Re: Cold Weather ?

Robert Allen (Robert.Allen@Eng.Sun.COM)
Tue, 5 Oct 1993 09:45:31 +0800

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>>Hi, I hope someone can help me. I have a VFT and two
>>Pitcher plants that have been outdoors all summer. They
>>look really healthy and have captured many meals. The
>>weather is turning cold here in the NE and I would like
>>to know how to properly treat these plants now. When
>>should I bring them inside and how should I care for them
>>over the winter ?

I don't grow these plants in really cold weather,
so take my comments with that in mind. That said,
I think you should cut back on watering the plants,
and let them get cold. They will go dormant. You
may want to mulch the plants, and just leave them out
in the weather, or if you get real cold weather you
might put them in a semi-protected area.

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