Sarracenia Dormancy - Preparing & Surviving The Dormant Period

Sarracenia Dormancy - Preparing & Surviving The Dormant Period - American Pitcher Plants

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@CarnivorousPlantsHub 8 ай бұрын

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@woodificould Ай бұрын

Just started dormancy for my Venus and pitcher plants, and I have anxiety that they're going to die. I'm binge watching your videos to make sure I don't mess up the process

@MusicLovingFool1 3 ай бұрын

Here's to growing your channel 🎉

@CarnivorousPlantsHub 3 ай бұрын

I'll drink to that!

@GAZA2492 7 ай бұрын

I live in Northern Ireland Right beside Andrews mill and my plants have been growing fantastic for the last 4 years outside and are still going strong Am subscribed my friend thank you for the video

@CarnivorousPlantsHub 6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the support! I would love so much to visit Ireland someday!

@yellowpryde 8 ай бұрын

That wasp scared the crap out of me. I'd freak out lol

@CarnivorousPlantsHub 8 ай бұрын

It does kind of pop up. You can hear the buzzing way before you see them. They try to fly out but their wings hit the side and they fall back in.

@dustinstanley9134 3 ай бұрын

Im in NC so i grow mine as as if they were in a natural peat bog. Instead of trimming them back i wait until the end of winter when everything is dead and dry then i burn my bog off like a wildfire. It kills any weed seeds that may be germinating and really helps the serrecenia and flytraps get a headstart on the spring. Also these plants dont raelly freeze the only reason they die when frozen is because they cant breathe or drink water. As long as they thaw out before suffocating they will usually be fine. Here they will usually be completely frozen over for a few days but this is there natural habitat so any longer than that would be detrimental.

@DJJumpdancer 8 ай бұрын

sunlight helps with avoiding mold

@CarnivorousPlantsHub 8 ай бұрын

It does, but when you're in a zone 6, sunlight doesn't peak through very often during dormancy.

@DJJumpdancer 8 ай бұрын

@@CarnivorousPlantsHub grow lights work to :)

@DJJumpdancer 8 ай бұрын

@@CarnivorousPlantsHub a shelf in the cold garage with grow lights should work

@CarnivorousPlantsHub 8 ай бұрын

Oh ya, 100%. Mine get 4 hours. But, I keep them above 30 degrees at all times. If temps get too low, you might have to sacrifice light for overwintering. We had a span here where the high was 3 degrees and the low was negative 9 for about a week. During that week, if I didn't have my tent, I'm wrapping them all up tight.

@heatherfortunato6620 2 ай бұрын

Do they have to have a dormancy period or in the fall/winter could you bring inside under a grow light?

@Nightdominia 8 ай бұрын

I'm also in zone 6. This sorta gives me some ideas why my first venture into American Pitchers didn't go well. I think it was what I was feeding the plant and the pot I put it in that ended up being my mistake. It seemed fine otherwise in a west facing window to get a little bit of light (I have a VFT that was in the same window and thrived). Gonna try again when it warms up a bit more so I can get a good pot for it this time.

@Jesus-eg3yb 6 ай бұрын

Great video old friend.

@CarnivorousPlantsHub 6 ай бұрын

Hey, old friend! Thank you for watching again. Hope some of the older ones hold up, Lol. Sometimes they can be painful to watch, even for me!

@watchmanknowledge4345 8 ай бұрын

Another question. I know it is recommended to cut flower stems for new growers and young/unready VFTs, but what about pings, sarracenia and drosera? Do we cut those as well?

@Ragnar0kske 8 ай бұрын

I clipped of my pitchers just now, when the plant is starting to wake up. Don´t know if it´s better to do it in spring or autumn though... However, I see you clip of some pitchers and leave the bottom of the pitchers, which contains insects. I think I read somewhere that is it best to trim it back further to the point where the pitcher is no longer hollow. Do you think it makes a difference?

@CarnivorousPlantsHub 8 ай бұрын

I'm not sure it makes a huge difference. I can see the dead insect matter causing some mold issues, so it wouldn't hurt anything to go down a bit further.

@ellarekow1230 8 ай бұрын

do you have any videos on how you cultivate moss?

@CarnivorousPlantsHub 8 ай бұрын

I don't. I don't grow it myself much. Most of mine is hitchhiking from other nursery. I do keep one pot where I add some when I tear it off pots. If you order from California carnivores, usually they come with some star moss. You can tear off, put on peat. Keep it really wet and it grows like crazy!

@MrBamery 8 ай бұрын

Carnivero, Carnivorous Plant Nursery and California Carnivores all sell moss. A microgreens/seedling tray with a humidity dome filled with a small layer of peat/perlite is great for cultivating mosses. Edit- I also have a reptile mister in the dome, 30 seconds every 3 days seems to be perfect for my tent environment. You will have to experiment. You want the peat wet, but not saturated. You need to make sure you let the tray breathe daily, and I have my moss tray in a shaded corner of my grow tent. Cooler temps seem to work better (mid 70-75°F day/ 55-60°F night; RH is never below 75%). Patience, patience, patience. A starter tray with some live sphagnum (15-20 small heads) usually takes about 5-6months to fill up with moss.

@dvonjr 8 ай бұрын

Your link for silica sand does not work so can you tell which brand of silica sand you use?

@JWLuke787 3 ай бұрын

Can you just put them in the fridge for several months?

@dvonjr 8 ай бұрын

Question, when in the wild and these picture plants accumulate bugs and no one is cutting then do the rotting carcasses cause mold and plant rot?

@CarnivorousPlantsHub 8 ай бұрын

Great question. The answer is probably sometimes. But, you have to remember. Them growing in the wild are their perfect growing conditions. Most of the time we can't provide perfect growing conditions so we help them in any way we can. Ice had Sarrs make it without trimming. I just believe it helps the new plants in spring get access to more sun and it looks a lot nicer than the dead all over the place. I'm sure a few rot in nature every year.

@watchmanknowledge4345 8 ай бұрын

Why is this video coming out at the end of dormancy?

@CarnivorousPlantsHub 8 ай бұрын

I was waiting for this question. I actually shot it, had some stuff come up. Completely forgot I shot it due to shooting a couple others in the same few day time span. I just realized I never release it. So, it was release it now, so it's available for next years dormancy, or save it for next year. I figured I'd just get it out there.

@DLCoates1 8 ай бұрын

Still dormant here on parts of the west coast.

@DarrenChilvers 8 ай бұрын

@@DLCoates1and in the UK

@propurcjan3039 8 ай бұрын

I keep my pitcher plant, nepenthes and flytrap inside in my room when its around 20*C, and currently outside is 15-7*C in day and 0-5*C in the night. How will I know my plants are hybernating the winter and are not dead? Currently my venus flytrap is not on surface of the dirt (there's black leftovers inside the hole it was growing in), pitcher stopped growing and have brown tops, nepenthes startet to dry out. Please help

@CarnivorousPlantsHub 8 ай бұрын

Like already stated, nepenthes should be kept warm, no dormancy needed. You will see slowed way down or even stoppage of growth. This is how you know they are dormant. It's triggered by reduced light and colder temps. It can be hard to tell if you can't see the rhizome.