Thanks for the information, and confirming my 'I wonder' thoughts. Zone 4 growing is a challenge. It does get to 100 degrees F with over 15 hours of daylight and then the winter will get to -20 F at night. I can grow outdoors (hopefully) late April or early May through Oct, but I winter my plants in a ‘dormancy box’ in the basement, next to a cool window. I get temperatures mid 30s - 50 degrees with limited light. In summer, I have put my red plants into the greenhouse under some shade for better results, but most of the green plants have been toughing it out in the water table, about 1-2” deep with a water flush 2x per day.
Some unrelated questions: As someone who doesn't (want to) use facebook, I'd love to see a dedicated forum om the ICPS site itself. I doubt it would be extra hard for moderation etc, and it would make it easier to look for answers in older posts. I'd also like to see a roundtable on growing/breeding intermediate (windowsill) Nepenthes. Is something like this in the planning?
I've been doing fridge dormancy with flytraps for 15 years now and have never lost a single plant. That said I DO grow them outdoors from April through mid October. Here's how I do it: In mid - October (zone 6) once the plants are well into the start of dormancy (they need both shorter photo period AND cold like in nature) I drain off excess water from the pots, hit them with a SULFUR based fungicide and place in zip lock bags and pop them in the bottom of the fridge for 3 - 3 1/2 months. I occasionally check them (once a month) for fungus and hit with the fungicide if needed. Late winter around February 1st I take them out and clean them up, repot any that need it, hit them with SULFUR based fungicide again and place in a south and west window and some under florescent and white 'daylight' LED lights until night time temps. regularly stay above freezing then slowly acclimate them to full outdoor Sun. I've been using this method for 15 years with no losses.
Está es la planta mas fascinante del planeta. Saludos desde Perú
Thanks for the information, and confirming my 'I wonder' thoughts. Zone 4 growing is a challenge. It does get to 100 degrees F with over 15 hours of daylight and then the winter will get to -20 F at night. I can grow outdoors (hopefully) late April or early May through Oct, but I winter my plants in a ‘dormancy box’ in the basement, next to a cool window. I get temperatures mid 30s - 50 degrees with limited light. In summer, I have put my red plants into the greenhouse under some shade for better results, but most of the green plants have been toughing it out in the water table, about 1-2” deep with a water flush 2x per day.
Some unrelated questions:
As someone who doesn't (want to) use facebook, I'd love to see a dedicated forum om the ICPS site itself. I doubt it would be extra hard for moderation etc, and it would make it easier to look for answers in older posts.
I'd also like to see a roundtable on growing/breeding intermediate (windowsill) Nepenthes. Is something like this in the planning?
Another great video
I've been doing fridge dormancy with flytraps for 15 years now and have never lost a single plant. That said I DO grow them outdoors from April through mid October. Here's how I do it:
In mid - October (zone 6) once the plants are well into the start of dormancy (they need both shorter photo period AND cold like in nature) I drain off excess water from the pots, hit them with a SULFUR based fungicide and place in zip lock bags and pop them in the bottom of the fridge for 3 - 3 1/2 months. I occasionally check them (once a month) for fungus and hit with the fungicide if needed. Late winter around February 1st I take them out and clean them up, repot any that need it, hit them with SULFUR based fungicide again and place in a south and west window and some under florescent and white 'daylight' LED lights until night time temps. regularly stay above freezing then slowly acclimate them to full outdoor Sun. I've been using this method for 15 years with no losses.
Está es la planta mas fascinante del planeta. Saludos desde Perú