Re: Reintroduction

Oliver T Massey CFS (massey@hal.fmhi.usf.edu)
Fri, 27 Sep 1996 11:45:34 -0400 (EDT)

> Greetings!
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> I could use a bit of help out there; does anyone have experience
> with inducing dormancy in Sarracenias that have been germinated and raised
> under fluorescent lights? I may be getting started on this a bit late, but
> I have some seedlings, from fresh seed this spring, that started under
> lights, and now I'm a bit clueless as to how to get them to go dormant
> without shocking the bajeezus out of them. Advice, comments, suggestions,
> etc to ahicks@nmt.edu, or post here if you wish. :-)

I have found that Sarr. seedlings don't have the same problems with dormancy
that mature plants do. If they are still under lights, just slowly reduce the
photo period (I go from 18 hours summer to about 12 hours winter). I water a
little less, but not enough to let them dry out.

Tom in Fl