Re:Small VFT's

From: Susan Farrington (sfarrington@ridgway.mobot.org)
Date: Mon May 01 2000 - 05:15:43 PDT


Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 07:15:43 -0500
From: "Susan Farrington" <sfarrington@ridgway.mobot.org>
To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com
Message-Id: <aabcdefg1354$foo@default>
Subject: Re:Small VFT's

Paul,
In previous years, when your VFT's created multiple crowns, did you
divide them, or just leave them as clumps? I find that our VFT's create
multiple crowns every year, and late winter/early spring every year I
divide them up into individual plants. That is how I get them to be as
big as I can get them. If I leave them as multiple crowns, the individual
plants aren't as large. You may not WANT more plants, but you're
going to get them whether you want them or not when you grow
VFT's successfully!
Susan
> > Each year, around this time (Autumn in Aust.) I put my VFTs into
> > dormancy. After a gradual reduction in light and heat, I finally
> > remove them from their pots, spray them with anti-fungicide and put
> > them in the fridge in some damp sphagnum (temperature is maintained
> > around 5 degrees C).
> >
> > I noticed this year that they seem to have behaved differently from
> > other years. They seem to have divided themselves much more than in
> > previous years, and the plants are somewhat smaller. I don't want
> > even more plants (I'm struggling to find room for them all as it is)
> > but what I want is BIGGER plants. Is my enforced dormancy causing
> > this? I've been doing it
> for
> > some years, and hasn't seemed to before (or not to the extent of
> > this
> year).
> > Anyway, uprooting the plants doesn't cause them to divide, 'cause
> > they already have at this stage. Can someone please help?

Susan Farrington
Missouri Botanical Garden
P.O. Box 299
St. Louis MO 63166-0299
susan.farrington@mobot.org
(314)577-9402



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