- Tue Feb 08, 2011 5:25 am
#87744
Krisshawnee wrote:Everything I read suggested removing them from their pots and putting them in a cool dark place which is what I tried. When I removed them and brought them in they looked good, but after replanting in peat moss and perlite (neither having miracle-gro and the likes in them) and placing the plants in a window, I still lost them.I would not recommend removing plants from their pots for dormancy. The idea is to disturb them as little as possible during their dormant period and try to give them conditions similar to what they'd experience in their natural habitat. Cool night time temperatures and moderate day time highs will do the trick. Whatever you can do to provide those kind of temperatures is best. A cool windowsill, and unheated porch, a heated greenhouse, outside when it's warm inside when it's too cold all should work well. But the most important thing is to provide a photo period that is in sync with the sun. Supplementing their light during dormancy will prevent them from going dormant.