New member, winterizing VFT's...
jhotra@MIT.EDU
Fri, 22 Sep 1995 10:48:58 EDT
I have been monitoring this group for about a month now, since the time
that I bought a small VFT (the novelty-sized kind). Please don't jump
on my back about how rare they are and that they shouldn't be bought as
"novelties", etc... this one said it was propagated from tissue... (or
so they say). Anway, it has been doing remarkably well in the month or
so that I"ve had it. I keep it in the small 10oz pot it came in. The
pot is inside a 2-gal fishbowl, with an 1.5 inches of water in the
bottom. I keep a lid on the bowl to keep the humidity up, and I toss a
housefly into the "terrarium" at least once a week.
As I said, I think the plant is doing quite well. When I got it, it had
a _lot_ of tiny traps on it (about .25" each) and maybe two larger ones
(.5"). Now it has a lot of tiny ones, but about 5 or 6 that are at
least 1" and a couple of mid-sized ones.
This brings me to the point of my message. I know I have to "winterize"
my plant relatively soon. Could someone please tell me exactly what I
have to do and when I have to do it? Thanks a million.
Jason Hotra