife don’t kill me, lol.

Isn't that plant a cold temperate Sarracenia? Like I believe its native range is in colder climates than Illinois.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarraceni ... stribution

If that is the case, having it out on the patio would be the play. Even if it's dark. As it is, the conditions would be the same in the fridge and you'd have to uproot everything too.

I know there are a couple growers on here from colder climates, hopefully they'll be able to give some tips

Apollyon wrote: ↑Tue Nov 02, 2021 1:47 am Isn't that plant a cold temperate Sarracenia? Like I believe its native range is in colder climates than Illinois.

That depends on the subspecies:

• ssp. purpurea is the northern one, very cold-tolerant.
• ssp. venosa is the southern one, would rather not drop below 25 F / -4 C, prefers to stay above freezing.