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Winter
Jul 30, 2007 11:32:20 GMT
Post by taywf1234 on Jul 30, 2007 11:32:20 GMT
What happens in the winter with the aldrovanda, what should i do with it?
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Winter
Jul 30, 2007 15:02:21 GMT
Post by marcel on Jul 30, 2007 15:02:21 GMT
It pulls back to turions, a kind of winter bud for lack of a better description. These sink to the bottom where it will wait for spring.
Whether you have the hardy European stain or the tropical one and how you grow them will determine what you have to do. If you grow hardy ones in special containers you have to do nothing. If the hardy one is in a pond, you better fish it out when it starts to pull back (unless you don't plan on cleaning the pond this year). The tropical one might not pull back and should be kept inside.
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Winter
Jul 30, 2007 18:00:11 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2007 18:00:11 GMT
i believe that it only goes dormant if it becomes cold.... so if you live in places like me in california your plants may not go dormant at all
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Winter
Jul 30, 2007 22:59:19 GMT
Post by ICPS-bob on Jul 30, 2007 22:59:19 GMT
i believe that it only goes dormant if it becomes cold.... so if you live in places like me in california your plants may not go dormant at all It depends on what strain you have. Dormancy is often induced by daylength, temperature, or both.
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Winter
Jul 31, 2007 0:32:18 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 31, 2007 0:32:18 GMT
o ok then ...lol i totally was under the impression from WoC that they didnt go dormant...then well does vesiculosa go dormant?
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Winter
Jul 31, 2007 0:59:23 GMT
Post by rsivertsen on Jul 31, 2007 0:59:23 GMT
As stated previously, it all depends on where you are growing it, and what strains they are; the red forms may not go fully dormant, and also, if they are the European, or Japanese green forms, and have not yet anchoered into the site, you may want to pull out 100+ turions after they've hardened, and lost (or about to lose) their bouyancy, and store them nearly dry in damp paper towels, or nearly dry peat/ or sphagnum, in the refigerator until Spring; and realize that you may still lose about a third of them during this time, even though checking on them about once a week, and changing the paper towels, and/or peat, this is still normal seasonal fatality rate; in fact, some sites may endure 90% or more fatality rate before they resume their seasonal growth from fungus, molds, ducks, geese and turtles, and even large snails, as they float to the surface during late Spring.
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