Date: Tue, 04 Feb 97 21:32 EST From: dave evans <T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg497$foo@default> Subject: Re: Transplanting
> From: th_dewitt@CCMAIL.PNL.GOV(Theodore H Dewitt)
>
> Is there a period of the growing season that is better (or worse) for
> transplanting Sarracinia, Drosera (esp. temperate spp.), and
> Nepenthes? It's getting towards time for my Sarracinia and N.Am.
> Drosera to end dormancy, and I'd like to know whether I should move
> them to new soil before they put out new growth. Likewise for
> Nepenthes, are there better or worse times of the year for re-potting?
Nepenthes don't have dormancy, but I suppose it would help to
transplants them during cool temps if they are highland and warmer
temps for lowland plants. Sarracenia and temperate Drosera can be
transplanted anytime, so long as they are not so frozen as to need
a jackhammer for removal from the soil. S.flava and S.oreophila
should, to my way of thinking, be transplanted in the fall since
they do their growing in the spring. Most other Sarracenia put out
their best foliage in late summer/fall. It is often easiest to
transplant most plants while they are dormant, but it is by no means
ecessary.
Dave E
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